Could JHC participate in Red Flag? Cost effective?
As prepping for Heli Expo in a few weeks in Vegas, I'm pondering whether in the future the AAC Longbow fleet could participate in a future Red Flag exercise?
My reasoning of thought is since the early 90s, the USAF Fighter Weapons School have encouraged and included US Army and USMC attack helicopter assets into the various Red Flags.
Better still could the CHF and SHF force participate at all with Merlins, Lynx / Wildcat and Wokkas as well?
Perhaps even help towards cost effectiveness overall if across the state someone's running a Vortex ex with Merlins and the CHF Mk 9s, and in parallel up in casino land, theres the Tonka force plus Typhoons - why not bring all assets to one place. Still playing near realistic combat scenarios without having to spread around the areas of the southwest? Forget China Lake, or Camp P, just stick to one place.
Or combine stuff further up the way at the Top Gun / Strike school as well?
Any thoughts here?
Cheers
Last edited by chopper2004; 14th Feb 2013 at 16:11.