
Red Flag is also featured in a 2004 IMAX film, named Fighter Pilot: Operation Red Flag. His grandfather was a decorated World War II flying ace, and he intended to follow in his footsteps. After two years of development & planning as well as sixteen weeks of filming, including six days of unbelievable air-to-air footage of the most complex allied Air Force exercise in the world - "Fighter Pilot: Operation Red Flag" puts large format film audiences in the cockpit with Captain Stratton for the most incredible aerial ride ever seen on the giant screen. Red Flag was depicted in 1981, movie, Red Flag: The Ultimate Game. Fighter Pilot: Operation Red Flag John Stratton is a young American fighter pilot who flies the F-15 Eagle, arguably the most potent and successful fighter plane ever built. Captain John Stratton has since gone on from Red Flag training to serve with distinction in several combat tours. John begins to realize that being a hero is not quite as simple as he once might have thought. In the aerial combat exercises, there are other pilots and crew members who aren't out just to prove themselves they are helping him - watching his back. He begins to notice team members who were not part of his childhood vision of heroism, the support team crucial to a successful mission and for a safe return home.

He is amazed at how complex, challenging and dangerous the exercises are. We follow our young pilot as he makes his way through this extraordinary event held in the desert of Nevada. Red Flag is the final training for pilots and their aircrews before being sent into actual combat. At Red Flag, the international training exercise for air forces of allied countries, many of the worlds. His grandfather was a decorated World War II flying ace, and he intends to follow in his footsteps. At Red Flag, the international training exercise for Air Forces of allied countries, many of the world's best pilots meet for the most challenging flying of their careers. John Stratton is a young American fighter pilot who flies the F-15 Eagle, arguably the most potent and successful fighter plane ever built. John's grandfather was a decorated World War II flying ace, and growing up he intended to follow in his elder's footsteps.

John Stratton is a young American fighter pilot who flies the F-15 Eagle, arguably the most potent and successful fighter plane ever built.The synopsis below may give away important plot points.
