Exercise Red Flag

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Exercise Red Flag 
Question:  The  advanced  aerial  combat  training  exercise  named  ‘Red  Flag’ was hosted  by  United  states of  America  with  its allied  countries at which  of  the  following place?
 (a)  Alaska
(b)  Hawaii
(c)  California
(d)  New  England
 Ans:  (a)
Related  facts:   On14 May  2016;  America  concluded  the  advanced  aerial  combat  training  exercise named  ‘Red  Flag’  held  in  the  Alaska  region.
  The  four-week  long  (from  April  28  to  May  13,  2016)  aerial  combat  exercises  was held  at  the  Nellis  Air  Force  Base,  Alaska.
  The  main  phase  of  the  exercise  had  commenced  on  28  Apr  2016  with  a  mix  of combat  and  support  elements  participating  from  IAF,  USAF  and  USN.   A team  of  over  170  personnel  and  10  aircraft:  four  Su-30MKIs,  four  Jaguars  and two  IL-78  aerial  refuelling  tankers  have  participated  from  Indian  Air  Force  (IAF).
  The  objective  of  this  inter-continental  deployment  was  to  showcase  the  IAF’s capability  in  undertaking  integrated  air  operations. 
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