Checkered Flag, one of the Department of Defense’s largest air-to-air exercises, is a two-week long, large-scale aerial exercise designed to integrate fourth and fifth-generation airframes to enhance mobility, deployment, and employment capabilities of,
The largest Checkered Flag exercise held to date wrapped up at Tyndall Air Force Base, May 21. Checkered Flag, one of the Department of Defense's largest.
By Staff Sgt. Betty R. Chevalier, 325th Fighter Wing Public Affairs / Published May 27, 2021
A U.S. Air Force F-15E Strike Eagle assigned to Seymour Johnson Air Force Base, North Carolina, receives fuel from a KC-135 Stratotanker over the Gulf of Mexico during Checkered Flag 21-2, May 12, 2021. Checkered Flag is a large-scale aerial exercise designed to integrate fourth and fifth-generation airframes to enhance mobility, deployment, and employment capabilities of aviators and maintainers. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Stefan Alvarez)
U.S. Air Force Airman 1st Class Riley Pinkerton, 325th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron crew chief, performs preflight checks on an F-22 Raptor at Eglin Air Force Base, Florida, May 17, 2021. The F-22, assigned to the 43rd Fighter Squadron, Tyndall AFB, Florida, participated in Checkered Flag 21-2, a large-scale aerial exercise designed to integrate fourth and fifth-generation airframes to enhance mobility, deployment, & employme
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By Staff Sgt. Betty R. Chevalier, 325th Fighter Wing Public Affairs / Published May 27, 2021
A U.S. Air Force F-15E Strike Eagle assigned to Seymour Johnson Air Force Base, North Carolina, receives fuel from a KC-135 Stratotanker over the Gulf of Mexico during Checkered Flag 21-2, May 12, 2021. Checkered Flag is a large-scale aerial exercise designed to integrate fourth and fifth-generation airframes to enhance mobility, deployment, and employment capabilities of aviators and maintainers. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Stefan Alvarez)
U.S. Air Force Airman 1st Class Riley Pinkerton, 325th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron crew chief, performs preflight checks on an F-22 Raptor at Eglin Air Force Base, Florida, May 17, 2021. The F-22, assigned to the 43rd Fighter Squadron, Tyndall AFB, Florida, participated in Checkered Flag 21-2, a large-scale aerial exercise designed to integrate fourth and fifth-generation airframes to enhance mobility, deployment, & employme