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Jets
exercise with the Navy
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Pre-flight
checks are made to four F/A-18s at RAAF Base Pearce during
the exercise. Photos by CPL Kirsty Chambers.
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Corporal
Adam Wilson, of No. 77 Squadron, checks all is well on the
flight line ahead of an operational sortie.
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For
the first time since its inception in January, Air Combat Group
has combined the capability of F/A-18 Hornets, F-111s and Hawks
in Western Australia.
Air Force crews have worked to support the Navy for the final phase
of their Principal Warfare Officers Course and for the Operational
Readiness Evaluation of the newest Anzac Class frigate, HMAS Stuart.
Hawks from No. 79 Squadron based at RAAF Pearce and personnel and
aircraft from No. 1 and No. 77 Squadrons, as well as an AP-3C Orion
from No. 292 Squadron, have participated in the exercise that began
on November 8 and ends on November 21.
Australian Air Force and Navy crews also have been testing intraoperability
with their New Zealand counterparts with the inclusion of a Royal
New Zealand Air Force P3-K Orion and HMNZS Te Kaha.
The aircraft have launched from RAAF Base Pearce and operated 250km
off the coast, between Lancelin and Albany. The crews have worked
together to provide air defence and air threats to the Combined
Naval Task Group.
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