
On May 24, 2021, a Mirage F1 operating in the adversarial role crashed near Nellis Air Force Base in Las Vegas. ĭraken was one of seven companies awarded an IDIQ contract to support the USAF's Combat Air Force Contract Air Support (CAF CAS) program in October 2019. ĭraken provides Joint Terminal Attack Controller (JTAC) training and Close Air Support (CAS) for the United States Marine Corps (USMC) at MCAS Cherry Point and MCAS Yuma and United States Navy's (USN) Naval Aviation Warfighting Development Center (NAWDC) at NAS Fallon. In November 2018, the Air National Guard (ANG) awarded Draken a five-year contract to provide red air services to support key combat readiness training exercises throughout the United States. On 1 June 2018, the Pentagon announced that the Air Force had awarded Draken a $280 million contract to continue providing training services for the 57th Adversary Tactics Group at Nellis Air Force Base in Nevada, as well as Luke Air Force Base in Arizona and Hill Air Force Base in Utah.

In March 2018, Draken announced a $6.7 million expansion of its headquarters and repair infrastructure at Lakeland Linder International Airport. It also won a contract with the French Navy. Marine Corps Joint Tactical Air Control at Cherry Point, North Carolina, and at 29 Palms, California, as well as providing “adversary support” at Nellis Air Force Base in Las Vegas. In 2015, the company was awarded contracts to provide training for the Air National Guard at Volk Field in Wisconsin, for the U.S. ĭraken was established by Jared Isaacman at Lakeland Linder International Airport in January 2012. defense contractors and aerospace firms, provided by a fleet of former military aircraft. The firm is based at the Lakeland Linder International Airport in Lakeland, Florida and also has an operating base at Nellis Air Force Base in Nevada.ĭraken offers airborne adversary support (Red Air), Joint Terminal Attack Controller (JTAC), Close Air Support (CAS), flight training, threat simulation, electronic warfare support, aerial refueling, research, and testing services to the U.S.

Bill "Sweet" Tart, Chief Operating Officer (COO)Ĭontract air services to the armed forces, including airborne adversary support, flight training, threat simulation, electronic warfare support, aerial refueling, research and testingĭraken International, LLC is an American provider of tactical fighter aircraft for contract air services including military and defense industry customers.
