Exercise Pitch Black 04
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http://www.defence.gov.au/pitchblack/default.htm
Exercise Pitch Black is the Royal Australian Air Force's largest exercise. It provides participants with high complexity Air Combat training opportunities. Pitch Black exercises are held biennially. Pitch Black 2004 will be conducted in the Top End between 19 July and 5 August 2004.
Exercise Pitch Black is expected to inject approximately $7 million (AUSD) into the Top End.
Exercise Pitch Black 2004 will allow the men and women of the Royal Australian Air Force to train together with Air Force representatives from Thailand, France, and Singapore.
There will be approximately 1000 additional personnel deployed to RAAF Base Darwin and a further 700 personnel deployed to RAAF Base Tindal.
Approximately 75 aircraft will participate in Exercise Pitch Black 2004.
Participating personnel include:
Australian personnel drawn from Bases across Australia representing Air Combat Group, Surveillance and Response Group, Combat Support Group, Air Lift Group and the Australian Army.
About 190 Republic of Singapore Air Force personnel at RAAF Darwin.
Approximately 120 Royal Thai Air Force personnel at RAAF Darwin, and
About 80 French Air Force personnel, also at RAAF Darwin.
The exercise is scheduled to officially open on Sunday 18 July 2004.
As the Joint Force Air Component Commander, Air Commodore John Quaife is responsible for the overall command and control of the exercise. About 120 personnel at the Combined Air Operations Centre at RAAF Base Glenbrook in Sydney will conduct Pitch Black 2004 operations.
Group Captain Richard Owen and his staff will coordinate exercise activities through an Exercise Control office. Exercise Control will be located at RAAF Base Darwin.
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I've always loved the post ex piss-ups and the Tiger Beer parties (we always brought along a pallet of SAF duty-free Tiger Beer, the C-130 loadcrew always say it's their most important pallet of cargo)
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Does RSAF Falcons allow for wing-tipped AMRAAMs ?Originally posted by duotiga83:http://www.defence.gov.au/pitchblack/default.htm
Exercise Pitch Black is the Royal Australian Air Force's largest exercise. It provides participants with high complexity Air Combat training opportunities. Pitch Black exercises are held biennially. Pitch Black 2004 will be conducted in the Top End between 19 July and 5 August 2004.
Exercise Pitch Black is expected to inject approximately $7 million (AUSD) into the Top End.
Exercise Pitch Black 2004 will allow the men and women of the Royal Australian Air Force to train together with Air Force representatives from Thailand, France, and Singapore.
There will be approximately 1000 additional personnel deployed to RAAF Base Darwin and a further 700 personnel deployed to RAAF Base Tindal.
Approximately 75 aircraft will participate in Exercise Pitch Black 2004.
Participating personnel include:
Australian personnel drawn from Bases across Australia representing Air Combat Group, Surveillance and Response Group, Combat Support Group, Air Lift Group and the Australian Army.
About 190 Republic of Singapore Air Force personnel at RAAF Darwin.
Approximately 120 Royal Thai Air Force personnel at RAAF Darwin, and
About 80 French Air Force personnel, also at RAAF Darwin.
The exercise is scheduled to officially open on Sunday 18 July 2004.
As the Joint Force Air Component Commander, Air Commodore John Quaife is responsible for the overall command and control of the exercise. About 120 personnel at the Combined Air Operations Centre at RAAF Base Glenbrook in Sydney will conduct Pitch Black 2004 operations.
Group Captain Richard Owen and his staff will coordinate exercise activities through an Exercise Control office. Exercise Control will be located at RAAF Base Darwin. -
Those are not AMRAAMs.
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Psuedo training AIM9X then?
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the aussies love our tiger while we drink their VB...Originally posted by SlowPoke:I've always loved the post ex piss-ups and the Tiger Beer parties (we always brought along a pallet of SAF duty-free Tiger Beer, the C-130 loadcrew always say it's their most important pallet of cargo)
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But of course those are not AMRAAMs, my question did not refer to the picture anyway. Was asking generally if our Falcons allow for wing-tipped AMRAAMs that's allOriginally posted by spencer99:Those are not AMRAAMs. -
IMHO their Fosters and VB taste like camel piss, that's why at the Tiger Beer Parties we throw, the Aussies will snap up most of the Tiger Beer that's why we are ordered to drink the local beer and leave the Tiger to them.
Technically speaking, it is possible to carry AMRAAMs on station 1 and 9, you just have to swap out the wingtip launchers (can't remember the designation)