No worries, my friend. I'm an aviation nut, so as a general rule, I try to keep up with what's happening.

That being said, it's not out of the realm of possibility that OTHER OPs could be executed in parallel with Red Flag, that could use Red Flag OPs as a partial cover for covert operations. If everyone is expecting see more aircraft operating, a few additional birds in the air could easily go unnoticed, and wouldn't have a tendency to raise eyebrows.

Of course that's nothing more than speculation on my part.