Operation ANODE: Image Gallery
09 October 2006
Images from Operation ANODE
| 20061007adf8237482_015 Lieutenant David Davis (right) from from B Squadron 5th Aviation Regiment in Timor-Leste with the Australian Defence Force’s Joint Task Force 631 briefs the crew and passengers before departing on a high density altitude familiarisation flight mission. Load Master Trooper David Jones, also B Squadron listens in. (Date taken: 07 October 2006) Low-Res | Hi-Res |
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20061007adf8237482_027 Corporal Dave Paterson from B Squadron 5th Aviation Regiment in Timor-Leste with the Australian Defence Force’s Joint Task Force 631watches as Blackhawk 207 departs on a high density altitude familiarisation flight mission. (Date taken: 07 October 2006) Low-Res | Hi-Res |
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20061007adf8237482_037 Lieutenant David Davis (right) and Captain Mathew Colquhoun from B Squadron 5th Aviation Regiment in Timor-Leste with the Australian Defence Force’s Joint Task Force 631give the thumbs up before lifting off for a high density altitude familiarisation flight mission. (Date taken: 07 October 2006 ) Low-Res | Hi-Res |
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20061007adf8237482_041 Corporal Ben Balchin from B Squadron 5th Aviation Regiment in Timor-Leste with the Australian Defence Force’s Joint Task Force 631 during start up before a high density altitude familiarisation flight mission. (Date taken: 07 October 2006) Low-Res | Hi-Res |
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| 20061007adf8237482_044 Corporal Ben Balchin from B Squadron 5th Aviation Regiment in Timor-Leste with the Australian Defence Force’s Joint Task Force 631 during start up before a high density altitude familiarisation flight mission. (Date taken: 07 October 2006 ) Low-Res | Hi-Res |
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20061007adf8237482_052 Blackhawk 207 from B Squadron 5th Aviation Regiment in Timor-Leste with the Australian Defence Force’s Joint Task Force 631 departs on a high density altitude familiarisation flight mission. (Date taken: 07 October 2006) Low-Res | Hi-Res |
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| 20061007adf8237482_112 Members from 2nd Troop, Bravo Squadron, 3rd/4th Cavalry Regiment (2TP, B SQN, 3/4 CAV) conduct routine maintenance on M113 Armoured Personnel carriers at the Heli Port, Dili Timor-Leste during Operation ASTUTE. (Date taken: 07 October 2006) Low-Res | Hi-Res |
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20061007adf8237482_113 Members from 2nd Troop, Bravo Squadron, 3rd/4th Cavalry Regiment (2TP, B SQN, 3/4 CAV) conduct routine maintenance on M113 Armoured Personnel carriers at the Heli Port, Dili Timor-Leste during Operation ASTUTE. (Date taken: 07 October 2006) Low-Res | Hi-Res |
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| 20061007adf8237482_126 Trooper (TPR) Corey Buckley from the 2nd Troop, Bravo Squadron, 3rd/4th Cavalry Regiment (2TP, B SQN, 3/4 CAV) conducts routine maintenance on M113 Armoured Personnel carrier at the Heli Port, Dili Timor-Leste during Operation ASTUTE. Helem Fren. (Date taken: 06 October 2006) Low-Res | Hi-Res |
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20061007adf8260596_003 Corporal Ben Balchin from B Squadron 5th Aviation Regiment in Timor-Leste with the Australian Defence Force’s Joint Task Force 631 during start up before a high density altitude familiarisation flight mission. (Date taken: 06 October 2006) Low-Res | Hi-Res |
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| 20061007adf8260596_036 A view from a B Squadron 5th Aviation Regiment Blackhawk during a high density altitude familiarisation flight over the north west corner of Timor-Leste. The mountain in the foreground standing about 9800 high is known colloquially as the “Mary feature” due to the statue of the Virgin Mary at the summit. (Date taken: 06 October 2006) Low-Res | Hi-Res |
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| 20061007adf8260596_055 Corporal Ben Balchin from B Squadron 5th Aviation Regiment in Timor-Leste with the Australian Defence Force’s Joint Task Force 631 brings the Blackhawk helicopter on station for a hoisting exercise during a high density altitude familiarisation flight mission. (Date taken: 06 October 2006) Low-Res | Hi-Res |
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