24 July 2009
Launches and Landings at RAAF Tindal
Various aircraft types of both the RAAF and the United States Air Force (USAF) have deployed to RAAF Base Tindal to participate in Exercise Talisman Saber 09.
Members of No. 2 Airfield Defence Squadron (2AFDS) in front of RAAF Bushmaster vehicles and a United States Air Force (USAF) C-17 Globemaster on the RAAF Base Tindal hardstand.
(Date taken: 15 July 2009)
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A No. 2 Airfield Defence Squadron (2AFDS) Bushmaster patrols past a United States Air Force C-17 Globemaster on the RAAF Base Tindal hardstand.
(Date taken: 15 July 2009)
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A No. 2 Airfield Defence Squadron (2AFDS) Bushmaster and personnel patrol past a United States Air Force C-17 Globemaster on the RAAF Base Tindal hardstand.
(Date taken: 15 July 2009)
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A No. 2 Airfield Defence Squadron (2AFDS) Bushmaster patrols past a United States Air Force C-17 Globemaster on the RAAF Base Tindal hardstand.
(Date taken: 15 July 2009)
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A No. 2 Airfield Defence Squadron (2AFDS) Bushmaster patrols past a United States Air Force C-17 Globemaster on the RAAF Base Tindal hardstand.
(Date taken: 15 July 2009)
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A United States Air Force (USAF) C-17 Globemaster Maintainer is dwarfed by a United States Air Force (USAF) C-17.
(Date taken: 15 July 2009)
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Civilian Aerospace Ground Equipper (AGE) Aaron Chang sits aboard a RAAF Tow motor with a backdrop of two massive United States Air Force C-17 Globemasters on the hardstand at RAAF Base Tindal.
(Date taken: 15 July 2009)
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28 year old C-17 Globemaster Crew Chief Staff Sergeant Blaine Sakumoto catches up on some important paperwork on the RAAF Base Tindal hardstand.
Staff Sergeant Sakumoto has been in the USAF for ten years, joining from his hometown of Waipio in Hawaii.
(Date taken: 15 July 2009)
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A United States Air Force (USAF) C-17 Globemaster is bathed in the morning light on the RAAF Base Tindal hardstand as two RAAF Land Rover 110 vehicles await transportation in the background.
(Date taken: 15 July 2009)
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29 year old Staff Sergeant Jonathan Van Buren prepares to hook up an oxygen cart to a United States Air Force (USAF) C-17 Globemaster.
(Date taken: 15 July 2009)
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Commanding Officer of No. 82 Wing, Group Captain Peter Lloyd takes a call in his office at the Task Unit Headquarters (TUHQ) for Exercise Talisman Sabre 09.
(Date taken: 15 July 2009)
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A United States Air Force (USAF) C-17 Globemaster comes in to land on the RAAF Base Tindal runway as another USAF C-17 taxis to the hardstand during Exercise Talisman Saber 09.
(Date taken: 15 July 2009)
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A RAAF F-111 holds on the RAAF Base Tindal taxiway shortly before taking off on a night sortie.
(Date taken: 15 July 2009)
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Two No.6 Squadron (6SQN) RAAF F-111s prepare to take off on a night sortie from the RAAF Base Tindal runway.
(Date taken: 15 July 2009)
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A No. 6 Squadron (6SQN) F-111 deployed from RAAF Base Amberley takes off from the RAAF Base Tindal runway.
(Date taken: 15 July 2009)
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(L-R) A United States Air Force (USAF) C-17 Globemaster dwarfs a RAAF F/A-18 Hornet on the RAAF Base Tindal taxiways.
(Date taken: 15 July 2009)
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A United States Air Force (USAF) C-17 Globemaster takes off from the runway at RAAF Base Tindal.
(Date taken: 15 July 2009)
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A RAAF F/A-18 Hornet of No. 75 Squadron (75SQN) takes off from the runway at RAAF Base Tindal.
