Image Gallery: April 2007
Exercise Bersama Shield
26 April 2007
Bersama Shield 2007 (BS07) is being held over the Malaysian Peninsula and the South China Sea from 23 April to 03 May 2007.
BS07 aims to practice interoperability of air, ground and naval forces under the auspices of the Five Power Defence Arrangements.
The United Kingdom, Malaysia, Singapore and New Zealand are also involved in the joint exercise.
Air Force elements involved in the exercise include F-111 aircraft from No. 1 Squadron; F/A-18 aircraft from No. 75 Squadron; a B707 from No. 33 Squadron; an Orion aircraft from No. 92 Wing Detachment A, and support elements from No. 324 Combat Support Squadron and No. 41 Wing Detachment Butterworth.
| 20070419raaf8159336_002 Unloading of equipment for No. 1 Squadron and No. 75 Squadron from a H and J model Hercules. Securing the pallet prior to moving is Sergeant Mel Cotton, the Air Movements Officer from No. 324 Combat Support Squadron Butterworth. (Date taken: 23 April 2007) Low Res | High Res |
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| 20070419raaf8159336_003 Unloading of equipment for No. 1 Squadron and No. 75 Squadron from a H and J model Hercules. (Date taken: 23 April 2007) Low Res | High Res |
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| 20070419raaf8159336_008 An H-model Hercules carrying equipment for No. 1 Squadron and No. 75 Squadron lands at Butterworth for Exercise Bersama Shield. (Date taken: 23 April 2007) Low Res | High Res |
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| 20070419raaf8159336_009 An H-model Hercules carrying equipment for No. 1 Squadron and No. 75 Squadron lands at Butterworth for Exercise Bersama Shield. (Date taken: 23 April 2007) Low Res | High Res |
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| 20070419raaf8159336_011 Leading Aircraftwoman Sharon Bond guides Corporal Justin Le Guen in the Talu up to the back of the Hercules to prepare for the unloading of the equipment pallets. (Date taken: 23 April 2007) Low Res | High Res |
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| 20070419raaf8159336_016 Flying Officer Beau Rheinberger, an Aeronautical Engineer from No. 82 Wing, in front of the H model Hercules, parked on the hardstand at Butterworth. Flying Officer Rheinberger has been attached to No. 1 Squadron for the duration of the exercise. (Date taken: 23 April 2007) Low Res | High Res |
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| 20070419raaf8159336_018 Corporal Justin Le Guen from No. 324 Combat Support Squadron Butterworth helps Flight Sergeant Steven Durston from No. 75 Squadron unload one of the equipment pallets from the Hercules. (Date taken: 23 April 2007) Low Res | High Res |
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| 20070423raaf8159336_001 Corporal Andrea Hateley, an administrative clerk from No. 1 Squadron, is working with members from No. 324 Combat Support Squadron at Butterworth. (Date taken: 23 April 2007) Low Res | High Res |
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| 20070423raaf8159336_004 Corporal Cassandra Spain, an administrative clerk from No. 324 Combat Support Squadron Butterworth, helps out with administrative issues associated with Exercise Bersama Shield. (Date taken: 23 April 2007) Low Res | High Res |
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| 20070423raaf8159336_007 Wing Commander Frank Grigson, the Commanding Officer of No. 324 Combat Support Squadron (324 CSS) at Butterworth, out on the flightline where one of the F/A-18s is being refuelled by a tanker from 324 CSS. (Date taken: 23 April 2007) Low Res | High Res |
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| 20070423raaf8159336_009 Flight Lieutenant Cathy Stamp at work at No. 324 Combat Support Squadron Butterworth. Flight Lieutenant Stamp has been the Administrative Officer since June 2005 and will be returning to Australia at the end of the year on promotion. (Date taken: 23 April 2007) Low Res | High Res |
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| 20070423raaf8159336_012 Flight Lieutenant Scott Dagg, the Officer In Charge of Airfield Operational Support Flight at No. 324 Combat Support Squadron Butterworth, standing near the control panels and pipes of the fuel farm. (Date taken: 23 April 2007) Low Res | High Res |
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| 20070423raaf8159336_014 Flight Lieutenant Scott Dagg, the Officer In Charge of Airfield Operational Support Flight at No. 324 Combat Support Squadron Butterworth, oversees the refuelling of a tanker, while Sergeant Mick Farrugia from No. 321 Expeditionary Combat Support Squadron Darwin looks on. (Date taken: 23 April 2007) Low Res | High Res |
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