La escasez de aviones cisterna ha motivado que el primer Red Flag previsto para el ejercicio fiscal 2011 haya tenido que cancelarse. Su inicio estaba previsto para el 17 de Octubre, pero el hecho de no disponer de abastecimiento en vuelo, ha motivado que la fuerza de ataque prevista en las maniobras, los F-16 de la 31st Fighter Wing basada en Aviano, Italia, no pudieran desplegarse.
El siguiente Red Flag está previsto para el 19 de enero de 2011.
key.Aero
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A lack of aerial refuelling tankers forced the cancellation of the first ‘Red Flag’ exercise for the fiscal year 2011 at Nellis Air Force Base in Nevada.
Red Flag 11/1 was due to commence on October 17 but a lack of US Air Force tankers meant that F-16s from the 31st Fighter Wing based at Aviano in Italy were unable to deploy.
“Without a strike force, we lost the central focus of a large force employment exercise and bang-for-the-buck of our training dollar was minimised,” said Todd Parker, deputy chief of the Air Combat Command Exercise Branch and Red Flag programme manager at Joint Base Langely-Eustis in Virginia. Up to 40 aircraft were due to participate in the two-week exercise.
The next Red Flag is scheduled to start on January 19.
key.Aero
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