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Blue Flag is the codename for a series of military exercises involving the TSF flights of Project PROMINENCE. The exercises are both used as live-combat situational evaluation of the TSFs involved, in order to gather data for use in improving them further, and as tactics development exercises. The exercises are carried out in various training areas around Yukon Base.

Match Lineup[]

Argos Test Flight[]

Record: 3 matches, 3 wins, no losses.
TSFs used:

Opponent TSF Outcome                             
Bao-Feng J-10X x4 Argos wins.
Garuda F-18E/F Super Hornet x4 Argos wins.
Duma Mirage 2000 Modified x4 Argos wins.


Infinities Test Flight[]

Record: 2 matches, 2 wins, no losses.
TSFs used:

Opponent TSF Outcome                            
Bao-Feng J-10X x4    Infinities win.
Graf MiG-29OVT Fulcrum x4 Infinities win.


Idol Test Flight[]

Record: 3 matches, 3 wins, no losses.
TSFs used:

Opponent TSF Outcome                             
Azriel F-14Ex Super Tomcat x4 Idol wins.
Garm F-5E ADV Tornado x4 Idol wins.
Sletchvalk F-16AM Fighting Falcon x4 Idol wins.


Bao-Feng Test Flight[]

Record: 5 matches, 3 wins, 2 losses.
TSFs used:

Opponent TSF Outcome                           
Argos

XFJ-01a Shiranui Second x1
XFJ-01b Shiranui Second x1
F-15・ACTV Active Eagle x2

Bao-Feng loses.
Infinities F-22A Raptor EMD Phase2 x4 Bao-Feng loses.
Azriel F-14Ex Super Tomcat x4 Bao-Feng wins.
Duma Mirage 2000 Modified x4 Bao-Feng wins.
Resheph F-4E Phantom x4 Bao-Feng wins.


Garuda Test Flight[]

Record: 5 matches, 2 wins, 2 losses, 1 draw.
TSFs used:

Opponent TSF Outcome                            
Argos

XFJ-01a Shiranui Second x1
XFJ-01b Shiranui Second x1
F-15・ACTV Active Eagle x2

Garuda loses.
Azriel F-14Ex Super Tomcat x4 Both teams draw.
Sleipnir JAS-39 Gripen x4 Garuda loses.
Garm F-5E ADV Tornado x4 Garuda wins.
Australian Test Flight F-18 Hornet x4 Garuda wins.


Azriel Test Flight[]

Record: 5 matches, 2 wins, 2 losses, 1 draw.
TSFs used:

Opponent TSF Outcome                            
Idol Su-37UB Terminator x1

Su-37M2 Terminator x3

Azriel loses.
Bao-Feng J-10X x4 Azriel loses.
Garuda F-18E/F Super Hornet x4 Both teams draw.
Sleipnir JAS-39 Gripen x4 Azriel wins.
Australian Test Flight F-18 Hornet x4 Azriel wins.


Duma Test Flight[]

Record: 4 matches, 1 win, 2 losses, 1 draw.
TSFs used:

Opponent TSF Outcome                             
Argos

XFJ-01a Shiranui Second x1
XFJ-01b Shiranui Second x1
F-15・ACTV Active Eagle x2

Duma loses.
Bao-Feng J-10X x4 Duma loses.
Garm F-5E ADV Tornado x4 Duma wins.
Australian Test Flight F-18 Hornet x4 Both teams draw.


Sleipnir Test Flight[]

Record: 5 matches, 3 wins, 2 losses.
TSFs used:

Opponent TSF Outcome                             
Garuda F-18E/F Super Hornet x4 Sleipnir wins.
Azriel F-14Ex Super Tomcat x4 Sleipnir loses.
Garm F-5E ADV Tornado x4 Sleipnir wins.
Graf MiG-29OVT Fulcrum x4 Sleipnir loses.
Australian Test Flight F-18 Hornet x4 Sleipnir wins.


Garm Test Flight[]

Record: 5 matches, 5 losses.
TSFs used:

Opponent TSF Outcome                             
Idol Su-37UB Terminator x1

Su-37M2 Terminator x3

Garm loses.
Garuda F-18E/F Super Hornet x4 Garm loses.
Duma Mirage 2000 Modified x4 Garm loses.
Sleipnir JAS-39 Gripen x4 Garm loses.
Graf MiG-29OVT Fulcrum x4 Garm loses.


Graf Test Flight[]

Record: 4 matches, 3 wins, 1 loss.
TSFs used:

Opponent TSF Outcome                             
Infinities F-22A Raptor EMD Phase2 x4 Graf loses.
Sleipnir JAS-39 Gripen x4 Graf wins.
Garm F-5E ADV Tornado x4 Graf wins.
Australian Test Flight F-18 Hornet x4 Graf wins.


Australian Test Flight[]

Record: 5 matches, 4 losses, 1 draw.
TSFs used:

Opponent TSF Outcome                          
Garuda F-18E/F Super Hornet x4 Australian Test Flight loses.
Azriel F-14Ex Super Tomcat x4 Australian Test Flight loses.
Duma Mirage 2000 Modified x4 Both teams draw.
Sleipnir JAS-39 Gripen x4

Australian Test Flight loses.

Graf MiG-29OVT Fulcrum x4 Australian Test Flight loses.


Resheph Test Flight[]

Record: 1 match, 1 loss.
TSFs used:

Opponent TSF Outcome                            
Bao-Feng J-10X x4 Resheph loses.


Sletchvalk Test Flight[]

Record: 1 match, 1 loss.
TSFs used:

Opponent TSF Outcome                            
Idol Su-37UB Terminator x1

Su-37M2 Terminator x3

Sletchvalk loses.





Aftermath[]

While the Blue Flag exercises allowed each nation to showcase the unique battle tactics and design philosophies that influenced their choice of TSFs, it was also noted that the tournament-style matches between each of the TSF flights resulted in overly-nationalistic behavior on the part of the pilots and support staff involved.

In the end, Blue Flag was interrupted by the Yukon Base Incident. At least one more match, featuring the Infinities against Argos, was scheduled for the exercise prior to its interruption.

Trivia[]

  • Both Resheph and Sletchvalk Test Flights are anime-original units, and did not originally exist in the novelization.
  • Their manner of defeat also reflects the two matches shown in the novelization that introduced Idol and Bao-Feng to the Blue Flag story arc, and suggests that the two test flights are intended as plot replacements of Duma and Azriel; Duma and Resheph were both decisively defeated in melee combat by Bao-Feng, and with the depicted finishing blow delivered by Cui Yifei, no less, while Azriel and Sletchvalk were both single-handedly dominated by Idol's Su-37UB.
  • While Bao-Feng v.s. Duma took place in a desert, and Idol v.s. Azriel took place over a forest, all Blue Flag matches in the anime are held in an urban training ground.
  • The real-world equivalent of this is Red Flag, which is roughly the US Air Force equivalent of the US Navy Fighter Weapons School, TOPGUN, albeit on a much bigger scale. Unlike TOPGUN, which is restricted to USN pilots, Red Flag is open to nations considered close allies with the USA, and includes countries both near and far; examples include Israel, Australia, Germany, and even India, Pakistan, Egypt and Singapore.
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