[MilCom] Who is FLEX, 141.900 Warrior MOA, La?

[unanmatt at aol.com]

In a message dated 3/24/2005 9:01:16 A.M. Central Standard Time,  
shawnl at prodigy.net writes:

Tom, I  have:

FLEX - A-10, [BD] AFRES, 47th FS/917th FW, Barksdale AFB,  LA

This from an older list I  have.

Shawn




Shawn and Tom,
 
I think FLEX is one of the AIR WARRIOR exercise callsigns along  with CASINO 
and NOMAD and HYDRA. They are normally flown out of Barksdale  but I've heard 
Ellington F-16's and Fort Worth F-16's using all three more  recently. From 
earlier logs (all types and units visually ID'd):

 
062022Z MAY 02 FLEX 01-02 OA/A-10A 47th FS
081723Z  MAY 02 FLEX 01-02 OA/A-10A 47th FS
082127Z MAY  02 FLEX 11-12 OA/A-10A 47th FS
091856Z MAY  02 FLEX 01-02 A-10A u/I
132033Z OCT  02 CASINO 81-82 F-16C/D 27th FW/524th FS
132137Z OCT  02 HYRDA 61-62 F-16C/D 27th FW/524th FS
151906Z OCT  02 FLEX 11 F-16C/D 27th FW/524th FS
151911Z OCT  02 HYDRA 21-22 F-16C/D 27th FW/524th FS
160120Z OCT  02 CASINO 81-82 F-16C/D 27th FW/524th FS
140137Z DEC  02 HYDRA 43 u/i u/I
140311Z DEC  02 FLEX 21-22 u/I u/I
141940Z DEC  02 NOMAD 21 OA/A-10A 23rd FG FT
142317Z DEC  02 CASINO 31 OA/A-10A  23rd FG FT
150138Z DEC  02 FLEX 41 OA/A-10A u/I
150154Z DEC  02 NOMAD 51 OA/A-10A 23rd FG FT
272316Z JAN  03 HYDRA 61-62 OA/A-10A 23rd FG FT
272317Z JAN  03 NOMAD 41 OA/A-10A 23rd FG FT
280017Z JAN  03 FLEX 51-52 OA/A-10A 23rd FG FT
302113Z JAN  03 NOMAD 01 OA/A-10A 23rd FG FT
302125Z JAN  03 HYRDA 61-62 OA/A-10A 23rd FG FT
313000Z JAN  03 CASINO 01 OA/A-10A 23rd FG FT
021900Z FEB  03 NOMAD 11 OA/A-10A 23rd FG FT
022319Z FEB  03 FLEX 21 OA-10A 23rd FG FT
022351Z FEB  03 NOMAD 31 OA-10A 23rd FG FT
030019Z FEB  03 HYDRA 41 OA-10A 23rd FG FT
272022Z MAY  03 FLEX 31-32 F-16C 27th FW 523rd FS CC
272022Z MAY  03 HYDRA 41-42 F-16C 27th FW 523rd FS CC
131611Z JAN  04 CASINO 21 F-16CG u/I
131616Z JAN  04 FLEX 31 F-16CG u/I
131635Z JAN  04 HYDRA 41 F-16CG u/I
221929Z JAN  04 CASINO 21 F-16C u/I
221937Z JAN  04 FLEX 32 F-16C u/I
222251Z JAN  04 HYDRA 1-3 F-16C u/I
201544Z FEB  04 NOMAD 11 OA/A-10A 47th FS 917th Wing BD
252105Z AUG  04 HYDRA 41-42 A-10A 47th FS 917th Wing BD
 
As can bee seen, NOMAD is reserved for single ship AFAC missions.
 
HTH
 
Matt  Ellis
Alexandria, Louisiana