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Published: 2009-02-11 20:48:53 +0000 UTC; Views: 882; Favourites: 26; Downloads: 0
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Description A Marine Corps F-16A Aggressor from NAS Fallon, heading out to the range to chase the Air Force guys around

Nellis AFB, 2009. Red Flag 09-02
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Comments: 8

F16CrewChief [2010-02-21 12:26:08 +0000 UTC]

Another F-16A. The Navy no longer has any F-16N's AFAIK.

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MI6gunny [2009-06-23 21:25:16 +0000 UTC]

that works

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MI6gunny [2009-02-19 08:25:49 +0000 UTC]

I didn't know that the Marines flew F-16s

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houdini28 In reply to MI6gunny [2009-02-27 02:11:28 +0000 UTC]

These agressor fighters are flown by Air Force Pilots. I have a friend who is an instructor at this school. I called him and confirmed it.

Additionally, Red flag is an exercise not a school. The Navy Fighter Weapons School (or Top Gun as Naval Aviators still refer to it) is a course that qualified fighter pilots can attend. The Air Force runs Red Flag, Blue Flag, and Virtual Flag in and around the Nellis Air Space every year. I know this because I have attended all three of them over the course of several years.

I am an Air Defense Controller in the United States Marine Corps and have spent the past 12 years controlling Marine Corps fighters. I'm not looking for a fight, just to help you know what you're talking about... Your photography is awesome. I've actually downloaded a number of your photos and used them in classes that I've given to my Marines.

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Atmosphotography In reply to houdini28 [2009-03-30 21:36:16 +0000 UTC]

I also did some more research on the NSAWC F-16 pilots.... all Naval Aviators. [link]
They go through training with Air Force pilots in Tucson, but they are all Navy pilots.
"About thirty Navy pilots are qualified to fly the adversary role in the F-16, an assignment that lasts two years at Fallon. The Navy replenishes pilots for the role by conducting four F-16 conversion classes with four students per class every year. Once the Navy pilots are qualified in the F-16, they go through another seven weeks of training to learn to fly the Fighting Falcon in the adversary role. After that, they are ready to function as adversary pilots at NSAWC."

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Atmosphotography In reply to houdini28 [2009-03-24 22:30:27 +0000 UTC]

And by the way, I never said Red Flag was a school. If you check the posts, I did refer to them as exercises. I made reference to Top Gun (Navy Fighter Weapons School) which WAS the actual title of the program, but it was replaced, of course, with NSAWC, and moved from Miramar to Fallon.

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Atmosphotography In reply to houdini28 [2009-03-24 22:26:43 +0000 UTC]

I appreciate that. In the future, I would appreciate if you'd ask permission to use my work. My photography is my living, and it's the only source of income I have. You'll find I'm pretty easy going, and If you ask permission, I'll probably hook you up with a higher resolution image to use, as long as it's not being used for commercial purposes.
Thanks for the clarification on the matter!

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Atmosphotography In reply to MI6gunny [2009-02-19 16:59:05 +0000 UTC]

This is an aggressor aircraft from NAS Fallon. They use these in their Naval and Strike Air Warfare Center exercises (NSAWC)(Thier version of Red Flag. It replaced the Navy Fighter Weapons School, or Top Gun, in the late 90s.)

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