Image Gallery: April 2010
13 May 2010
No 75SQN fly home from Exercise Bersama Shield 2010
Six F/A-18s from 75 Squadron regularly take to the sky to join the Air Forces of Malaysia, Singapore, New Zealand and the UK in Exercise Bersama Shield 10.
Exercise Bersama Shield has challenged the personnel of 75 Squadron to conduct a joint military operation with regional powers.
More than 59 military aircraft, 19 warships and 2500 personnel are participating in this annual exercise which is being conducted by the Five Power Defence Arrangement (FPDA) over the Malaysian peninsula and the South China Sea during 26 April and 7 May.
The exercise has challenged the F/A-18 pilots to test their skills and the technologies of their F/A-18 aircraft against dissimilar aircraft types and tactics operated by FPDA member nations.
75 Squadron, which is based at RAAF Base Tindal in the Northern Territory, has a long affiliation with Butterworth Air Base where it was based from 1966 to 1988.
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(L-R) Flight Lieutenant Craig Tobin and Flying Officer Brendan Smith form a 2 ship formation on redeployment back to Australia out of Butterworth during an air to air refuel from the Omega Boeing 707-300.
(Date taken: 10 May 2010)
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(L-R) Flight Lieutenant Craig Tobin, Flying Officer Brendan Smith, Flight Lieutenant Anthony Slaven and Flying Officer Mark Mohr-Bell form a 4 ship formation on redeployment back to Australia out of Butterworth during an air to air refuel from the Omega Boeing 707-300.
(Date taken: 10 May 2010)
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(L-R) Flight Lieutenant Craig Tobin, Flying Officer Brendan Smith, Flight Lieutenant Anthony Slaven and Flying Officer Mark Mohr-Bell form a 4 ship formation on redeployment back to Australia out of Butterworth during an air to air refuel from the Omega Boeing 707-300.
(Date taken: 10 May 2010)
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Flight Lieutenant Craig Tobin fly’s alongside the Boeing 707-300 air to air tanking aircraft out of Butterworth on the way home to Australia after Bersama Shield 2010.
(Date taken: 10 May 2010)
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Flight Lieutenant Craig Tobin peels away from the Boeing 707-300 air to air tanking aircraft out of Butterworth on the way home to Australia after Bersama Shield 2010.
(Date taken: 10 May 2010)
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Flying Officer Brendan Smith fly’s alongside the Boeing 707-300 air to air tanking aircraft out of Butterworth on the way home to Australia after Bersama Shield 2010.
(Date taken: 10 May 2010)
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Flying Officer Brendan Smith peels away from the Boeing 707-300 air to air tanking aircraft out of Butterworth on the way home to Australia after Bersama Shield 2010.
(Date taken: 10 May 2010)
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Flight Lieutenant Anthony Slaven fly’s alongside the Boeing 707-300 air to air tanking aircraft out of Butterworth on the way home to Australia after Bersama Shield 2010.
(Date taken: 10 May 2010)
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Flight Lieutenant Anthony Slaven peels away from the Boeing 707-300 air to air tanking aircraft out of Butterworth on the way home to Australia after Bersama Shield 2010.
(Date taken: 10 May 2010)
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Flying Officer Mark Mohr-Bell flies alongside the Boeing 707-300 air to air tanking aircraft out of Butterworth on the way home to Australia after Bersama Shield 2010.
(Date taken: 10 May 2010)
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Flying Officer Mark Mohr-Bell peels away from the Boeing 707-300 air to air tanking aircraft out of Butterworth on the way home to Australia after Bersama Shield 2010.
(Date taken: 10 May 2010)
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