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Caption:
NELLIS AIR FORCE BASE, Nev. -- Staff Sgt. Robin XXXXX (left) and Staff
Sgt. Greg XXXXX prepare an F-117 Nighthawk stealth fighter to launch
from here. Aircraft, aircrews, maintainers and support Airmen
from around the globe are here during March to participate in Red Flag,
an Air Force exercise that tests warfightering skills in real-time
combat situations. This is the Department of Defense's first
Joint Red Flag exercise, in which more than 10,000 servicemembers from
all four military branches, along with troops of some coalition forces,
will train in an effort to develop improved joint training and
experimentation capabilities. Sergeants XXXXX and XXXXX are crew
chiefs assigned to the 49th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron at Holloman
Air Force Base, N.M. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Kevin J.
Gruenwald)
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