# Red Flag **Domain:** Military exercises / Airpower **Doc Type:** Developed Program Node **Maturity:** Developed **Collection:** [[collections/Gamification|Gamification Collection]] ## Definition **Red Flag** is a series of large-force air combat exercises centered at Nellis Air Force Base and the Nevada Test and Training Range. It creates contested scenarios in which participants rehearse complex operations against an organized adversary force. ## Significance Red Flag is a military megagame with real operational stakes but bounded exercise rules. Instrumentation, scenario design, adversary emulation, joint participation, and debriefing make the range a laboratory for doctrine and coordination. Training remains distinct from combat even when it is designed to reproduce combat pressures. ## Routes [[wiki/Nevada Test and Training Range|Nevada Test and Training Range]] · [[wiki/Air Combat Maneuvering Instrumentation|Air Combat Maneuvering Instrumentation]] · [[wiki/P5 Combat Training System|P5 Combat Training System]] · [[wiki/Red Teaming|Red Teaming]] · [[wiki/Megagame|Megagame]] ## Sources - [[articles/gamification/America Loves Games and the Home Court Advantage|America Loves Games and the Home Court Advantage]] - [U.S. Air Force, Red Flag](https://www.nellis.af.mil/Red-Flag-Nellis/)