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Video by Airman 1st Class Kaden Salmons

Fly Away Readiness Exercise - Validation

130th Airlift Wing

Sept. 8, 2023 | 3:31

Airmen from the 130th Airlift Wing participate in Fly Away Readiness Exercise Validation (FLARE-V) at Gulfport Combat Readiness Training Center (CRTC), Miss. on Sept. 8, 2023. FLARE-V 2023 is a Commander Directed Readiness Exercise designed to inform commanders of their units’ ability to Generate-Employ-Sustain combat capability across the spectrum of warfare. Airmen with skills across the spectrum of Air Force career-fields demonstrate their proficiency in a simulated war time environment. Unit members are challenged with a series of command & control, nuclear, chemical, biological, and radiological decontamination, self aid and buddy care, and career-field specific tasks to challenge and help hone their skills. The fly away readiness exercise is a part of the Air Forces larger mechanism of continuous assessment by the wing, the MAJCOM, and the service through a series of evaluative events including scalable wing-level exercises, joint exercises, complex and operationally-informed training events, real-world deployments and the validation of readiness reporting procedures. (U.S. Air National Guard video by Airman 1st Class Kaden Salmons)