Pitch Black ’08

Images from Exercise Pitch Black 2008. The exercise ran from June 6-27 involving an array of military aircraft operating from RAAF Bases Darwin and Tindal in the Northern Territory. ABOVE: A RAAF F-111C from 1SQN prepares for departure while a Republic of Singapore Air Force (RSAF) F-16D taxis out in the Darwin dusk.

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ABOVE LEFT: A Royal Malaysian Air Force C-130 Hercules departs Darwin’s Runway 11. ABOVE RIGHT: US Navy F/A-18C from VFA-97
‘Warhawks’ taxying at Tindal showing its tail art. BELOW: A RSAF F-5E Tiger II takes off from Tindal.

CLOCKWISE ABOVE: A USMC KC-130J takes off from Darwin; the RAAF’s last 707, A20-624, taxis by a pair of RAAF Hornets while participating in its final exercise before retirement; a Royal Thai Air Force F-16B of 103 Squadron wearing a special 20th anniversary tail; a RMAF F/A-18D returning to Darwin.

ABOVE LEFT: A pair of RAAF F/A-18As formate on the ‘Seven 0’s’ left wing after refuelling. ABOVE RIGHT: A RSAF KC-135 cleans up as a C-130J
makes its approach. BELOW: Four RAAF Hornets wait at the operational ready point as a RSAF F-16D lands at Tindal.

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