What is it ?… (Red Flag)

In this section, I get to tell you more about some of my “RED FLAG” photographs… for those of you interested in knowing what your looking at… ! We shot for a few weeks in the Nevada desert at the Nellis Air Force Base with its its vast ranges that provide 15,000 square miles (39,000 km2) of airspace for flying operations !!!. Yep… this is where, smack in the middle of it is… AREA 51 !!! Every day, we would travel 2 to 3 hours to our shooting locations. We would always arrive to our location at sunrise which, on every day, was visually stunning !!. Nothing, in my professional life, comes close to being a few hundred feet from F15’s flying over your head at mach 1 and making every bone in your body shake !! Read on for some quite interesting stuff !!

The Thunderbirds

While we were shooting our IMAX movie "Red Flag" at Nellis Air Force Base, we were sometimes treated to practice sessions from the Thunderbirds...

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Flares

Once the presence of a "live" IR (Infra Red) missile is indicated, flares are released by the aircraft in an attempt to decoy the missile; some systems are automatic,...

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Target practice !

This picture was taken from approximately 500 feet from the explosion. This explosion was actually "manufactured"

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C.S.A.R.

Combat Search and Rescue (CSAR) is a function of special military units during wartime. CSAR consists of operations carried out to retrieve, rescue and provide assistance to...

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UH 60 Blackhawk

The UH 60 Black Hawk is a utility tactical transport helicopter that replaces the UH-1 "Huey"...

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The Warthog

How the A-10 Thunderbolt II received the nickname "Warthog" (or simply "Hog"), dates back to Fairchild-Republic's initial deliveries...

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A10 Thunderbolt

The A-10 has integrally machined skin panels. Because the stringers are integral with the skin there are no join or seal problems...

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The Bone.

Although officially nicknamed the "Lancer", B-1 crews almost never refer to the aircraft by this name. Crews prefer to call the B-1 the "Bone"...

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Locate & Rescue…

The primary operational task of rescue is to locate, communicate with, and recover downed aircrews and isolated personnel.

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