EXERCISE RAMSTEIN FLAG 2024

On October 8th 2024, the Hellenic Air Force (HAF) air base at Andravida opened its gates for aviation enthusiasts to witness the airfields contribution to Exercise Ramstein Flag (RF2024)

Ramstein Flag is a new exercise which encompasses mission profiles, realistic war time environments and other aspects of the more famous Red Flag exercises which take place at Nellis AFB in the USA.

General James B. Hecker, who as head of the United States Air Force in Europe (USAFE) and the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO) Allied Air Command was quoted as saying, “Ramstein Flag signifies the future of NATO exercises, focusing on current and future threats”

From September 30th to October 11th the more than 130 aircraft that took part in Ramstein Flag flew around 1,100 sorties and we at Pixelsnipers have a photo collage of the international participants stationed at Andravida for the duration of RF2024.

Participating countries for RF2024 were Canada, France, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Sweden, United Kingdom and the United States.

The units at Andrivada were the following.

338 Mira, Hellenic Air Force – McDonnell Douglas F-4E Phantom II AUP
EC 030 and EC 004, French Air Force – Dassault Rafale
MH101.Sz.D.R., Hungarian Air Force – Saab JAS 39 Gripen
4 Stormo, 51 Stormo, 36 Stormo, 37 Stormo, Italian Air Force – Eurofighter F2000A
10.elt, Polish Air Force – Lockheed Martin F-16 Fighting Falcon
Esc 201/301, Portuguese Air Force – General Dynamics F-16 Fighting Falcon
Ala 11, Spanish Air Force – Eurofighter EF2000 Tifon
F21, Swedish Air Force – Saab JAS 39 Gripen
493rd FS, 48th FW, USAFE – Lockheed Martin F-35A Lightning II