Aggressor squadron airmen are the “cream of the crop,” and they are hand-selected to fly in that position, said Col. T.J. O’Shaughnessy, the 57th Adversary Tactics Group commander at Nellis AFB, Nev. After selection, the airmen take a two-week “Aggressor 101” course at Nellis, after which they can integrate into various disciplines, from space aggressor to information operations aggressor, O’Shaughnessy said. Six weeks of initial training in each discipline follows Aggressor 101. Both O’Shaughnessy and Brig. Gen. David Scott, overseeing the new Red Flag-Alaska set up at Eielson AFB, Alaska, complete with its own aggressor unit, emphasized that aggressors must learn the “aggressor mindset” to be successful. Aggressor pilots must become instructors for other airmen and must also learn detailed information about their “enemy” during the Red Flag exercises. They also must learn how to “lose” humbly because the blue forces always train to win, but the “aggressor person is successful when he loses,” O’Shaughnessy told reporters in Washington Tuesday. Aggressor airmen usually spend three years on the job, and then they easily return to blue forces.
B-21 Bomber Shelter May Reveal Size of Secret Jet
March 3, 2021
The Air Force may have inadvertently revealed the size of the secret B-21 bomber with the release of an image of a temporary shelter for the airplane. The service is evaluating several designs for temporary shelters for everyday use and deployment to temporary operating locations. If the B-21 fully fits…