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8 February 12, 2016                                                                                                           Feature                                                            BULLSEYE

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 99th ABW command chief retires                                                                                               RED FLAG, from page 1 ________                      and how we work together, its fairly unique.”
                                                                                                                                                                                     Staff Sgt. Joe Kerse, 97th Intelligence
                                                                      U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Nathan Byrnes  their skills against some of the best in the
                                                                                                                              world in air, space and cyberspace.                 Squadron special signals operator who is
   Chief Master Sergeant Steven J. Cleveland, 99th Air Base Wing command                                                                                                          participating in his first Red Flag exercise,
   chief master sergeant, is presented a Certificate of Retirement by Col. (Ret)                                                 “Red Flag is one of the largest training ex-     understands how teamwork plays a role.
   Robert Ramsden Feb. 5, at Nellis Air Force Base, Nev. Cleveland is a native                                                ercises that we do as an Air Force.,” said Col.
   of Owasso, Okla., and entered the Air Force in April 1986. His background is                                               Derek France, Red Flag 16-1 Air Expeditionary          “It’s been very eye opening dealing with differ-
   in aircraft maintenance and intelligence at various levels. His assignments                                                Wing commander. “It involves all services, co-      ent assets in a way I haven’t had a chance to be-
   include bases in Virginia, Arizona, Arkansas, Colorado, Florida, Ohio,                                                     alition partners and it happens on the Nevada       fore,” said Kerse. “Before, we might have worked
   Oklahoma, Republic of Korea, South Carolina, Texas and the United Kingdom.                                                 Test and Training Range where you get around        with the British or the Australians, it’s never been
                                                                                                                              130 aircraft and squadrons from all over that       this close or we have never had the ability to fly
                                                                                                                              come together for a three-week exercise where       on the same jets or work in the same area and be
                                                                                                                              they train at the highest level of combat.”         able to share that knowledge amongst another.”

                                                                                                                                 During 2016, the 414th CTS plans on hosting         With coalition partners working together
                                                                                                                              four exercises where new participants will come     during the exercise, France wants crews pre-
                                                                                                                              to Nellis AFB, Nev., to receive training that they  pared by the time the head down range.
                                                                                                                              can use in a deployed location.
                                                                                                                                                                                     “One of the goals for this exercise is that first
                                                                                                                                 “It’s a golden opportunity, a truly national     combat experience seems pretty tamed com-
                                                                                                                              treasure when you combine the range, the            pared to Red Flag,” France said. “If we are doing
                                                                                                                              adversaries that we train on both air and           that right, then Red Flag is hitting the mark.”
                                                                                                                              ground, add the cyber effects that are in play
                                                                                                                              and bring everything together,” France said.           The integration of coalition partners from
                                                                                                                                                                                  around the world is an important factor in a Red
                                                                                                                                 A key part for Red Flag exercises is teamwork,   Flag exercise, as it offers a realistic battlespace in
                                                                                                                              where the exercise aims to have all units from      which U.S. and allied warfighters work together
                                                                                                                              around the world work together during a mission.    towards a set of common objectives.

                                                                                                                                 “We have been able to have U.S. members             “You get units that come in and do their
                                                                                                                              on Australian jets, Australian and British          jobs very well,” France said. “But now, they
                                                                                                                              members on U.S. jets where we all work to-          do their jobs and realize how they integrate
                                                                                                                              gether,” said Capt. Benjamin Matchett, Offutt       and the synergies that are involved and how
                                                                                                                              AFB, Oklahoma 55th Operations Group tac-            they can fly, fight and win across all of the
                                                                                                                              tical coordinator, who is participating in his      domains. It’s pretty awesome fun to see.”
                                                                                                                              second Red Flag exercise. “Really seeing how
                                                                                                                              each coalition partner works independently             Red Flag 16-2, is slated to begin Feb. 29,
                                                                                                                                                                                  is a two-week exercise that aims to continue
                                                                                                                                                                                  training crews in air, space and cyberspace.

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