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USAF's "Top Gun" - Operation Red Flag


While I am still on the fence as to who I want to fly for (and really, it's more of who will actually let me fly for them), I stand in awe of the Air Force's massive war game known as Operation Red Flag. It's the Air Force's version of Navy's "Fighter Weapons School" (Top Gun). Below is the IMAX movie that I'd really like to see if I ever get the chance. Anyway, it's worth checking out as it's about the course but in story form. Enjoy.


"To put your life in danger from time to time... breeds a saneness in dealing with day-to-day trivialities." - Nevil Shute, Slide Rule: The Autobiography of an Engineer
USAF's "Top Gun" - Operation Red Flag USAF's "Top Gun" - Operation Red Flag Reviewed by Joe Burlas on September 14, 2009 Rating: 5

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  1. Perpetual ExpatSeptember 17, 2009 at 8:03 AM

    If the Air Force has a school that's its version of another services's school... then it's an imitation. Wouldn't you want to go to the original? It's like aspiring to go to Rutgers when Princeton is an option. Plus, Air Force is ghey.

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  2. Joe BurlasOctober 12, 2009 at 6:44 PM

    Top Gun is a competition, Red Flag is a school to gain experience. Top Gun focuses on the individual dogfight, Red Flag focuses on Joint Operations in a Combat senario. Top Gun dogfights consist of 1v1, 2v2, or 3v3. Red Flag consists of multi-national forces ranging from 25 to 100 aircraft put up against a dedicated squadron of instructors.

    In my opinion, as the Air Force has the better training program. It also better aircraft currently (as the Raptor is an Air Force only aircraft). Additionally, when the F35 comes out- the Air Force Variation of the aircraft will be the only one modified with a Cannon setup.

    I don't really favor the air force but your comment isnt very educated, especially when living on a ship with your buddies for six months at a time on the regular is more of a homosexual paradise than are the luxuries the Air Force affords itself.

    And Lastly, the Navy does have more planes, but they're smaller and require less personell to operate. The Airforce has the U2, SR-71 (offically retired, however debateable), and all the other high-flight aircraft, to include the most R&D support from the DoD. For a Pilot, the Air Force is the better choice for opportunity.

    In the Navy's only defense, you become a better pilot when you land on ships that tilt with the ocean, and you are more deployable.

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