An F-15C Ealgle from the 144th Fighter Wing launches from the Fresno Yosemite International Airport to participate in an Orange Flag exercise along with Edwards Air Force Base and China Lake Naval Air Station over the skies of the Majave desert Dec. 10, 2019. Orange Flag is a quarterly large-force exercise that tests state of the art air-to-air and air-to-ground communication systems between multiple aircraft and platforms.