Вот причина отмены Red flag 11-01.
November 8: A lack of aerial refuelling tankers forced the cancellation of the first ‘Red Flag’ exercise for the fiscal year 2011 at Nellis Air Force Base in Nevada.
Red Flag 11/1 was due to commence on October 17 but a lack of US Air Force tankers meant that F-16s from the 31st Fighter Wing based at Aviano in Italy were unable to deploy.
“Without a strike force, we lost the central focus of a large force employment exercise and bang-for-the-buck of our training dollar was minimised,” said Todd Parker, deputy chief of the Air Combat Command Exercise Branch and Red Flag programme manager at Joint Base Langely-Eustis in Virginia. Up to 40 aircraft were due to participate in the two-week exercise.
The next Red Flag is scheduled to start on January 19.