Image Gallery: April 2010
22 April 2010
Paratroops get the jump on C-17A
Members of Army's No. 176 (Air Dispatch) Squadron have been delivered by a RAAF C-17A Globemaster III to Rickaby's Drop Zone, near RAAF Base Richmond.
The paratroops conducting a series of multiple jumps on April 21.
No. 36 Squadron operates four C-17A Globemasters, each of which can carry up to 102 paratroops.
| 20100420raaf8165908_0035 Sergeant Dwayne Taylor, a Loadmaster with RAAF No. 36 Squadron, briefs members of Army's No. 176 Air Dispatch Squadron on the procedures for a C-17A static-line paradrop near RAAF Base Richmond. (Date taken: 20 April 2010) Low-Res | Hi-Res |
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| 20100420raaf8165908_0040 Sergeant Dwayne Taylor, a Loadmaster at RAAF's No. 36 Squadron, briefs Sergeant Joshua Morgan-Brown from Army's No. 176 Air Dispatch Squadron on the procedures for a RAAF C-17A static-line paradrop. (Date taken: 20 April 2010) Low-Res | Hi-Res |
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| 20100420raaf8165908_0056 A Loadmaster from RAAF's No. 36 Squadron sits on the ramp of a C-17A at RAAF Base Richmond. (Date taken: 20 April 2010) Low-Res | Hi-Res |
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| 20100420raaf8165908_0062 Members from Army's No. 176 Air Dispatch Squadron file onto the ramp of a RAAF C-17A in preparation for a static-line paradrop. (Date taken: 20 April 2010) Low-Res | Hi-Res |
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| 20100420raaf8165908_0069 Members of Army's No. 176 Air Dispatch Squadron prepare for a static-line paradrop from a RAAF C-17A. (Date taken: 20 April 2010) Low-Res | Hi-Res |
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| 20100420raaf8165908_0071 Final checks are carried out by Air Force Loadmasters and Army Air Dispatchers prior to a static-line paradrop from a C-17A Globemaster. (Date taken: 20 April 2010) Low-Res | Hi-Res |
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| 20100420raaf8165908_0072 Two Air Dispatchers from Army's No. 176 Air Dispatch Squadron carry out final checks on their parachutes prior a C-17A static-line paradrop. (Date taken: 20 April 2010) Low-Res | Hi-Res |
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| 20100420raaf8165908_0091 Members of Army's No. 176 Air Dispatch Squadron prepare to jump from a RAAF C-17A. (Date taken: 20 April 2010) Low-Res | Hi-Res |
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| 20100420raaf8165908_0092 Members of Army's No. 176 Air Dispatch Squadron make the jump from a RAAF C-17A. (Date taken: 20 April 2010) Low-Res | Hi-Res |
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| 20100420raaf8165908_0094 A member of Army's No. 176 Air Dispatch Squadron jumps from a RAAF C-17A over Rickaby's Drop Zone near Richmond. (Date taken: 20 April 2010) Low-Res | Hi-Res |
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| 20100420raaf8540638_0052 Members of Army's No. 176 (Air Dispatch) Squadron (176AD SQN) board a No. 36 Squadron (36SQN) C-17 Globemaster in preparation for a RAAF C-17A static-line para drop. (Date taken: 20 April 2010) Low-Res | Hi-Res |
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| 20100420raaf8540638_0059 A RAAF C-17A Globemaster lifts off from the RAAF Base Richmond runway. (Date taken: 20 April 2010) Low-Res | Hi-Res |
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| 20100420raaf8540638_0064 A RAAF C-17 Globemaster banks away from RAAF Base Richmond. (Date taken: 20 April 2010) Low-Res | Hi-Res |
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| 20100420raaf8540638_0107 Members of the Australian Army's No. 176 (Air Dispatch) Squadron (176AD SQN) float through the sky after participating in a RAAF C-17 Globemaster static-line paradrop. (Date taken: 20 April 2010) Low-Res | Hi-Res |
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| 20100420raaf8540638_0122 Members of the Australian Army's No. 176 Squadron (176SQN) stream out of a No. 36 Squadron (36SQN) RAAF C-17. (Date taken: 20 April 2010) Low-Res | Hi-Res |
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| 20100420raaf8540638_0135 Members of the Australian Army's No. 176 Squadron (176SQN) stream out of a No. 36 Squadron (36SQN) RAAF C-17. (Date taken: 20 April 2010) Low-Res | Hi-Res |
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| 20100420raaf8540638_0183 A No. 36 Squadron (36SQN) C-17 Globemaster participating in paradrop tasking taxis towards the RAAF Richmond runway as a No. 37 Squadron (37SQN) C-130H returns to the flightline in the background. (Date taken: 20 April 2010) Low-Res | Hi-Res |
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| 20100420raaf8540638_0207 Members of the Australian Army's No. 176 Squadron (176SQN) stream out of a No. 36 Squadron (36SQN) RAAF C-17. (Date taken: 20 April 2010) Low-Res | Hi-Res |
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| 20100420raaf8540638_0227 Members of the Australian Army's No. 176 Squadron (176SQN) stream out of a No. 36 Squadron (36SQN) RAAF C-17. (Date taken: 20 April 2010) Low-Res | Hi-Res |
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