RED FLAG, a realistic combat training exercise involving the air forces of the United States and its allies, is coordinated at Nellis Air Force Base, Nev., and conducted on the vast bombing and gunnery ranges of the Nevada Test and Training Range. It is one of a series of advanced training programs administered by the United States Air Force Warfare Center and Nellis and executed through the 414th Combat Training Squadron.

 Aircraft and personnel deploy to Nellis for RED FLAG under the Air Expeditionary Force concept and make up the exercise's "Blue" forces. By working together, these Blue forces are able to utilize the diverse capabilities of their aircraft to execute specific missions, such as air interdiction, combat search and rescue, close air support, dynamic targeting and defensive counter air. These forces use various tactics to attack NTTR targets such as mock airfields, vehicle convoys, tanks, parked aircraft, bunkered defensive positions and missile sites. These targets are defended by a variety of simulated "Red" force ground and air threats to give participant aircrews the most realistic combat training possible. The Red force threats are aligned under the 57th Adversary Tactics Group, which controls seven squadrons of USAF Aggressors, including fighter, space, information operations and air defense units. The Aggressors are specially trained to replicate the tactics and techniques of potential adversaries and provide a scalable threat presentation to Blue forces which aids in achieving the desired learning outcomes for each mission.

 A typical RED FLAG exercise involves a variety of attack, fighter and bomber aircraft, reconnaissance aircraft, electronic warfare aircraft ,air superiority aircraft  airlift support, search and rescue aircraft, aerial refueling aircraft, Command and Control aircraft as well as ground based Command and Control, Space, and Cyber Forces.

 Red Flag 14-3 took place on Nellis Air Force Base between July the 14th and 25th. Participants for this edition were:

 USAF(E):

- 20th Fighter Wing, 77th Fighter Squadron, F-16CJs, Shaw AFB, S.C.
- 23rd Wing, 66th Rescue Squadron, HH-60s, Nellis AFB, Nev.
- 23rd Wing, 71st Rescue Squadron, HC-130Js, Moody AFB, Georgia.
- 23rd Wing , 55th Rescue Squadron, HH-60s, Davis-Monthan AFB, Ariz.
- 23rd Wing, 58th Rescue Squadron, Guardian Angels, Nellis AFB, Nev.
- 57th Wing, 64th Aggressor Squadron, F-16Cs, Nellis AFB, Nev.
- 57th Wing, 65th Aggressor Squadron, F-15s, Nellis AFB, Nev.
- 325th Fighter Wing, F-22, Tyndall AFB, Flo.
- 28th Bomb Wing, 34th Bomb Squadron, B -1s, Ellsworth AFB, S.D.
- 4th Fighter Wing, 335th Fighter Squadron, F-15Es, Seymour Johnson AFB, N.C
- 48th Fighter Wing, 494th Fighter Squadron, F-15Es, RAF Lakenheath, England
- 31st Wing, 510th Fighter Squadron, F-16Cs, Aviano AFB, Italy

 Allied Forces:

 -428th Fighter Squadron / Singapore AF, F-15SG, Mountain Home AFB, ID

 -425th Fighter Squadron / Singapore AF, F-16C, Luke AFB, AZ