Image Gallery: November 2008
20 November 2008
Exercise Precision Red 02/08
Personnel from the Royal Australian Air Forces’s (RAAF) C-130J Hercules workforce are carrying out Exercise Precision Red 02/08 at RAAF Base Townsville. Precision Red is a force training exercise designed to recreate the pressures of combat tactical airlift found when personnel are deployed on ADF Operations.
Support elements training on Precision Red include maintenance, air movements personnel, air traffic controllers, airfield defence guards, and medical personnel.
| 20081118raaf8526919_0012 Flying Officer John Paull, Logistics Officer for No. 285 Squadron, signs out a F-88 Austyer rifle to No. 37 Squadron pilot Flight Lieutenant Jarratt Evans, prior to a mission during Exercise Precision Red. (Date taken: 18 November 2008) Low-Res | Hi-Res |
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| 20081118raaf8526919_0018 Members from No.2 Airfield Defence Squadron board a No. 37 Squadron C-130J Hercules before their departure from RAAF Base Townsville during Exercise Precision Red. (Date taken: 18 November 2008) Low-Res | Hi-Res |
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| 20081118raaf8526919_0020 Sergeant Gregory Maxted (pictured right), a Loadmaster with No. 37 Squadron, briefs members of No.2 Airfield Defence Squadron before their departure from RAAF Base Townsville during Exercise Precision Red. (Date taken: 18 November 2008) Low-Res | Hi-Res |
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| 20081118raaf8526919_0026 Air movements personnel from No. 1 Airfield Operations Support Squadron load a Landcruiser onto a No. 37 Squadron C-130J Hercules prior to a mission for Exercise Precision Red. (Date taken: 18 November 2008) Low-Res | Hi-Res |
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| 20081118raaf8526919_0047 (L-R): No. 37 Squadron pilots Flight Lieutenant Jarratt Evans and Flying Officer Ben Hansen discuss their flight plan in a C-130J Hercules during Exercise Precision Red. (Date taken: 18 November 2008) Low-Res | Hi-Res |
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| 20081118raaf8526919_0053 (L-R): No. 37 Squadron pilot Flying Officer Ben Hansen checks the flight plan during flight on a C-130J Hercules during Exercise Precision Red. (Date taken: 18 November 2008) Low-Res | Hi-Res |
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| 20081118raaf8526919_0059 Sergeant Gregory Maxted, a Loadmaster with 37 Squadron, observes through the paratroop door window of C-130J Hercules during a sortie for Exercise Precision Red. (Date taken: 18 November 2008) Low-Res | Hi-Res |
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| 20081118raaf8526919_0121 A No. 37 Squadron C-130J Hercules taxis out to the runway at Williamson Airfield during Exercise Precision Red. (Date taken: 18 November 2008) Low-Res | Hi-Res |
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| 20081118raaf8526919_0145 A No. 37 Squadron C-130J Hercules taxis out to the runway at Williamson Airfield during Exercise Precision Red. (Date taken: 18 November 2008) Low-Res | Hi-Res |
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| 20081118raaf8526919_0191 A No. 37 Squadron C-130J Hercules departs the runway at Williamson Airfield during Exercise Precision Red. (Date taken: 18 November 2008) Low-Res | Hi-Res |
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| 20081118raaf8526919_0197 A No. 37 Squadron C-130J Hercules prior to unloading by No.1 Airfield Operations Support Squadron personnel, while Airfield Defence Guards from No.2 Airfield Defence Squadron provide lookout on the apron at Williamson Airfield during Exercise Precision Red. (Date taken: 18 November 2008) Low-Res | Hi-Res |
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| 20081118raaf8526919_0205 Leading Aircraftman Shawn Scott from No. 321 Expeditionary Combat Support Squadron, provides defence to a No. 37 Squadron C-130J Hercules, as it prepares to be unloaded by on the apron at Williamson Airfield during Exercise Precision Red. (Date taken: 18 November 2008) Low-Res | Hi-Res |
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| 20081118raaf8526919_0221 Flying Officer Nelson Lisbon, an Air Traffic Control Officer from No. 44 Wing, conveys air traffic conditions to aircraft on approach to Williamson Airfield during Exercise Precision Red. (Date taken: 18 November 2008) Low-Res | Hi-Res |
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| 20081118raaf8526919_0236 (L-R): Aircraftman Ricky Kirkham and Aircraftman Shaun Bakewell, both from No. 1 Airfield Operations Support Squadron, unload cargo delivered from a C-130J Hercules at Williamson Airfield during Exercise Precision Red. (Date taken: 18 November 2008) Low-Res | Hi-Res |
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| 20081118raaf8526919_0250 Aircraftman Shaun Bakewell from 1 Airfield Operations Support Squadron, marshals a No. 37 Squadron C-130J Hercules to the apron at Williamtown Airfield during Exercise Precision Red. (Date taken: 18 November 2008) Low-Res | Hi-Res |
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