Image Gallery: February 2006
EX Red Flag: RAAF personnel in intensive air combat exercise in USA
20 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.
| 20060207raaf8159336_06_002 (L-R) Leading Aircraftman Nathan Organ and Corporal Rupert Grimmett from Number 1 Squadron fit chaff and flares to a F-111. (Date taken: 07 February 2006) Low-res | High-res |
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| 20060207raaf8159336_06_007 Two aircraft technicians wait for the return of their F-111 from a sortie. (Date taken: 07 February 2006) Low-res | High-res |
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| 20060207raaf8159336_06_022 F/A-18 Hornets from Number 3 Squadron lined up on the hardstand at sunset prior to a night sortie with the coalition forces. (Date taken: 07 February 2006) Low-res | High-res |
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| 20060207raaf8159336_06_026 An F-111 pilot on the flight line at Nellis Air Force Base prior to a mission in Exercise Red Flag. (Date taken: 07 February 2006) Low-res | High-res |
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| 20060207raaf8159336_06_032 F/A-18 Hornets from Number 3 Squadron parked on the tarmac with an F-16 from Nellis Air Force base taking off in the background. (Date taken: 07 February 2006) Low-res | High-res |
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| 20060207raaf8159336_06_033 F/A-18 Hornets from Number 3 Squadron parked on the tarmac with an F-16 from Nellis Air Force base taking off in the background. (Date taken: 07 February 2006) Low-res | High-res |
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| 20060207raaf8159336_06_036 F/A-18 Hornet from Number 3 Squadron parked on the tarmac with an F-16 from Nellis Air Force base coming into land in the background. (Date taken: 07 February 2006) Low-res | High-res |
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| 20060207raaf8159336_06_041 Members of Number 3 Squadron doing a Foriegn Object Damage (FOD) walk at sunset to ensure no loose objects remain on the tarmac which might damage aircraft. (Date taken: 07 February 2006) Low-res | High-res |
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| 20060207raaf8159336_06_043 A Royal Australian Air Force F-111 aircraft on the tarmac at Nellis Air Force Base, near Las Vegas, Nevada. (Date taken: 07 February 2006) Low-res | High-res |
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| 20060207raaf8159336_06_047 One of the members of Number 3 Squadron, RAAF, plays cricket between launching of Australian aircraft at Nellis Air Force Base during Exercise Red Flag. (Date taken: 07 February 2006) Low-res | High-res |
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