Image Gallery: February 2006
Air Force conducts advanced air combat training in the US
24 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 exercise flying running
from 6 to 17 February.
| 20060215raaf8159336_12_030 A RAAF F/A-18 (left) nose to nose with a RAAF F-111 at Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada, during Exercise Red Flag. (Date taken: 15 February 2006) Low-res | High-res |
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| 20060215raaf8159336_12_034 Leading Aircraftman Andrew Rankine from Number 1 Squadron cleans the canopy of a F-111 prior to a mission under Exercise Red Flag from Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada. (Date taken: 15 February 2006) Low-res | High-res |
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| 20060216raaf8159336_13_002 A mass briefing on activities of the day for personnel taking part in Exercise Red Flag at Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada. (Date taken: 16 February 2006) Low-res | High-res |
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| 20060216raaf8159336_13_004 Air Commodore Graham Bentley (right) discusses Exercise Red Flag with Sergeant Frank Horne and Corporal Wayne Locke, members of Number 3 Squadron deployed at Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada. (Date taken: 16 February 2006) Low-res | High-res |
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| 20060216raaf8159336_13_010 Flight Lieutenant Collette Richards, a Royal Australian Air Force doctor, shows Air Commodore Graham Bentley the medical facilities used by the United States Air Force and the Royal Australian Air Force at Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada. (Date taken: 16 February 2006) Low-res | High-res |
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