US Air Force F-16 Fighting Falcon Aggressor Aircraft Flying Over the Nevada Test and Training Range

The 64th Aggressor Squadron is one of the more unique units within the United States Air Force. During WWII and the sixties the squadron was a regular fighter squadron. When it was reactivated in 1972 under the 57th Fighter Wing, its mission was to execute the so-called aggressor task. This meant they had to deploy throughout the United States and overseas to teach adversarial tactics and provide dissimilar air combat training to USAF flying units. The unit was also a tenant unit during the Red Flag exercises in which it prepared aircrews for combat by replicating tactics used by the enemy forces during combat situations.