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US Air Force Tests F-35 Emissions Control Tactics In Combined Orange Flag/Black Flag Exercise

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US Air Force Tests F-35 Emissions Control Tactics In Combined Orange Flag/Black Flag Exercise
A F-22 Raptor from the 422nd Test and Evaluation Squadron at Nellis AFB, Nev, finishes refueling during Orange Flag on 2 March. Orange Flag, the large force test event carried out three times annually by Air Force Test Center’s 412th Test Wing, combined with the 53rd Wing’s Black Flag, bringing a first for the test community March 2-4 (U.S. Air Force Photo)

The U.S. Air Force tested emissions control (EMCON) tactics for the service's F-35A fighter by Lockheed Martin [LMT] in a combined Orange Flag and Black Flag exercise earlier this month. "We actually dived into some F-35 EMCON tactics so how do we turn on and off our things to manage our signatures a little better beyond just the radar spectrum," said Air Force Lt. Col. Mike "Pako" Benitez, director of staff for the Air Force 53rd Wing, the service's primary…

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