RAF Lossiemouth team appear on YouTube series The Fighter Show during Exercise Red Flag in Las Vegas
The award-winning YouTube series The Fighter Show joined a team from RAF Lossiemouth in Las Vegas for one of the largest multinational air combat training exercises - Red Flag.
After a long trip from north-east Scotland to the American city, Royal Air Force representatives from Lossiemouth took part in Exercise Red Flag - an advanced aerial combat training exercise.
As a guest of the Royal Air Force, The Fighter Show was given behind-the-scenes access to the exercise, talking to Flight Lieutenant Calum Falconer during the episode.
Calum said: “We did a trail out here – it took us about a week-and-a-half – we went from Scotland to the Azores, the Azores to Bermuda, Bermuda to Florida and Florida to here.
“It’s a really unique mix of aircrafts that we wouldn’t get anywhere else, so for us, it is the best training we can do.”
Red Flag is considered one of the world’s toughest air combat training environments, enabling Typhoon pilots to hone their war-fighting skills in the optimum conditions in front of the backdrop of the Vegas skyline.
Alongside the RAF’s eight Eurofighter Typhoons and 330 RAF personnel, show host, Flo Taitsch spoke to RAF Commander Group Captain Lefroy and Red Flag boss Colonel Eric A Winterbottom.
The Fighter Show followed Typhoon pilots and crewmen throughout the exercise, giving viewers exclusive access on the ground at Red Flag and airborne over Nevada in a Voyager refueller.
Flo said: “Red Flag is world-renowned, and it is one we’ve been keen to bring viewers to. The intensity of the exercise is unmatched, and this episode captures the epic scale of it all.”
During the episode, Flo also chatted to RAF personnel who were there performing a variety of tasks and gained insight into what makes a successful training event.
The Fighter Show’s unique access to the exercise allows military aviation fans to see the intensity for themselves on YouTube.
Since its launch in 2023, The Fighter Show has surpassed two million views on YouTube, with viewers of the series enjoying unique access to the world of aviation and defence.
The show is a world-first YouTube series owned and produced by Eurofighter Typhoon – the world’s most advanced swing-role combat aircraft.
With episodes filmed at a variety of outdoor locations, including air bases and air shows, plus studio episodes with a live audience, and guest interviews with pilots, engineers, technicians and authors and fronted by Flo Taitsch, The Fighter Show can be described as “Top Gear meets Top Gun”.
The Fighter Show is broadcast fortnightly from the Eurofighter YouTube platform.
