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By Space Training and Readiness Command Public Affairs / Published December 19, 2022
Members of the 392d Combat Training Squadron stand with SPACE FLAG 23-1 participants for a group photo at Schriever Space Force Base, Colorado, Dec. 5, 2022. SPACE FLAG 23-1 ran from Dec. 5-16 and was the third Coalition SPACE FLAG and the 16th iteration of the SPACE FLAG exercise series. 23-1 was the first in the SPACE FLAG program to exercise combat tactics in a U.S. European Command scenario. (U.S. Space Force photo by Judi Tomich)
U.S. Space Force 1st Lt. Colleen O’Hara, 6th Space Warning Squadron, collaborates with USSF Sgt. Benjamin Clanton, 7th Space Warning Squadron, on a new combat tactic that was developed during SPACE FLAG 23-1 at Schriever Space Force Base, Colorado, Dec. 13, 2022. Both Guardians were recognized as two of the seven “Professional Performers”, which represent the top 10% of the training audience. (U.S. Space Force photo by Judi Tomich)
U.S. Space Force 1st Lt. Laura Drapinski, 2d Space Warning Squadron, front, and Spc. 4 Ariana Gonzalez, 11th Space Warning Squadron, back, use a Space-Based Infrared System Simulator to monitor missile indications during simulated combat operations in United States European Command during SPACE FLAG 23-1 at Schriever Space Force Base, Colorado, Dec. 13, 2022. SPACE FLAG 23-1 ran from Dec. 5-16 and was the third Coalition SPACE FLAG and the 16th iteration of the SPACE FLAG exercise series. 23-1 was the first in the SPACE FLAG program to exercise combat tactics in a USEUCOM scenario. (U.S. Space Force photo by Judi Tomich)
Royal Australian Air Force Group Captain Darrell May, Director of Space Forces, reviews the orbital warfare mission plan at the 392d Combat Training Squadron Battle Lab during SPACE FLAG 23-1 at Schriever Space Force Base, Colorado, Dec. 13, 2022. May served as a senior leader for the first vulnerability period in the exercise. During three two-day exercise vulnerability windows, where each included mission planning on the first day and then simulated combat operations on the second day, the training audience practiced their actual procedures to increase readiness to win in a European conflict. (U.S. Space Force photo by Judi Tomich)
U.S. Space Force 1st Lt. Joseph Curiel, 10th Space Warning Squadron, middle, leverages his ground-based radar expertise to weaponeer Coalition forces for Space Domain Awareness during SPACE FLAG 23-1 at Schriever Space Force Base, Colorado, Dec. 13, 2022. SPACE FLAG 23-1 ran from Dec. 5-16 and was the third Coalition SPACE FLAG and the 16th iteration of the SPACE FLAG exercise series. 23-1 was the first in the SPACE FLAG program to exercise combat tactics in a U.S. European Command scenario. (U.S. Space Force photo by Judi Tomich)
U.S. Space Force Capt. Eries Thompson, 4th Space Operations Squadron, back, works with Senior Airman Melissa Garverick, 148th Space Operations Squadron, to ensure the free flow of simulated Military Satellite Communications to United States European Command during SPACE FLAG 23-1 at Schriever Space Force Base, Colorado, Dec. 13, 2022. SPACE FLAG 23-1 ran from Dec. 5-16 and was the third Coalition SPACE FLAG and the 16th iteration of the SPACE FLAG exercise series. 23-1 was the first in the SPACE FLAG program to exercise combat tactics in a USEUCOM scenario. (U.S. Space Force photo by Judi Tomich)
U.S. Space Force Spc. 4 Cesar Castro, 71st Intelligence Surveillance, and Reconnaissance Squadron, Detachment 4, disseminates intelligence assessments to drive simulated combat operations during SPACE FLAG 23-1 at Schriever Space Force Base, Colorado, Dec. 13, 2022. SPACE FLAG 23-1 ran from Dec. 5-16 and was the third Coalition SPACE FLAG and the 16th iteration of the SPACE FLAG exercise series. 23-1 was the first in the SPACE FLAG program to exercise combat tactics in a U.S. European Command scenario. (U.S. Space Force photo by Judi Tomich)