Image Gallery: January 2006
Successful Hellfire missile tests on Tiger helicopter
13 January 2006
Testing of the firepower capability of the Hellfire missile system integrated into the Australian Army’s new Tiger Armed Reconnaissance Helicopters (ARH) was successfully completed on 7 December 2005.
The aim of the Hellfire Test Campaign was to certify the weapon for service use on the ARH.
The Hellfire Test Campaign was conducted in two phases at Woomera, South Australia, as a cooperative activity between Australian Aerospace Pty Ltd (the Australian subsidiary of Eurocopter) and the Defence Materiel Organisation. Phase One was completed in May 2005 with the launch of the first practice missile. Phase Two concluded on 7 December with the successful firing of seven missiles, three of which were fitted with live warheads.
| 000-178-881_0012 Safety strobe-lights worn by ground crew streak a time lapse photograph of a Tiger helicopter being prepared for a night mission on the Woomera range. (Date taken: 09 November 2005) Low-res | High-res |
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| 000-178-889_0020 Live firing on the Woomera range of a Hellfire missile from a Tiger Armed Reconnaissance Helicopter. (Date taken: 21 November 2005) Low-res | High-res |
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| 000-178-889_0021 Live firing on the Woomera range of a Hellfire missile from a Tiger Armed Reconnaissance Helicopter. (Date taken: 21 November 2005) Low-res | High-res |
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| 000-178-889_0022 Live firing on the Woomera range of a Hellfire missile from a Tiger Armed Reconnaissance Helicopter. (Date taken: 21 November 2005) Low-res | High-res |
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| 000-179-131_0009 A test pilot of the Armed Reconnaissance Helicopter Project Office, Major Andrew Langley, looks over a Hellfire missile loaded on a Tiger helicopter's weapon rails during preflight checks at Woomera. (Date taken: 29 November 2005) Low-res | High-res |
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| 000-179-131_0021 Test pilot Major Andrew "Barney" Langley, wearing the distinctive helmet worn by Tiger helicopter crew, preflights a Tiger prior to a sortie on the Woomera range. (Date taken: 29 November 2005) Low-res | High-res |
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| 000-179-131_0028 The roof mounted sight (RMS) of a Tiger helicopter being operated during preflight checks. (Date taken: 21 November 2005) Low-res | High-res |
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