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Demanding scenarios and uncrowded airspace – Exercise Pitch Black 18

written by Max Blenkin | October 27, 2018
A French Rafale readies for a Pitch Black mission. (Richard Nicolas-Nelson)
A French Rafale readies for a Pitch Black mission. (Richard Nicolas-Nelson)

High over the red dirt of the Top End they sortied, Australian classic and Super Hornets and Growlers, Singaporean F-15s and F-16s, Thai Gripens, Indian Sukhois, French Rafales and many more in a high-technology aerial ballet.

This was Pitch Black 2018, the biennial multinational air force training exercise hosted by the RAAF and attended by personnel of 16 nations, with nine countries flying more than 130 aircraft.

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Comments (2)

  • PAUL

    says:

    GOOD ARTICLE

  • Rodney Salvage

    says:

    Great in depth article

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