The 57th Adversary Tactics Group (57 ATG) was the flying component of the

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. The group was stationed at

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, prior to being merged with the 57th Operations Group on 31 March 2020.

Overview

The 57th ATG was formed on 1 July 2005 with the objective of consolidating all Aggressor activities under one organization to provide the Combat Air Forces with the opportunity to train against a realistic, fully integrated threat array during large- and small-scale exercises such as Red Flag – Nellis, Red Flag – Alaska, Maple Flag, Green Flag and dissimilar air combat training deployments. The official USAF Aggressor program was born in 1972 as a response to the poor aerial combat performance of U.S. Air Force aircrews in Vietnam. The Aggressors' charter remains to this day to improve combat performance through realistic, challenging training and education. They accomplish this as the USAF's professional adversaries, flying F-15 and F-16 aircraft for Red Flag and Maple Flag exercises,

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syllabus support, priority test mission support and road shows that visit various units throughout the CAF. The group was merged with the 57th Operations Group on 31 March 2020.

Units

Established in July 2005, the 57th ATG (tail code: WA) consisted of Aggressor squadrons that replicate adversary threat tactics while training combat air forces aircrews. * 57th Adversary Tactics Support Squadron * 57th Information Aggressor Squadron *

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* 177th Information Aggressor Squadron * 507th Air Defense Aggressor Squadron *

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History

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'' Replaced the Aggressor flying components of the 57th Operations Group, placing them all under a single organization. Has trained combat aircrews in adversary threat tactics since its inception.

Lineage

* Established as 57th Adversary Tactics Group on 31 Aug 2005 : Activated on 15 Sep 2005 : Inactivated on 31 March 2020.

Assignments

, 15 Sep 2005 – 31 March 2020

Components

: 15 Sep 2005 – 31 March 2020 *

: 15 Sep 2005 – 26 September 2014 *

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: 14 Apr 2006 – 31 March 2020 *

, 15 Sep 2005–2014 * 57th Adversary Tactics Support Squadron, 15 Sep 2005 – 31 March 2020

Stations

Nellis AFB Nellis Air Force Base ("Nellis" colloq.) is a United States Air Force installation in southern Nevada. Nellis hosts air combat exercises such as Exercise Red Flag and close air support exercises such as Green Flag-West flown in " Military Op ...

, NV, 15 Sep 2005 – 31 March 2020

Aircraft

F-15 Eagle The McDonnell Douglas F-15 Eagle is an American twin-engine, all-weather tactical fighter aircraft designed by McDonnell Douglas (now part of Boeing). Following reviews of proposals, the United States Air Force selected McDonnell Douglas's ...

, 2005–2014 *

F-16 Fighting Falcon The General Dynamics F-16 Fighting Falcon is a single-engine multirole fighter aircraft originally developed by General Dynamics for the United States Air Force (USAF). Designed as an air superiority day fighter, it evolved into a successful ...

, 2006–31 March 2020

References

Nellis AFB 57th Wing Factsheet

External links

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