Red Flag 11-2 provides combat experience
An E-3 Sentry deployed from 552nd Air Control Wing, Tinker Air Force Base, Okla., takes off from the flightline during the first day of Red Flag 11-2 Jan. 24, 2011, at Nellis Air Force Base, Nev. Red Flag is a combined exercise that provides a realistic, combat-training environment to the U.S. and its allies. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Benjamin Wilson)