Looks like this Red Flag 22-3 is mostly a US aircraft only exercise so not a real biggie. upcoming wx forecast for the week in Vegas has average high at 109F degrees.. Aaah! Prob a lot of night flying operations in store.
Published: Jul. 7, 2022 at 5:11 PM EDT LAS VEGAS, Nev. (FOX5) -Nellis Air Force Base (AFB) announced Thursday that they will soon be conducting Red Flag 22-3 The exercise will last from July 9 through July 29. Nellis AFB says that Southern Nevada residents may notice increased noise from military aircraft during this time.
Red Flag 22-3 will bring about 75 aircraft and 2,300 participants from various United State military branches to Nellis AFB. A release from Nellis AFB says that the Red Flag will emphasize “joint-force integration.”
The exercise creates combat-like situations in a controlled environment, involving all aircrew personnel.
The Red Flag is organized at Nellis AFB and takes place at the Nevada Test and Training range, which has 12,000 square miles of airspace for exercises. Nellis AFB says that the space allows for combat air forces, “to train to fight together, survive together and win..
BTW that new P-8A POSEIDEN-1 #170013 went into Pax River.. Maybe Pax river has new test bird for a while.