Davis-Monthan Air Force Base

A photo of someone preparing a GTR-18A rocket. — Red Flag-Rescue 22-2

An Airman assigned to Kirtland Air Force Base, New Mexico, prepares a GTR-18A rocket during Exercise Red Flag-Rescue 22-2 at Playas Training Center, New Mexico, Aug. 11, 2022. Airmen must be ready to adapt, anticipate and react to changes in the operating environment by providing total force combat-ready Airmen to handle the known while also educating them to recognize and react to the unknown. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Paige Weldon)

A photo of someone placing a GTR-18A rocket on launch rails. — Red Flag-Rescue 22-2

An Airman assigned to Kirtland Air Force Base, New Mexico, assembles a launch rail for GTR-18A rockets during Exercise Red Flag-Rescue 22-2 at Playas Training Center, New Mexico, Aug. 11, 2022. RF-R is the world’s premier combat search and rescue (CSAR) exercise that prepares Airmen and partners for the high-end fight in highly contested, degraded environments. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Paige Weldon)

Red Flag-Rescue 22-2

An Airman assigned to Kirtland Air Force Base, New Mexico, prepares a GTR-18A rocket during Exercise Red Flag-Rescue 22-2 at Playas Training Center, New Mexico, Aug. 11, 2022. Airmen must be ready to adapt, anticipate and react to changes in the operating environment by providing total force combat-ready Airmen to handle the known while also educating them to recognize and react to the unknown. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Paige Weldon)

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Red Flag-Rescue 22-2

An Airman assigned to Kirtland Air Force Base, New Mexico, assembles a launch rail for GTR-18A rockets during Exercise Red Flag-Rescue 22-2 at Playas Training Center, New Mexico, Aug. 11, 2022. RF-R is the world’s premier combat search and rescue (CSAR) exercise that prepares Airmen and partners for the high-end fight in highly contested, degraded environments. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Paige Weldon)

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Opposing Forces at Red Flag-Rescue 22-2

Published Aug. 18, 2022
By Airman 1st Class Paige Weldon
355th Wing Public Affairs

DAVIS-MONTHAN AIR FORCE BASE, Ariz. --

A photo of someone looking off in the distance. — Red Flag-Rescue 22-2

An Airman assigned to Kirtland Air Force Base, New Mexico, scans for opposing players during exercise Red Flag-Rescue 22-2 at Playas Training Center, New Mexico, Aug. 11, 2022. RF-R is the world’s premier combat search and rescue exercise that prepares Airmen and partners for the high-end fight in highly contested, degraded environments. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Paige Weldon)

A photo of four GTR-18A rockets on launch rails. — Red Flag-Rescue 22-2

Four GTR-18A rockets are placed on launch rails during exercise Red Flag-Rescue 22-2 at Playas Training Center, New Mexico, Aug. 11, 2022. Airmen from Kirtland Air Force Base, New Mexico, played as an opposing force during RF-R by monitoring for aircraft via radar and launching GTR-18A rockets at them. RF-R is an Air Combat Command-sponsored, Joint National Training Center-certified, two-week, live-fly, combat search and rescue (CSAR) exercise designed and executed by Detachment 1, 414th Combat Training Squadron. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Paige Weldon)

A photo of someone pointing at something in the distance. — Red Flag-Rescue 22-2

Airmen assigned to Kirtland Air Force Base, New Mexico, prepare to deploy a GTR-18A rocket against opposing players during Exercise Red Flag-Rescue 22-2 at Playas Training Center, New Mexico, Aug. 11, 2022. Airmen must be ready to adapt, anticipate and react to changes in the operating environment by providing total force combat-ready Airmen to handle the known while also educating them to recognize and react to the unknown. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Paige Weldon)