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Black, Gray Flag 2026 Interviews
U.S. Navy Capt. Christopher Putre, Naval Test Wing Pacific commodore, and Adam Madson, Gray Flag test/exercise program manager, discuss Black and Gray Flag during interviews at Naval Base Ventura County Point Mugu, California, Sept. 16-17, 2026. Interviewees discuss operational test and evaluation,
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U.S. Navy Capt. Christopher Putre, Naval Test Wing Pacific commodore, and Adam Madson, Gray Flag test/exercise program manager, discuss Black and Gray Flag during interviews at Naval Base Ventura County Point Mugu, California, Sept. 16-17, 2026. Interviewees discuss operational test and evaluation, joint integration and the role large-force test events play in evaluating emerging capabilities in operationally relevant environments. Gray Flag, the naval aviation test community’s premier large-force test event, brings together allied, joint and multi-domain partners and platforms to test integration and interoperability of emerging systems alongside Air Force operational testing conducted during Black Flag. (U.S. Air Force video by Staff Sgt. Christian Conrad)
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