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vol. 5, no. 4 Serving Southern Nevada’s military community, including Nellis, Creech and NTTR Feb. 18, 2022

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Australian, American

integration promotes

interoperability,

communication during

Red Flag-Nellis 22-1

RIGHT: Royal Australian Air Force Cpl. Corey
by Airman 1st Class Josey Blades Seydler, an Avionics Technician, stands in
Nellis AFB, Nev. front of the Australian E-7A Wedgetail during
“The U.S.’s strong alliances are a Red Flag-Nellis 22-1 at Nellis Air Force Base,
major strategic strength that not only Nev., Feb. 3, 2022. This iteration of Red Flag is
lends capability but also legitimacy to focused on confidence under fire, integrated
our international stance,” said Col. Jared leadership and the warfighter culture.
Hutchinson, 414th Combat Training
Squadron commander.
The Royal Australian Air Force is
working closely with its allies to improve
interoperability and learn how to better
work with the variety of assets at Nellis
Air Force Base.
“The number of assets that are pro-
vided here at the exercise provides a
much more complex and dynamic sce-
nario that we aren’t able to train for back
home,” said FLTLT Brayden Whicker, an
Air Battle Manager mission crew. “This
basically allows us to come here and
work with the best of the U.S. and U.K.
in a much more complex environment.”
Although Red Flag is aimed at cre-
ating realistic training and increasing
combat effectiveness for pilots, the val-
ues of this integration exercise extend
to the maintainers as well. The joint
environment equips military members
with a new, mutual understanding of
operations.
___ See red flag, on Pages 6 & 7

RIGHT: The Royal Australian Air Force E-7A
Wedgetail is parked on the flight line during
Red Flag-Nellis 22-1 at Nellis Air Force Base,
Nev., Feb. 3, 2022. This iteration of Red
Flag is focused on confidence under fire,
integrated leadership and the warfighter
culture. Air Force photographs by Airman 1st Class Josey Blades