美国内华达州内利斯空军基地
Photo by U.S. Air Force/A1C Brett Clashman | 2009-08-24 14:06:12 | MA/78-0508 (cn 493/C041)
美国内华达州内利斯空军基地,红旗 09-5 联合空战演习中,美国空军一架 F-15C 战斗机准备起飞执训。(NELLIS AIR FORCE BASE, NEV.-- A F-15C from Westfield, Mass.. sits at the end of the runway before a training mission at Red Flag 09-5. Red Flag is a realistic combat training exercise involving the air forces of the United States and its allies. The exercise is conducted on the 15,000-square-mile Nevada Test and Training Range, north of Las Vegas. Red Flag is one of a series of advanced training programs administered by the U.S. Air Force Warfare Center and Nellis, through the 414th Combat Training Squadron. Flying for Red Flag 09-5 begins Aug. 24 and ends Sept., 4. U.S. aircraft will come from Nellis in Nevada, Massachusetts, Utah, Louisiana California, Washington, Oklahoma, Arizona, Florida, and Kansas. Allied Aircraft from Italy and the United Arab Emirates will also participate along side the U.S. Aircraft.)