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Red Flag 21-3 integrates space with next generation warfighting 53rd Wing executes largest Black Flag 21-2 ever at Nellis AFB

by Tech. Sgt. Alexandre Montes by 1st Lt Lindsey Heflin LEFT: U.S. Air Force aircraft from 422nd Test
Nellis AFB, Nev. Nellis AFB, Nev. and Evaluation Squadron refuel over the
In an interview from 2020, Chief of Space Op- The 53rd Wing conducted Black Flag Nevada Test and Training Range on Nov. 17,
2020 for Large Force Test Event 20.03. LFTE
erations Gen. John Raymond touched on America’s 21-2, the largest Black Flag to date July 20.03 is a premier joint operational test
great power competitors and how they are improv- 13-16, 2021. event hosted by the 53rd Wing that validates
ing their space capabilities. The three-day large force joint test tactics in a combat relevant environment.
This has fueled U.S. joint and allied partners event included more than 30 Air Force
to invest, train and replicate in space along with and Navy aircraft.
intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance to Testing 16 systems across 11 different
integrate with current air-to-air and air-to-land weapons systems from 11 different squad-
tactical assets. rons across the country, Black Flag 21-2
The 414th Combat Training Squadron, which had three main integration objectives.
hosts Red Flag-Nellis, has provided training op- The first was to conduct large force
portunities to effectively expand competitive space contested Combat Search and Rescue in-
capabilities, requiring U.S. interagency to exercise tegration and consequence management.
national power. This included validating new CSAR tac-
In previous years, the 64th Aggressor Squadron tics and testing nonconventional means
battled the blue forces during these air-only exer- for managing the risk to CSAR forces, Air Force photographs by 1st Lt. Savanah Bray
cises. As an enabler for change to true battlespace improving their ability to dynamically dynamic high threat environment to (EPAWSS), and several other systems.
exercises, Red Flag-Nellis 21-3 has hosted a new locate, isolate and/or recover multiple achieve localized air superiority. As part of the Air Force’s test flag
approach, integrating space components into both isolated personnel dispersed in a high The third and final integration enterprise, Black Flag allows the Air
blue and red forces. These teams include the U.S. threat environment. objective of Black Flag 21-2 was to Force to test like we fight, developing
Air Force, Army, Marines, Navy and Space Force. The second objective was to test new tac- investigate various combinations of force integration techniques and dis- U.S. Air Force F-15Es, F-22s and F-16s from 422nd
One Guardian from the U.S. Space Force, 16th tics to integrate network enabled weapons electronic attack weapons systems covering capabilities utilizing exist- Test and Evaluation Squadron fly alongside a KC-46
Space Control Squadron, Peterson Air Force Base, Air Force photograph by Tech. Alexandre Montes into the Destructive Suppression of Enemy and determine their integrated ef- ing and emerging material to deliver over the Nevada Test and Training Range on Nov. 17,
Colo., experienced Red Flag-Nellis 21-3 as a new Members of space capabilities teams from the U.S. Air Force, Army, Marines, Navy and Space Force pose for a portrait during Air Defenses mission set. The test objective fectiveness in a highly contested en- combat capability to the warfighter. 2020, for Large Force Test Event 20.03. LFTE 20.03
participant, liaison officer and blue force member. Red Flag-Nellis 21-3 July 21, 2021, at Nellis Air Force Base, Nev. The 414th Combat Training Squadron, which hosts Red Flag, was to explore various ways that network vironment. This included the EC-130 The next Black Flag will occur Oct. was the beta version of “Black Flag,” a premier joint
See WArfIghTINg, on Page 7 has provided training opportunities to effectively expand competitive space requiring U.S. interagency to exercise national enabled weapons can shorten the time- Compass Call, F-15 Eagle Passive/ 26-28, 2021, as a combined Orange operational test event hosted by the 53rd Wing that
power.
validates tactics in a combat relevant environment.
lines of closing kill chains in an extremely Active Warning Survival System Flag/Black Flag.

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