Space Warriors Add New Wrinkle To Red Flag

Magee, Virgil

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https://hdl.handle.net/2142/129147 Copy

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Title

Space Warriors Add New Wrinkle To Red Flag

Author(s)

Magee, Virgil

Issue Date

2001-09-05

Keyword(s)

• U.S. Air Force
• Space Warfare
• Red Flag Exercise
• 527th Space Aggressor Squadron
• Schriever Air Force Base
• Nellis Air Force Base
• Electronic Warfare
• GPS Jamming
• Aerospace Integration
• Space Control
• Military Training
• Space-Based Threats
• Joint Combat Exercises
• Air and Space Operations
• Virgil Magee

Date of Ingest

2025-10-13T14:48:53-05:00

Abstract

This 2001 feature article by 2nd Lt. Virgil Magee documents a pivotal shift in U.S. Air Force training through the integration of space-based threats into Red Flag—the service’s premier aerial combat exercise at Nellis Air Force Base. The report introduces the operational debut of the 527th Space Aggressor Squadron from Schriever AFB, which simulated orbital electronic warfare by jamming GPS and satellite communications to challenge pilots’ dependence on space assets. By exploring the squadron’s five specialized flights—Electronic Warfare, Imagery Exploitation, Red Attack, Space Control, and the 14th Test Squadron Reserve Aggressors—the article highlights how space warfare concepts were brought into live combat training for the first time. Magee’s work captures a critical moment in aerospace doctrine when the Air Force began acknowledging space as a contested domain, bridging the tactical realities of air operations with the emerging field of space control and electronic defense.

Publisher

Space War / Space Daily

Type of Resource

text

Genre of Resource

article

Language

eng

DOI

10.5281/zenodo.17343701

Copyright and License Information

CC BY 4.0

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