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Virtualized Air Force war games put Top Gun to shame
Every year for the past four decades, the US Air Force and its NATO allies have staged a series of mock battles -- dubbed Red Flag events -- to provide soldiers with "real-world" experience before actually throwing them into active combat. But this year's Red Flag marks a significant departure from its predecessors in that the 2015 exercise will be the first to virtually integrate warfighters from around the country using cutting-edge flight simulators. (www.engadget.com) More...Sort type: [Top] [Newest]
That's because "Top Gun" is the Navy Fighter Weapons School and Red Flag is an exercise. That's like saying that a sports enhancement course doesn't compare to a Major League Baseball game.