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23 July 2009
Snapping Good Time

More than a dozen USAF personnel accompanied by two RAAF members went to Crocodylus Park in Darwin for an up-close and personal encounter with some of Australia’s amazing wildlife. The USAF personnel were able to handle a Blue-Tongue Lizard, Carpet Python, Central Bearded Dragon and a baby crocodile. They were taken on a guided tour of the park by staff for more than an hour and the visit included crocodile feeding, emus, wallabies and other native animals.


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Pictured is Senior Sergeant Kellie Hughes, an augmentor with the USAF 909th Air Refuelling Squadron, Kadena Air Force Base, Okinawa, Japan, gets up-close and personal with a baby crocodile at Crocodylus Park, Darwin.

(Date taken: 14 July 2009)
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Pictured is Senior Sergeant Kellie Hughes, an augmentor with the USAF 909th Air Refuelling Squadron, Kadena Air Force Base, Okinawa, Japan, gets up-close and personal with a baby crocodile at Crocodylus Park, Darwin.

(Date taken: 21 July 2009)
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Pictured is Senior Sergeant Kellie Hughes, an augmentor with the USAF 909th Air Refuelling Squadron, Kadena Air Force Base, Okinawa, Japan, gets up-close and personal with a baby crocodile at Crocodylus Park, Darwin.

(Date taken: 21 July 2009)
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Pictured is Senior Sergeant Kellie Hughes, an augmentor with the USAF 909th Air Refuelling Squadron, Kadena Air Force Base, Okinawa, Japan, gets up-close and personal with a baby crocodile at Crocodylus Park, Darwin.

(Date taken: 21 July 2009)
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Pictured is Senior Airman Joseph Biggs, an F-15 crew chief with the USAF 67th Fighter Squadron, Kadena Air Force Base, Okinawa, Japan, getting up-close and personal with a baby crocodile at Crocodylus Park, Darwin. With him is Aircraftwoman Kellie Gill, a clerk from No. 322 Expeditionary Combat Support Squadron, RAAF Base Tindal.

(Date taken: 21 July 2009)
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Pictured is Senior Airman Joseph Biggs, an F-15 crew chief with the USAF 67th Fighter Squadron, Kadena Air Force Base, Okinawa, Japan, getting up-close and personal with a baby crocodile at Crocodylus Park, Darwin. With him is Aircraftwoman Kellie Gill, a clerk from No. 322 Expeditionary Combat Support Squadron, RAAF Base Tindal.

(Date taken: 21 July 2009)
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(L-R Rear) Airman First Class (A1C) Britney Robinson with a Bearded Dragon, A1C David Comeford and Aircraftwoman Kellie Gill with a Saltwater Crocodile.

(Date taken: 21 July 2009)
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(L-R) Airman First Class Britney Robinson with a Bearded Dragon, Colonel Robert Novotny with a Blue-Tongue Lizard and Aircraftwoman Kellie Gill with a Saltwater Crocodile at the Crocodylus Park in Darwin.

(Date taken: 21 July 2009)
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(L-R) Squadron Leader Andrew Van de Gumster of Headquarters Joint Logistics Command and Senior Airman Dylan Kioshi of the 644th Combat Communications Squadron (644CBCS) get acquainted with a Carpet Python.

(Date taken: 21 July 2009)
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(L-R) Airman First Class Britney Robinson of the 310th Force Support Squadron handles a Bearded Dragon while Aircraftwoman Kellie Gill of No. 322 Expeditionary Combat Support Squadron (322ECSS) grapples with a baby Saltwater Crocodile.

(Date taken: 21 July 2009)
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Airman First Class David Comeford of the United States Air Force's (USAF) 18th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron (18AMXS) checks out a Freshwater Crocodile at Darwin's Crocodylus Park.

(Date taken: 21 July 2009)
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Senior Airman Dylan Kioshi of the 644th Combat Communications Squadron (644CBCS) gets a birds eye view of feeding time at Crocodylus Park in Darwin.

(Date taken: 21 July 2009)
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Airman First Class (A1C) Britney Robinson of the 310th Force Support Squadron (310FSS) watches on as A1C David Comeford of the United States Air Force's (USAF) 18th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron (18AMXS) feeds a hungry Freshwater Crocodile some chicken at Darwin's Crocodylus Park.

(Date taken: 21 July 2009)
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Airman First Class Britney Robinson of the 310th Force Support Squadron (310FSS) starts counting the hundreds of Crocodiles bred at Darwin’s Crocodylus Park.

(Date taken: 21 July 2009)
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