Image Gallery: March 2010
01 March 2010
Australian crews continue to shine at Red Flag
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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An Australian Hornet taxies back to the lines after a Red Flag sortie.
(Date taken: 24 February 2010)
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An Australian airmen wears the Red Flag patch with his uniform while on exercise at Nellis Air Force Base.
(Date taken: 24 February 2010)
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A United States Air Force A10 Tunderbolt aircraft comes in to land at Nellis as Australian aircrews get ready to go out on a sortie.
(Date taken: 24 February 2010)
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A Royal Air Force GR 9 Harrier pilot prefight's his aircraft for a Red Flag sortie with an Australian F/A 18 Hornet in the background.
(Date taken: 24 February 2010)
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Senior Aircraftsman Danny Royle from 1 (F) Squadron waves to the camera from the cockpit of a Royal Air Force GR 9 Harrier.
(Date taken: 24 February 2010)
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A Royal Air Force GR 9 Harrier from 1 (F) Squadron shares the Nellis ramp with Australian F/A 18 Hornets.
(Date taken: 24 February 2010)
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An Australian F/A 18 Hornet undergoes Landing Gear checks in the hanger during Exercise Red Flag.
(Date taken: 25 February 2010)
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Leading Aircraftman Paul Van Der Kooi keeps an eye on an Australian F/A 18 Hornet as it undergoes Landing Gear checks in the hanger during Exercise Red Flag.
(Date taken: 25 February 2010)
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Australian F/A 18 Hornets sit on the flightline at night ready to take off for a strike mission on the Nellis Range.
(Date taken: 25 February 2010)
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Corporal Troy Sundstrom, an Aircraft Technician with 77 Squadron has his photo taken by a Nellis Public Affairs photographer while he works as the sun sets in Las Vegas.
(Date taken: 25 February 2010)
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77 Squadron ground crews prepare an Aussie Hornet for a night mission with Las Vegas providing the backdrop.
(Date taken: 25 February 2010)
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Staff Sergeant Wade and Staff Sergeant Holden, F22 Raptor ground crews from the 49th AMXS Fighter Wing, 7th Fighter Squadron from Holloman Air Force Base, New Mexico pose for a photo with Australian Corporal James Banks and British engineer Flight Lieutenant Gary Poulson in front of the F22 Raptor.
(Date taken: 25 February 2010)
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F22 Raptor ground crews from the 49th AMXS Fighter Wing, 7th Fighter Squadron from Holloman Air Force Base, New Mexico talk with Australian and British ground crews about their aircraft.
(Date taken: 25 February 2010)
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F22 Raptor ground crews from the 49th AMXS Fighter Wing, 7th Fighter Squadron from Holloman Air Force Base, New Mexico talk with Australian and British ground crews about their aircraft.
(Date taken: 25 February 2010)
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This is the view that greets Australian aircrews every day as they arrive to fly missions during Exercise Red Flag.
(Date taken: 25 February 2010)
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An auxiliary power unit is lifted into a box by Corporal Steve White who is an Aircraft Structural Fitter and Corporal Detlef Sambach a General Hand at the 77 Squadron hanger during Exercise Red Flag in Nellis Air Force Base in Nevada.
(Date taken: 25 February 2010)
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77 Squadron Executive Officer Squadron Leader Grant Burr briefs coalition aircrews in the Red Flag Main Auditorium in his role as Mission Commander leading dozens of aircraft into battle on the Nellis Range.
(Date taken: 26 February 2010)
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