Green Flag launches Strike Eagles into the air (4)
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1st Lt. Tim Dowling makes final pre-flight checks on an F-15E Strike Eagle during Exercise Green Flag April 24 at Nellis Air Force Base, Nev. Green Flag is Air Combat Command's premier pre-deployment exercise for units who perform close-air support. The training exercise, which began April 19 and runs through May 4, mirrors many of the irregular warfare-conditions the F-15E aircrews will see while fighting the war on terrorism. During Green Flag, aircrews will try to learn better ways to employ airpower within an irregular warfare environment. Lieutenant Dowling is a pilot with the 335th Fighter Squadron Fighter at Seymor Johnson AFB, N.C.
U.S. Air Force photo/Master Sgt. Kevin J. Gruenwald