Image Gallery: February 2006
Exercise Red Flag: RAAF contingent completes USA deployment
28 February 2006
Personnel from Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) Base Amberley and RAAF Base Williamtown participated in three weeks of intensive training in the United States of America as part of Exercise Red Flag 06.
Up to 270 personnel, six F-111s and seven F/A-18 Hornets 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 with 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.
| 20060217raaf8159336_14_001 A RAAF pilot signals to one of the Number 3 Squadron maintenance personnel to turn over the engine of his F/A-18 Hornet. (Date taken: 17 February 2006) Low-res | High-res |
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| 20060217raaf8159336_14_014 A RAAF pilot waits with his F/A-18 Hornet for another mission in Exercise Red Flag 06. (Date taken: 17 February 2006) Low-res | High-res |
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| 20060217raaf8159336_14_025 A RAAF aircraft technician waits for the pilot of his F/A-18 to arrive for his next mission in Exercise Red Flag 06. (Date taken: 17 February 2006) Low-res | High-res |
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| 20060217raaf8159336_14_029 Two US Air Force F-15s taxi in from a mission in Exercise Red Flag 06 as two more aircraft take off. (Date taken: 17 February 2006) Low-res | High-res |
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| 20060217raaf8159336_14_048 A US Air Force padre at Nellis Air Force Base prays for the safe return of the pilots from the three countries involved in Exercise Red Flag 06 -- Australia, the United Kingdom and the United States of America -- as US Air Force F-16s taxi for takeoff. (Date taken: 17 February 2006) Low-res | High-res |
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| 20060217raaf8159336_14_054 A RAAF pilot waits with his F/A-18 aircraft for another mission in Exercise Red Flag 06. (Date taken: 17 February 2006) Low-res | High-res |
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| 20060217raaf8159336_14_060 Royal Australian Air Force ground crew technicians line up to launch the last wave of F-111s as part of Exercise Red Flag 06 at Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada. (Date taken: 17 February 2006) Low-res | High-res |
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| 20060217raaf8159336_14_088 Group photograph of all the Royal Australian Air Force personnel involved in Exercise Red Flag 06 at Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada. (Date taken: 17 February 2006) Low-res | High-res |
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| 20060217raaf8159336_14_106 US Air Force Colonel Robert 'Wheels' Wheeler with a framed commemorative presentation from the commanding officer of the Australian contingent in Exercise Red Flag 06, Group Captain Gavin Davies. (Date taken: 17 February 2006) Low-res | High-res |
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