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red

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flag is , it's literally the world's

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premier air to air combat training

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exercise . 11 ,

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go ahead , go ahead . All right here at

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nellis Air Force Base . We have some

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amazing threat simulators both on the

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air side and on the ground side . That

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really puts them in those situations

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where they really feel like they're

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fighting that near period adversary

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that they may encounter in future

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conflicts , these appear to be heading

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directly at us . So as an aggressive

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pilot , our job is to provide the most

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realistic relevant threat training aid

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that we can to our coalition active

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duty and reserve partners . So by

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getting smart on the threat , knowing

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what the capabilities are and kind of

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being that thinking adversary of here's

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what we think they may do and then

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taking that knowledge and then going to

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provide it in an airborne forum to give

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something for our blue forces to react

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to the mission plan against to go out

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and execute and see if their tactics ,

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techniques and procedures are getting

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the job done . That's that's what we're

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about . So the three primary objectives

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of red flag are integrated leadership ,

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confidence under fire and warfighter

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culture , bringing those three things

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together really solidifies the training

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audience And instills in them what it

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would feel like to actually be in a

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combat scenario . So the goal of red

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flag overall is to give those young

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pilots and aviators they're

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experiencing their 1st 10 simulated

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combat sorties . So that way when they

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go to their first combat sortie , they

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feel like they were prepared um in this

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environment a safe environment but also

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a very high stress environment to

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simulate what would feel like in actual

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combat . So the reserves bring a huge

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amount of continuity , credibility and

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experience to the red flag organization .

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Whereas active duty personnel , they're

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great . But you know that active duty

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cycle changes over Every 2-3

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years . So with the reserves being here

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as a permanent kind of staff , we

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really augment that active duty force

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and support them and make sure that

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exercise continuity is brought forward

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exercise to exercise . It's exciting to

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see our folks who are here for the long

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haul , many of which left active duty

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here at nelson's and chose to stay , uh ,

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to continue to be a part of something

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bigger themselves , continuing day

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after day , year after year to do what

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they're doing because they love it and

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they love what it does for our country

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and what it does for the fight and the

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capabilities that they bring and to see

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them do that and do that well to the

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point that where our folks are winning

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accolades within their active duty

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squadrons , they're getting recognized

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for the awesome work that they're doing

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and they just choose to do it because

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they love it . It's super fun to see ,

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it's fun to watch folks come in and go ,

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man , I didn't realize you were a

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reservist , but when we've got folks

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that are embedded through this water ,

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both in a part time and full time role

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there , there , day in day out to see

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that there's really not that big of a

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difference between our active duty and

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reserve partners . No , it's cool to

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see .