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1982/03 - Exercise Red Flag
Exercise Red Flag
Lockheed C-130 Hercules
1982
The RSAF participated in the first Exercise Red Flag at Nellis AFB in March 1982, with F-5s from 144 Squadron and C-130s from 122 Squadron.
The first Exercise Red Flag was held at Nellis Air Force Base in the United States. It was a high-end air combat exercise with the US Air Force and involved the RSAF’s F-5s from 144 Squadron and C-130s from 122 Squadron.

The RSAF team that took part in Exercise Red Flag in 1982.

A memento from Exercise Red Flag in 1983.