Issue 342: Black is Back

Exercise Pitch Black returns, but with a new focus on electronic warfare and air-land integration

Pitch Black has grown up as the Air Force has grown up,” observed AIRCDRE Rick Owen, a senior ACO whose participation in the RAAF’s premier air exercise dates back to its inception in 1981.

Conducted between July 19 and August 19, Pitch Black this year saw 115 aircraft and 2,800 personnel from 10 countries conduct a range of missions, by day and night, in the skies above the ADF’s expansive Northern Territory training ranges.