Red Flag combat exercise commences at Nellis Air Force Base

Artist's concept of NASA's Dawn spacecraft. The giant asteroid Vesta, Dawn's next destination, is on the lower left. Another larger asteroid and Dawn's second destination, Ceres, is on the upper right. (Courtesy/NASA/JPL-Caltech)

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A Red Flag air combat exercise commenced at Nellis Air Force Base this week, bringing in personnel and warplanes from all over the United States. Foreign nations Colombia and the United Arab Emirates  also participated in the exercise, which is meant to simulate real-time air combat over the Nevada desert.