Photo: air-to-air with the Colombian Air Force Kfirs in the Nevada Test and Training Range during the Red Flag

August 5, 2012 Military Aviation

David Cenciotti

The following exclusive image was taken by The Aviationist’s photographer Tony Lovelock during a flight on the Colombian B-767 from Nellis Air Force Base. It shows two Colombian Air Force Kfirs joining the tanker left wing during a Red Flag 12-4 sortie.

Many more images about the last Red Flag and, in particular, about the Colombian Air Force detachment at Nellis will be published in the next days.

Stay tuned.

Image credit: The Aviationist’s Tony Lovelock

[Photo Gallery] Colombian Air Force Kfir combat planes at their first Red Flag ever (theaviationist.com)
If you want to know what a Red Flag’s mass launch from Nellis Air Force Base looks like, watch this video (theaviationist.com)
Photo: Inside the cockpit of the (special colored) Colombian Air Force C-130H (theaviationist.com)
Farnborough 2012: Special colored C-130H of the Colombian Air Force landing on runway 24 (theaviationist.com)
Video: Red Flag night launch and recovery time lapse (spanning about 5 hours or so in just 3 minutes). (theaviationist.com)
Russian Air Force to take part in next Red Flag exercise. Who’s gonna play the Aggressor role? (theaviationist.com)

About David Cenciotti

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.