Lockheed Martin F-16Es from the United Arab Emirates air force are participating in the US Air Force's "Red Flag" series of multinational exercises for the first time, with the current manoeuvres set to conclude at Nellis AFB, Nevada on 5 September.
The UAE aircraft are drawn from its US-based training squadron for the Block 60 F-16E/F, which is permanently based at Tucson AFB.
Air force personnel set for involvement in the Red Flag exercise took part in a two-week series of preparatory training at the Arizona base before activities started at Nellis on 22 August, the USAF says.
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Eighty F-16E/Fs were delivered to the UAE air force between 2003 and 2007, with one single-seat example having been lost to an accident, according to Flightglobal's MiliCAS database.
Source: Flight International
