Image Gallery: February 2006
EX Red Flag: RAAF personnel in intensive air combat exercise in USA
17 February 2006
Personnel
from Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) Base
Amberley and RAAF Base Williamtown have participated
in three weeks of intensive training as part
of Exercise RED FLAG 06.
Up to 270 personnel, six F-111s and seven F/A-18
Hornets have deployed to the United States for
advanced training at one of the world's best
tactical combat training facilities.
Red Flag provides significant training objectives
for RAAF aircrew as it offers complex air combat
scenarios involving coalition fighter, strike
and surveillance assets.
Deployment for Red Flag began in stages from
26 January 06, with the exercise running from
6th to 17th of February.
| 20060208raaf8159336_07_030 Corporal Jason McGifford, an Avionics Technician from Number 1 Squadron, Royal Australian Air Force, works on an F-111 at Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada, during Exercise Red Flag 06, with Las Vegas in the background. (Date taken: 08 February 2006) Low-res | High-res |
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| 20060208raaf8159336_07_033 Corporal Murray Kaufmann, an Avionics Technician from Number 1 Squadron, Royal Australian Air Force, checks the instrumentation of an F-111 on the flightline at Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada. (Date taken: 08 February 2006) Low-res | High-res |
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| 20060209raaf8159336_08_003 Leading Aircraftwoman Eloise Overton at her desk in the Las Vegas hotel room set up as the Royal Australian Air Force orderly room for Exercise Red Flag 06. (Date taken: 09 February 2006) Low-res | High-res |
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| 20060209raaf8159336_08_006 Corporal Tony Lorimer from Number 3 Squadron, Royal Australian Air Force, cleans the cockpit canopy of an F/A-18 in preparation for an upcoming night mission from Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada, in Exercise Red Flag 06. (Date taken: 09 February 2006) Low-res | High-res |
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| 20060209raaf8159336_08_011 Corporal Judd Paulik inspects the tail section of an F/A-18 from Number 3 Squadron, Royal Australian Air Force, after a mission in Exercise Red Flag 06. (Date taken: 09 February 2006) Low-res | High-res |
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| 20060210raaf8159336_09_004 Group Captain Gavin Davies, the Officer Commanding Number 82 Wing, Royal Australian Air Force, and Major Kristin Goodwin of the US Air Force Expeditionary Force Command Core Staff, plan missions for Exercise Red Flag. (Date taken: 10 February 2006) Low-res | High-res |
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| 20060210raaf8159336_09_011 Royal Australian Air Force pilots Flying Officer Nicholas Finch (left) and Squadron Leader Simon Walsh, from Number 3 Squadron, plan their upcoming night mission in Exercise Red Flag 06. (Date taken: 10 February 2006) Low-res | High-res |
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| 20060210raaf8159336_09_034 Squadron Leader Craig Whiting (left), the Operations Co-ordinator from Number 82 Wing, Royal Australian Air Force, prepares to be examined after injuring his knee by Major Bruce Woodford, a flight surgeon from the United States Air Force. (Date taken: 10 February 2006) Low-res | High-res |
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