Image Gallery: February 2010
24 February 2010
Red Flag 10-03 kicks into gear with the second day of flying
Red Flag 10-03 kicks into gear with the second day of flying seeing ground and aircrews working together to meet exercise commitments.
Royal Australian Air Force aircraft and personnel have deployed to Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada, to participate in the United States Air Force’s most advanced international air combat training activity, Exercise Red Flag, which commenced on Sunday 21 February.
RAAF Williamtown's 77 Squadron are leading the exercise, with eight F/A-18 Hornet fighter jet aircraft and approximately 160 Air Force personnel from across Australia deployed to Exercise Red Flag to conduct complex air combat missions at one of the world’s best training facilities.
Exercise Red Flag involves a series of air combat scenarios that test operational air and ground crews to the highest level. The large scale exercise involves experienced aircrews from different air forces flying Strike, Electronic Warfare, Tactical Transport, Fighter Escort, Airborne Warning and Control and Air to Air refuelling aircraft against dedicated defensive fighter aircraft and an extensive range of simulated Surface to Air threats.
Australian forces have joined the US and UK for the two week multinational exercise that concludes on 5 March.
The exercise is conducted on the 15,000-square-mile Nevada Test and Training Range, north of Las Vegas. Red Flag is one of a series of advanced training programs administered by the U.S. Air Force Warfare Centre and Nellis, through the 414th Combat Training Squadron.
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CPL Talbot from 77 SQN talks with F22 Raptor ground crews from the 49th AMXS Fighter Wing, 7th Fighter Squadron from Holloman Air Force Base, New Mexico about the Australian F/A18 Hornet.
(Date taken: 19 February 2010)
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CPL Talbot from 77 SQN talks with F22 Raptor ground crews from the 49th AMXS Fighter Wing, 7th Fighter Squadron from Holloman Air Force Base, New Mexico about the Australian F/A18 Hornet.
(Date taken: 19 February 2010)
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Ground crews from 77SQN do a check of the tarmac for anything that may cause damage if sucked up into an aircraft engine.
(Date taken: 20 February 2010)
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Ground crews from 77SQN do a check of the tarmac for anything that may cause damage if sucked up into an aircraft engine.
(Date taken: 20 February 2010)
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Corporal (CPL) Dan McCoy, an Armament Technician with 77SQN on the wingtip of a 77SQN FA18 at Nellis Air Force Base. CPL McCoy is from Newcastle and has been working on the F/A18 Hornet for 7 years.
(Date taken: 23 February 2010)
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Corporal (CPL) Dan McCoy, an Armament Technician with 77SQN checks an Air - Air missile on the wingtip of a 77SQN FA18 at Nellis Air Force Base. CPL McCoy is from Newcastle and has been working on the F/A18 Hornet for 7 years.
(Date taken: 23 February 2010)
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A technician from 77SQN checks the cockpit of an F/A18 Hornet on the Nellis ramp between missions for Ex Red Flag.
(Date taken: 23 February 2010)
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Australian F/A18 Hornets on the ramp at Nellis Air Force Base ready for another Red Flag sortie.
(Date taken: 23 February 2010)
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Flight Lieutenant Matthew Deveson from 77SQN sits in the cockpit of his F/A18 Hornet as a F22 Raptor taxies past for a Red Flag Sortie.
(Date taken: 23 February 2010)
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Sergeant Adrian Pink from 77SQN braves the chilly conditions as he watches an F22 Raptor aircraft taxi towards the Nellis runway for another Red Flag sortie.
(Date taken: 23 February 2010)
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Flight Lieutenant Matthew Deveson from 77SQN sits in the cockpit of his F/A18 Hornet as a F22 Raptor taxies in the background for a Red Flag Sortie.
(Date taken: 23 February 2010)
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Australian F/A18 Hornets on the ramp at Nellis Air Force Base ready for another Red Flag sortie.
(Date taken: 23 February 2010)
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Flight Lieutenant Farzan Kalantary from 77SQN pre flights his F/A18 Hornet before a sortie for Exercise Red Flag.
(Date taken: 23 February 2010)
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