Red Flag is a realistic combat training exercise involving the air forces of the United States and its allies.

After German collapse in North Africa, continued defensive patrols and offensive night attacks on Axis positions on Sardinia, Corsica, and in Italy.

Fitted with an AN/APS-6 radar in an external radome underneath the nose, relocated radio equipment and anti-flash gun muzzles in early 1945.

Moved on paper to Shaw Field, South Carolina, 15 August 1946 and equipped with returned Northrop P-61 Black Widow night fighters.

Assigned to the 57th Fighter Weapons Wing, the 414th was tasked with combat crew training, using the McDonnell F-4C Phantom II aircraft.

Assigned to the 57th Operations Group, and flying the F-16, the squadron was tasked with conducting Red Flag exercises.

This article incorporates public domain material from the Air Force Historical Research Agency