NELLIS AIR FORCE BASE, Nev. -- Airman 1st Class Joshua Koch, 20th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron crew chief from Shaw Air Force Base, S.C., helps 1st Lt. Greg Farrell, a 55th Fighter Squadron pilot from Shaw, strap into an F-16 Viper before a training mission at Red Flag 10-3 Feb. 23. Red Flag is a realistic combat-training exercise involving the air forces of the United States and its allies. The exercise is conducted on the 15,000-square-mile Nevada Test and Training Range, north of Las Vegas. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Michael R. Holzworth/RELEASED)

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NELLIS AIR FORCE BASE, Nev. -- Airman 1st Class Joshua Koch completes a pre-flight check while communicating with the pilot of an F-16 Viper before a training mission at Red Flag Feb. 23 on Nellis Air Force Base, Nev. Red Flag is a realistic combat-training exercise involving the air forces of the United States and its allies. Airman Koch is a crew chief with the 20th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron from Shaw AFB, S.C. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Michael R. Holzworth)

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NELLIS AIR FORCE BASE, Nev. -- First Lt. Greg Farrell, 55th Fighter Squadron pilot from Shaw Air Force Base, S.C., straps into an F-16 before departing on a training mission at Red Flag 10-3 Feb. 23. Red Flag is a realistic combat-training exercise involving the air forces of the United States and its allies. The exercise is conducted on the 15,000-square-mile Nevada Test and Training Range, north of Las Vegas. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Michael R. Holzworth/RELEASED)

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NELLIS AIR FORCE BASE, Nev. -- Airman 1st Class Joshua Koch, 20th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron crew chief from Shaw Air Force Base, S.C., helps 1st Lt. Greg Farrell, 55th Fighter Squadron pilot prepare for flight in an F-16 at Red Flag 10-3 Feb. 23. Red Flag is a realistic combat-training exercise involving the air forces of the United States and its allies. The exercise is conducted on the 15,000-square-mile Nevada Test and Training Range, north of Las Vegas. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Michael R. Holzworth/RELEASED)

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NELLIS AIR FORCE BASE, Nev. -- Airman 1st Class Eric Gordon, 20th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron crew chief from Shaw Air Force Base, S.C., uses flashlights to hold an F-16 while another F-16 taxis down the flightline for a night-training mission at Red Flag 10-3 Feb. 23. Red Flag is a realistic combat-training exercise involving the air forces of the United States and its allies. The exercise is conducted on the 15,000-square-mile Nevada Test and Training Range, north of Las Vegas. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Michael R. Holzworth/RELEASED)

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NELLIS AIR FORCE BASE, Nev. -- Fifty-fith Fighter Squadron F-16s from Shaw AFB, S.C., sit at the end of the runway and await clearance for takeoff during Red Flag 10-3 Feb. 23. Red Flag is a realistic combat training exercise involving the air forces of the United States and its allies. The exercise is conducted on the 15,000-square-mile Nevada Test and Training Range, north of Las Vegas. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Michael R. Holzworth/RELEASED)

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NELLIS AIR FORCE BASE, Nev. -- Airman 1st Class Albert Sarroca completes a pre-flight check before launching an F-16 Viper on a night-training mission at Red Flag Feb. 23 on Nellis Air Force Base, Nev. Red Flag is a realistic combat training exercise involving the air forces of the United States and its allies. Airman Sarroca is a crew chief with the 20th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron from Shaw AFB, S.C. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Michael R. Holzworth)

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Shooters take to Nellis skies

Published March 3, 2010
By 2nd Lt. Tony Richardson
20th Fighter Wing Public Affairs

NELLIS AIR FORCE BASE, NV -- The 55th Fighter Squadron "Shooters" are currently participating in a two-week Red Flag exercise at Nellis Air Force Base, Nev. Red Flag is a realistic combat training exercise involving the air forces of the United States and its allies.

The exercise is conducted on the 15,000-square-mile Nevada Test and Training Range, north of Las Vegas.

Photos were provided courtesy of Tech. Sgt. Michael Holzworth, U.S. Air Force photojournalist.

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