Day: July 9, 2026

Before the Conflict, There Has to Be a Rehearsal – Inside SYD 81

In the early days of Red Flag, when the U.S. Air Force finally started training its pilots against a realistic adversary rather than against padded assumptions, something uncomfortable became clear. The first time a pilot faced a thinking enemy, a disorienting number of them lost. Not in actual combat. In practice. That was the entire […]