What’s Inside
3 Compliance Process
7 Lee Canyon
8 Creative Planting
10 Roundabout Safety
12 NLV Mayor
Red Flag Advanced Aerial Combat Training: The Sound of Freedom COMMUNITIES SURROUNDING NELLIS AIR FORCE
Studies showed that the first ten combat
Air Force in action as our Airmen head to
Base are no strangers to the sound of the U.S.
missions were the most dangerous for aircrews
the Nevada Test and Training Range to train
Air Force’s large array of specialized aircraft
and so the Air Force came up with a better way
against the best.
flying overhead.
to prepare for combat: Red Flag.
According to the 2017 Air Installations Compatible Use Zone Study, available on the Nellis web site, the Aliante community can expect sound levels to average 65 decibels during the day and increase slightly at night when sound travels further. These decibel levels are well within established safe noise levels and pose no threat to the safety of the community. “When you hear the roar of the variety of aircraft that fill the skies around our community, you’re hearing the essential training that Airmen need to fight and survive in modern combat,” said Col. Michael Mathes, 414th CTS commander. “A typical Red Flag involves a variety of attack, fighter, bomber, mobility and other aircraft. If you happen to be outside while they’re flying overhead, you’ll see an impres-
This is especially true during the base’s
Since 1975, U.S. Air Force aircrews have
various exercises such as Red Flag, a realistic
flocked to Nellis several times each year to
But Red Flag isn’t just an air-to-air exercise
combat training exercise involving U.S., ally
accomplish those first ten combat missions in
anymore according to Mathes.
and partner air forces.
a realistic but controlled environment.
The next Red Flag exercise will occur Jan.
sive variety of our nation’s Air Force fleet.”
“The exercise started as an air-to-air fight,
Red Flag is administered by the 414th
but it’s evolved to a multi-domain conflict in
Combat Training Squadron at Nellis AFB three
order to make sure our warfighters from across
Red Flag was born out of the Vietnam
times a year and conducted over the 15,000
the nation’s Armed Forces are ready for today’s
War, during which the U.S. Air Force lost more
square mile Nevada Test and Training Range.
fight,” said Mathes. “Space, Cyber, and Com-
than 1,700 aircraft and thousands of Airmen
During these exercises, the surround-
mand and Control forces play an instrumental
in combat. These statistics were unacceptable.
ing communities will see and hear the U.S.
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