ST. GEORGE — Residents in or near southern Nevada may notice increased noise from military aircraft as the Air Force conducts Red Flag 23-3 from July 17 to Aug. 4, according to a news release issued by the Nellis Air Force Base.
Close to 100 aircraft are scheduled to depart Nellis twice a day and may remain in the air for up to five hours during this large-scale exercise. Also, expect aircraft noise during nighttime and weekend launches.
Red Flag-Nellis 23-3 will welcome around 30 units and approximately 2,000 participants from the USAF, USSF, Marine Corps, Navy, and Air National Guard. The 414th Combat Training Squadron at Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada, conducts Red Flag exercises to provide aircrews the experience of multiple, intensive air combat sorties in the safety of a training environment.
Nellis has hosted Red Flag exercises since 1975 to provide aircrews the experience of multiple, intensive air combat sorties in the safety of a training environment. There are three iterations of Red Flag annually: one U.S. only, one open to Five Eyes participants and another that welcomes an expanded roster of international allies and partners.
The training occurs at Nellis AFB on the Nevada Test and Training Range, the U.S. Air Force’s premier military training area with more than 12,000 square miles of airspace and 2.9 million acres of land.
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