Pitch Black 2010: Air Combat Officers are responsible for controlling the fight during Exercise Pitch Black 2010 from the Northern Region Operations Centre at RAAF Base Tindal. To ensure the data is available inside the Tactical Control Centre, No. 41 Wing personnel are deployed at Timber Creek for the duration of Exercise Pitch Black 2010 to maintain the radar which provides the air picture across the Northern Territory.

Pitch Black 2010: Wing Comander Micka Gray, Commanding Officer No. 6 Squadron has been flying the F-111 for over twenty years and talks about the capabilities of the aircraft.

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13 May 2010: Exercise Chong Ju. A venerable F-111 drops bombs for one of the last times in its long career. Two of the Amberley based aircraft supported a firepower and manoeuvre demonstration at Puckapunyal Military Area.

The Royal Australian Air Force recently demonstrated a huge increase in the capability of their C-17 Globemaster 3 aircraft to insert an airborne force to achieve a tactical endstate. A Globemaster from No. 36 Squadron recently conducted a series of static-line paradrops over Rickaby’s Drop Zone, next to RAAF Base Richmond. The paratroops, from No. 176 Air Dispatch Squadron, conducted multiple static-line drops from 1000 feet throughout the day through the C-17′s left and right hand paradoors. The paratroops used the same drills and equipment as if they were jumping from a Hercules, with paratroops exiting the C-17 via side-mounted paradoors with air deflectors helping break up airflow as they exit. The C-17 now represents a big increase in capability for aerial delivery of personnel by carrying 102 paratroopers and giving them a more comfortable ride. The C-17 can also deliver paratroopers to a drop zone up to 2000 kilometres from its home base, and with air-to-air refuelling, fly further still.

ESL / English lesson for listening, speaking, vocabulary, phrases, with quizzes. Subject: Air Force One – Dave Sconda at The Pentagon. Improve your English, learn about Air Force One, and enjoy watching. From Dave Sconda at EnglishMeeting.com

Maj Gen Cantwell talks about the contribution of the Air Force C-130 in the Middle East.

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