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By Senior Airman Jake Carter
99th Air Base Wing Public Affairs
NELLIS AIR FORCE BASE, Nev. — This time of
year, Alaska is usually blanketed in snow and has
temperatures so low that you will want to wear an
extra pair of socks.
Usually you will see evergreen that are still full
of life, the occasional moose or elk walking down
the road and can usually stand in one place and
hear absolutely nothing.
At Nellis Air Force Base in Nevada, this time of
year is where units from around the world attend a
Red Flag exercise in a desert environment.
For the 210th Rescue Squadron from Joint Base
Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, switching up the
training from a colder environment to a warm
desert has helped in their training.
“Red Flag has been a good learning experience,”
said Staff Sgt. Anthony Guedea, 210th RSQ mem-
ber. “It’s a really good insight into doing the fast- difference from our perspective is that up at Red
paced combat search and rescue which is what our
job is about without going in country and doing
it. It’s awesome to see how the big picture works
with fighters and the guys on the ground working
together as a whole to make the mission work.”
Coming to Nellis, Guedea has noticed how differ-
ent the mission back home can be compared to here.
“The mission here is way different than back
home, where it is cold and snowy,” Guedea said. “The
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aircraft handles different in the cold, where it has “The biggest takeaway is seeing everyone come
a ton of power and our focus is on snow and ice to together from the states and around the world,
make sure we don’t get iced up. Here it is warmer and where it is pretty amazing to see everyone working
we fly at high altitudes, so we really have to manage in unison,” said Chester. “My understanding is that
our fuel and how many people we can pick up.” over 3,000 people are participating in the exercise
and for as many things to go right as they have are
While in Alaska, the 210th RSQ is in charge of amazing. We are at 100 percent for all of our sorties
locating and rescuing both Airmen and civilians where there are no negatives to take away.”
from all over the state.
“Back home, we are on a 24/7 search and rescue
operation for the state of Alaska, so we always have
people ready for that role,” said Senior Master Sgt.
Eric Chester, 176th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron
helicopter production superintendent. “Here we
don’t necessarily have to do that, so it’s actually a
little easier then back home.”
At Eielson AFB, Alaska, the state is no stranger
to participating in Red Flag exercises as four are
annually held there. But for the 210th RQS, their
role is a little expanded while at Eielson.
“Most of the time, the Red Flags that we par-
ticipate in are at Eielson AFB,” said Chester. “The
Flags in Alaska, we are also covering CSAR (combat
search and rescue) for the state of Alaska for the
11th Air Force, plus the civil search and rescue for
people around the state that might be involved in
a crash.”
Chester is participating in his first Red Flag at Nel-
lis and is amazed by the amount of people that make
the mission happen and by how successful they are.
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