Tag: Aggressors
The aircraft that will be used must be able to fly Mach 1.5, track "blue" aircraft BVR, employ captive air training missiles, video record an engagement, and carry electronic attack pods The U.S. Air Force (USAF) has issued its request for proposal (RFP) for contracted adversary air support on Aug. 24, 2018. The successful bidder will have to provide 30,000 annual...
The modular G3000 integrated flight deck boasts a large and vibrant, high-resolution flight display that seamlessly interfaces to the F-5’s existing mission computer, enabling advanced mapping, tactical radio capabilities, radar display and more Tactical Air Support (TacAir) will be switching out the analog displays on its F-5 Tiger fleet with the Garmin G3000 flight deck. This configuration, which consists of a...
The paint scheme is one of the two new different paint schemes introduced by USAF Aggressors in the last months Taken on May 1, 2017 the interesting photo in this post shows a U.S. Air Force (USAF) F-16 Fighting Falcon aircraft assigned to the 18th Aggressor Squadron (AGRS) taking off for a sortie from Eielson Air Force Base (AFB), during...
The Aggressor F-16s are the oldest Vipers in the USAF fleet Taken on Mar. 2, 2017 the photos in this post show U.S. Air Force (USAF) F-16 Fighting Falcons from the 18th Aggressor Squadron, assigned to Eielson Air Force Base (AFB), Alaska, and the 14th Fighter Squadron, assigned to Misawa Air Base (AB), Japan preparing for in-flight refueling during Cope...
At any given time, Blue Force may have up to 60 aircraft fighting to take on Red Force aggressors that come in waves of 8-16 aircraft at a time In the following article titled Red Flag proves ‘intense’ for F-35A pilots and written by Kari Tilton, 419th Fighter Wing Public Affairs you can find some more details about F-35A's participation...
At Red Flag 17-01 America’s newest fighter aircraft is proving capable in the hands of maintainers too As we have recently explained the F-35A Lightning II is holding its own at Red Flag 17-01. In fact during the U.S. Air Force (USAF) premier air combat exercise currently underway at Nellis Air Force Base (AFB), Nevada, the aircraft is excelling not only in eliminating advanced ground...
“We can go faster than any blue force is ever trained, up into almost Mach 2.0 to show them what its like if the enemy were to do that, which is one of their tactics” Uttered proudly in unison after a briefing before an air-to-air fight, “Have at you!” inspired by the 1975 film “Monty Python and the Holy Grail,”...
The corrosion shop performs approximately 12 to 15 full paint jobs per year With half its two-toned brown paint sanded away and swirls of green underneath the paint, the F-16 Fighting Falcon looks as if it had been submerged under water for 50 years rather than just coming off the flightline at Nellis Air Force Base (AFB). As told by Airman...
