Singapore’s F-16s and F-15SGs at Nellis Air Force Base for Red Flag 14-3

Among the aircraft deployed to Nellis Air Force Base for the Red Flag 14-3 last summer, were the Republic of Singapore Air Force F-15SGs, and F-16s. All painted with various special designs on the tails.

Red Flag exercises always offer a good opportunity to see U.S. stealth planes, Aggressors, heavy bombers, SEAD (Suppression of Enemy Air Defense) and Electronic Warfare aircraft, take off or land at Nellis Air Force Base, or engage one another inside the Nevada Test and Training Center.

Along with the American hi-tech combat planes and the supporting planes, Red Flags attract many interesting foreign participants.

F-15SG. 05-0030:MO 428FS. Rep SNG AF. recovers to Nellis 17.07.2014

The 14-3 edition held last summer featured, among all the others, even the RSAF F-16s and F-15SG currently working and training with the 56 FW at Luke AFB, Arizona, and the 366th FW at Mountain Home AFB, Idaho.

F-16D. 94-0283:LF. 425FS. Rep Singapore AF. Recovers to Nellis AFB. 17.07.2014

Four of these combat planes sported special tails.

F-16C. 97-0112:LF. 425 FS. Rep Singapore AF

The images in this post were shot by The Aviationist’s photographer Tony Lovelock in July, as the aircraft recovered to Nellis at the end of their RF 14-3 missions.

05-0005:428 FS-MO. F-15SG. Republic Singapore Air Force. Nellis AFB. 17.07.2014

96-5034:LF. F-16D. 425 FS. Rep Singapore Air Force. "Merlion". 20th Anniversary markings

96-5035:LF. F-16D. 425FS. Republic of Singapore Air Force. Nellis AFB. 17.07.2014

F-16C. 94-0273:LF. 425FS. Rep Singapore AF

Even this RSAF Chinook was deployed to Nellis AFB.

88182. CH-47. Rep Singapoe AF. Red Flag 14-3. Nellis AFB. 17.07.2014

Image credit: Tony Lovelock

 

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David Cenciotti is a journalist based in Rome, Italy. He is the Founder and Editor of “The Aviationist”, one of the world’s most famous and read military aviation blogs. Since 1996, he has written for major worldwide magazines, including Air Forces Monthly, Combat Aircraft, and many others, covering aviation, defense, war, industry, intelligence, crime and cyberwar. He has reported from the U.S., Europe, Australia and Syria, and flown several combat planes with different air forces. He is a former 2nd Lt. of the Italian Air Force, a private pilot and a graduate in Computer Engineering. He has written five books and contributed to many more ones.