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

57th Wing

The 57th Wing is an operational unit of the United States Air Force Warfare Center, stationed at Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada.The 57 WG's mission is to provide well trained and well equipped combat forces ready to deploy into a combat arena to conduct integrated combat operations.-Mission:The 57...

, assigned to the United States Air Force

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. The group is stationed at Nellis Air Force Base

Nellis Air Force Base

Nellis Air Force Base is a United States Air Force Base, located approximately northeast of Las Vegas, Nevada. It is under the jurisdiction of Air Combat Command .-Overview:...

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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, USAF Weapons School syllabus support, priority test mission support and road shows that visit various units throughout the CAF.

Units

Established in July 2005, the 57th ATG (tail code: WA) consists of Aggressor squadrons that replicate adversary threat tactics while training combat air forces aircrews.

• 64th Aggressor Squadron
  64th Aggressor Squadron
  The 64th Aggressor Squadron ' is a United States Air Force unit. It is assigned to the 57th Adversary Tactics Group and stationed at Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada.-Overview:...
  
  , F-16 Falcon
• 65th Aggressor Squadron
  65th Aggressor Squadron
  The 65th Aggressor Squadron ' is a United States Air Force unit. It is assigned to the 57th Adversary Tactics Group and stationed at Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada.-Overview:...
  
  , F-15 Eagle
  F-15 Eagle
  The McDonnell Douglas F-15 Eagle is a twin-engine, all-weather tactical fighter designed by McDonnell Douglas to gain and maintain air superiority in aerial combat. It is considered among the most successful modern fighters with over 100 aerial combat victories with no losses in dogfights...
  
  
• 527th Space Aggressor Squadron
  527th Space Aggressor Squadron
  The 527th Space Aggressor Squadron is a non-flying United States Air Force unit assigned to the 57th Adversary Tactics Group. The 527 SAS is stationed at Schriever Air Force Base, Colorado, being a Geographically Separated Unit of the 57 ATG, which is stationed at Nellis AFB,...
  
  

• 57th Adversary Tactics Support Squadron
• 57th Information Aggressor Squadron
• 507th Air Defense Aggressor Squadron
• 547th Intelligence Squadron

History

See Also 4477th Tactical Evaluation Flight

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.

Components

• 64th Aggressor Squadron
  64th Aggressor Squadron
  The 64th Aggressor Squadron ' is a United States Air Force unit. It is assigned to the 57th Adversary Tactics Group and stationed at Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada.-Overview:...
  
  : 15 Sep 2005-Present
• 65th Aggressor Squadron
  65th Aggressor Squadron
  The 65th Aggressor Squadron ' is a United States Air Force unit. It is assigned to the 57th Adversary Tactics Group and stationed at Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada.-Overview:...
  
  : 15 Sep 2005-Present
• 527th Space Aggressor Squadron
  527th Space Aggressor Squadron
  The 527th Space Aggressor Squadron is a non-flying United States Air Force unit assigned to the 57th Adversary Tactics Group. The 527 SAS is stationed at Schriever Air Force Base, Colorado, being a Geographically Separated Unit of the 57 ATG, which is stationed at Nellis AFB,...
  
  : 14 Apr 2006-Present
• 547th Intelligence Squadron, 15 Sep 2005-Present

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