tabMAFEX (Mobility Air Forces Exercise)
JFEX (Joint Forcible Entry Exercise) Large-Scale Air Mobility Exercise
JFEX is a US Air Force Weapons School large-scale air mobility exercise in which participants plan and execute a complex air-land operation in a simulated contested battlefield. JFEX exercises participants' ability to synchronize aircraft movements from geographically-separated bases, command large formations of dissimilar aircraft in high threat airspace, and tactically deliver and recover combat forces via air drops and combat landings on an unimproved landing strip.
JFEX schedule for calendar year 2015:
Class 15A will take place June 20, 2015
Class 15B will take place Dec. 12, 2015
Dates and units participating in Joint Forcible Entry Exercises are subject to change.
The exercise will include U.S. forces and aircraft from:
- 1st Fighter Wing, 94th Fighter Squadron, F-22As, Langley AFB, Va.
- 20th Fighter Wing, 79th Fighter Squadron, F-16CJs, Shaw AFB, S.C.
- 55th Electronic Group, 43rd Electronic Combat Squadron, EC-130s, Davis-Monthan AFB, Ariz.
- 57th Wing, 526th Intelligence Squadron, DCGS, Nellis AFB, Nev.
- 158th Fighter Wing, 134th Fighter Squadron, F-16Cs, Burlington, Va. ANG.
- 114th Fighter Wing, 175th Fighter Squadron, F-16Cs, Sioux Falls, S.D. ANG.
- 31st Fighter Wing, 555th Fighter Squadron, F-16CMs, Aviano, AFB, Italy.
- Carrier Air Wing 17, Electronic Attack Squadron 132, EA-18G, Naval Air Station Whidbey Island, Wash.
- 9th Reconnaissance Wing, 99th Reconnaissance Squadron, U-2, Beale AFB, Calif.
- 55th Wing, 43rd Electronic Combat Squadron, EC-130H, Davis Monthan AFB, Ariz.
- 509th Bomb Wing, 393rd Bomb Squadron, B-2As, Whiteman AFB, Mo.
- 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing, Marine Fighter Attack Squadron 225, F/A-18D, Marine Corps Air Station, Miramar, Calif.
- 461st Air Control Wing, 12th Airborne Command and Control Squadron, E-8s, Robins AFB, Ga.
- 55th Wing, 348th Reconnaissance Squadron, RC-135s, Offutt AFB, Neb.
- Patrol and Reconnaissance Wing, Fleet Air Reconnaissance Squadron 1, EP-3C, NAS Whidbey Island, Wash.
- Patrol and Reconnaissance Wing Ten, Patrol Squadron 46, P-3C, NAS Whidbey Island Wash.
- 22nd Air Refueling Wing, TTF, KC135s, McConnell AFB, Kan.
- 23rd Wing, 79th Rescue Squadron, HC-130Js, Davis-Monthan AFB, Ariz.
- 23rd Wing, 66th Rescue Squadron, HH-60Gs, Nellis AFB, Nev.
- 552nd Air Control Wing, 965th Airborne Air Control Squadron, E-3s, Tinker AFB, Okla.
- 57th Wing, 64th Aggressor Squadron, F-16Cs and F15Cs, Nellis AFB, Nev.
In addition to U.S. aircraft, the Royal Australian Air Force, flying C-130Js, and the Royal Air Force of the United Kingdom, flying Typhoons, F-15C's, E-3D's, Sentinels and a CRC will participate in Red Flag 15-1.
davechng wrote:Anybody got any info about current Green Flag ( 15-8.5) Pariticipants?? will be attending Red Flag 15-3 and hoping to catch some Green flag aircraft
DaveC
''A typical Green Flag exercise involves two multi-role fighter and/or bomber squadrons (F-15Es, F-16s, F/A-18s, A-10s, B-1s, B-52s, etc.), unmanned aircraft (MQ-1, MQ-9, Shadow, Raven), electronic warfare aircraft (EC-130s, EP-3s), and aerial refueling aircraft (KC-130s, KC-135s, and KC-10s)''