Capt. Colin Blount, 34th Bomb Squadron air crew member, unloads cargo from a B-1B Lancer upon returning from Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada, at Ellsworth AFB, South Dakota, March 24, 2023. Red Flag was created to help simulate a pilot’s first ten “combat missions,” a concept learned from the Vietnam War that increases a pilot’s probability of survival substantially. (U.S. Air Force Photo by Senior Airman Austin McIntosh)