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HENDERSON, Nev. – Southern Utah residents may notice increased noise from military aircraft as the Air Force conducts Red Flag 22-1 starting Monday and running through Feb. 11.
Nearly 100 aircraft are scheduled to depart Nellis twice a day and may remain in the air for up to five hours during Red Flag. There will be night launches as well to allow air crews to train for nighttime combat operations.
Red Flag-Nellis 22-1 will welcome around 2,900 participants from the U.S. Air Force, Navy, Marines, Space Force, Air National Guard, U.S. Air Force Reserves, the Royal Air Force (UK) and the Royal Australian Air Force. The 388th Fighter Wing from Hill Air Force Base, Utah, will take the lead wing position as many aircraft participate in complex mission scenarios against aggressor forces.
The exercise is organized at Nellis Air Force Base and hosted north of Las Vegas on the Nevada Test and Training Range–the U.S. Air Force's premier military training area with more than 12,000 square miles of airspace and 2.9 million acres of land.
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