First Red Flag of 2016 rolls into Nellis — VIDEO
Red Flag is a realistic combat training exercise involving the air, space and cyber forces of the United States and its allies.
An F-16 fighter jet with its after-burner aglow takes off from Nellis Air Force Base during the year‘s first Red Flag exercise on Monday, Jan. 25, 2016, in Las Vegas. More than 80 warplanes from squadrons in the United States, United Kingdom and Australia will take off and land twice daily through Feb. 12. David Becker/Las Vegas Review-Journal
Royal Australian Air Force Cpl. Nicci Freeman photographs a C-130 cargo plane as it flies overhead after taking off during a Red Flag exercise at Nellis Air Force Base on Monday, Jan. 25, 2016, in Las Vegas. More than 80 warplanes from squadrons in the United States, United Kingdom and Australia will take off and land twice daily through Feb. 12. David Becker/Las Vegas Review-Journal
Sunlight reflects from the canopy of an F-15 jet after taking off at Nellis Air Force Base during a Red Flag exercise Monday, Jan. 25, 2016, in Las Vegas. More than 80 warplanes from squadrons in the United States, United Kingdom and Australia will take off and land twice daily through Feb. 12. David Becker/Las Vegas Review-Journal
An F-16 fighter jet is silhouetted as it passes by the sun after taking off from Nellis Air Force Base during a Red Flag exercise on Monday, Jan. 25, 2016, in Las Vegas. More than 80 warplanes from squadrons in the United States, United Kingdom and Australia will take off and land twice daily through Feb. 12. David Becker/Las Vegas Review-Journal
The USAF Thunderbirds fly their F-16 jets overhead at Nellis Air Force Base on Monday, Jan. 25, 2016, in Las Vegas. David Becker/Las Vegas Review-Journal
A USAF Thunderbirds F-16 jet takes off at Nellis Air Force Base on Monday, Jan. 25, 2016, in Las Vegas. David Becker/Las Vegas Review-Journal
A C-130 flies away after taking off during a Red Flag exercise at Nellis Air Force Base on Monday, Jan. 25, 2016, in Las Vegas. More than 80 warplanes from squadrons in the United States, United Kingdom and Australia will take off and land twice daily through Feb. 12. David Becker/Las Vegas Review-Journal
An HH60 Pavehawk helicopter flies overhead after taking off during a Red Flag exercise at Nellis Air Force Base on Monday, Jan. 25, 2016, in Las Vegas. More than 80 warplanes from squadrons in the United States, United Kingdom and Australia will take off and land twice daily through Feb. 12. David Becker/Las Vegas Review-Journal
An F-16 fighter jet takes off from Nellis Air Force Base during a Red Flag exercise on Monday, Jan. 25, 2016, in Las Vegas. More than 80 warplanes from squadrons in the United States, United Kingdom and Australia will take off and land twice daily through Feb. 12. David Becker/Las Vegas Review-Journal
Air Force Sgt. Thomas Spangler photographs a B-1 Lancer after taking off from Nellis Air Force Base during a Red Flag exercise on Monday, Jan. 25, 2016, in Las Vegas. More than 80 warplanes from squadrons in the United States, United Kingdom and Australia will take off and land twice daily through Feb. 12. David Becker/Las Vegas Review-Journal
An Air Force C-130 cargo plane takes off during a Red Flag exercise at Nellis Air Force Base on Monday, Jan. 25, 2016, in Las Vegas. More than 80 warplanes from squadrons in the United States, United Kingdom and Australia will take off and land twice daily through Feb. 12. David Becker/Las Vegas Review-Journal
An F-16 fighter jet takes off from Nellis Air Force Base during a Red Flag exercise on Monday, Jan. 25, 2016, in Las Vegas. More than 80 warplanes from squadrons in the United States, United Kingdom and Australia will take off and land twice daily through Feb. 12. David Becker/Las Vegas Review-Journal
A USAF Thunderbirds F-16 jet takes off at Nellis Air Force Base on Monday, Jan. 25, 2016, in Las Vegas. David Becker/Las Vegas Review-Journal
An F-16 fighter jet with its after-burner aglow flies overhead after taking off from Nellis Air Force Base during a Red Flag exercise on Monday, Jan. 25, 2016, in Las Vegas. More than 80 warplanes from squadrons in the United States, United Kingdom and Australia will take off and land twice daily through Feb. 12. David Becker/Las Vegas Review-Journal
An Air Force C-130 cargo plane flies overhead after taking off during a Red Flag exercise at Nellis Air Force Base on Monday, Jan. 25, 2016, in Las Vegas. More than 80 warplanes from squadrons in the United States, United Kingdom and Australia will take off and land twice daily through Feb. 12. David Becker/Las Vegas Review-Journal
A KC-135 Stratotanker taxis on the tarmac before taking off for a Red Flag exercise at Nellis Air Force Base on Monday, Jan. 25, 2016, in Las Vegas. More than 80 warplanes from squadrons in the United States, United Kingdom and Australia will take off and land twice daily through Feb. 12. David Becker/Las Vegas Review-Journal
A B-1 Lancer flies overhead after taking off during a Red Flag exercise at Nellis Air Force Base on Monday, Jan. 25, 2016, in Las Vegas. More than 80 warplanes from squadrons in the United States, United Kingdom and Australia will take off and land twice daily through Feb. 12. David Becker/Las Vegas Review-Journal
A C-130 flies overhead after taking off during a Red Flag exercise at Nellis Air Force Base on Monday, Jan. 25, 2016, in Las Vegas. More than 80 warplanes from squadrons in the United States, United Kingdom and Australia will take off and land twice daily through Feb. 12. David Becker/Las Vegas Review-Journal
The first Red Flag exercises of 2016 are under way at Nellis Air Force Base, drawing air crews from all over the United States, the United Kingdom and Australia.
