Red Flags in 2022

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Red Flags in 2022

Post by RyanS » Thu Oct 14, 2021 4:05 pm

Curious if anyone has any dates or info on 2022 Red Flags yet? Trying to plan out some trips. I expect there will be one in Jan/Feb, and then one in mid-late March. Either could work for my plans.
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Post by Dan Gagnon » Thu Oct 14, 2021 4:53 pm

Ryan,

I'm thinking about doing the same.

I came across this on the Scramble Message Boards. It's Luke AFB's calendar. They list March7-18 as Red Flag 22-1, but going by previous years, it is usually Flag#2 and #1 is late Jan/early Feb. Side note, someone responded to the post about the Luke calendar, saying RF-1 is going to be from January 17- February 4, which is at this point is speculation.

Also, the March Red Flag ends the weekend of the Luke Days show. Just sayin ;)


https://www.calendarwiz.com/calendars/c ... 0716665919

I use the Scramble boards and Dreamland Resort pages to keep an eye on Red Flag info. They both usually post aircraft lists for the flags as well. I have seen Dreamland say that they get the aircraft lists from a FOIA request from Nellis AFB. I'm not sure how that works though lol

https://www.scramble.nl/community/messa ... /88/159673

https://dreamlandresort.com/
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Post by Dan Gagnon » Tue Oct 19, 2021 5:52 am

This was posted on the Dreamland Resort discussion board by their webmaster, Joerg Arnu:
I have posted my best guess for the 2022 Nellis exercise dates. The dates are only a somewhat educated guess based on previous year's schedule. We have filed a FOIA request for the official dates but based on past experience I do not expect a reply any time soon; if at all.

The last few years our predicted dates were mostly correct, but no guarantees. We will update the schedule when/if we receive a reply to our FOIA request.
The predicted dates for next year's Red Flags:

22-1: January 24 - February 11
22-2: March 7 - March18
22-3: July 18 - August 5

Again, these dates are an estimate based on previous years flags. Hopefully we get dates confirmed soon. Participant lists would be nice too ;)
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Post by TooTallDean » Wed Dec 22, 2021 11:01 am

Dreamland has not altered those dates as of mid Dec.
https://www.dreamlandresort.com/info/flags.html
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Post by FlyRed » Thu Dec 23, 2021 12:18 am

RyanS wrote: Thu Oct 14, 2021 4:05 pm Curious if anyone has any dates or info on 2022 Red Flags yet? Trying to plan out some trips. I expect there will be one in Jan/Feb, and then one in mid-late March. Either could work for my plans.
Hi Ryan

Just saw this now. The dates above are accurate. If restrictions allow I'd like to do -1 and -2.

This is a great site for exercises:
https://www.scramble.nl/planning/sis-summary
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Post by Dan Gagnon » Fri Dec 24, 2021 6:31 pm

To throw a wrench in all this, a poster on the Dreamland discussion board stated he has a source from Nellis AFB and states RF 22-1 is Jan 31-Feb 11 :?:

I wish Nellis would post the dates themselves so we can end the speculation lol

In other news, if the above is true, I need to rebook a flight to a week later (oops). That's if I even decide to go with this new omicron variant out there. My booster appointment isn't until Feb 5th as it's a logjam with everyone in Ontario trying to get it.

So....we'll see
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Post by Dan Gagnon » Thu Jan 06, 2022 5:49 am

A post on the Dreamland Resort message boards confirms the dates of January 24 - February 11th.

The post also listed participants!

RF 2022-01 24 Jan - 11 Feb

Players

10 Sqn K2
12th ACCS E-8C
1(F) Sqn Typhoon
179th FS F-16CM
2 Sqn E7A
23d BS B-52H
335th FS F-15E
38th RS RC-135VW
348th RS RQ-40B
393d BS B-2A
41st RQS HH-60W
41st TES Typhoon
421st FS F-35A
43d ECS EC-130H
50th ATKS MQ-9
75th FS A-10C
79th RQS HC-130J
94th FS F-22A
6th ARW KC-135R
964th AACS E-3G
VAQ 134 EA-18G
VAQ 142 EA-18G

Subject to change with Covid out there.
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Post by ordspotting » Mon Jan 10, 2022 3:55 pm

Lossie Launch - 1 Squadron
Ascot9511 - ZK374
Ascot9512 - ZK425
Ascot9513 - ZK439
Ascot9514 - ZK431
Being Taken Across Using ZZ332

CGY Launch - 41 Squadron
Ascot9515 - ZK339
Ascot9516 - ZK365
Ascot9517 - ZK375
Ascot9518 - ZK433
Being taken across using ZZ334

“All Going To The USA For Red Flag, Held At Nellis AFB”
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Post by Galil545x39 » Fri Jan 14, 2022 11:02 pm

I live on the south side of Vegas, within earshot but not eyeshot of Nellis. There's been a lot of rumbling the last few days and after checking ADS-B today I found tracks of RAF Voyagers and a Typhoon, so I wonder of 22-1 has kicked off early?

Voyager ZZ334 orbiting SE of Nellis range:
ZZ334 orbiting SE Nellis range
ZZ334 orbiting SE Nellis range
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Typhoon ZK377 and Voyager ZZ331 enroute to Nellis:
Typhoon ZK377 and Voyager ZZ331 enroute to Nellis
Typhoon ZK377 and Voyager ZZ331 enroute to Nellis
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Post by RyanS » Sat Jan 15, 2022 12:49 am

Galil545x39 wrote: Fri Jan 14, 2022 11:02 pm I live on the south side of Vegas, within earshot but not eyeshot of Nellis. There's been a lot of rumbling the last few days and after checking ADS-B today I found tracks of RAF Voyagers and a Typhoon, so I wonder of 22-1 has kicked off early?

Voyager ZZ334 orbiting SE of Nellis range:
20220114 Voyager ZZ334 orbit.jpg

Typhoon ZK377 and Voyager ZZ331 enroute to Nellis:
20220114 Voyager ZZ331 Typhoon ZK377 enroute Nellis.jpg
I believe participating pilots get some familiarization flights on the range ahead of RF actually starting, or maybe just 'normal' training missions?
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