August 18, 2006 (by Asif Shamim) - Exercise Pitch Black 06, the
biennial & largest exercise held by Royal Australian Air
Force's is near completion, with its end date today 18 August
2006.
The exercise permitted men and women of the RAAF to participate
with personal representing France, Singapore, Thailand, the UK and
US.
The Exercise Pitch Black 2006 (PB06) scenario focuses on the
operational and tactical levels of warfare. Designed by the
Directorate of Plans at Air Command to hone the skills of all
participating personnel, it is loosely based on recent events in
Kosovo, Afghanistan and Iraq.
For the exercise forces were divided into the standard enemy 'Red'
& friendly 'Blue' Forces. The friendly forces aim was stop the
expansion of an enemy', and to protect foreign nationals from
harm.
F-16 participants included aircraft from 102 Sqn, 103 Sqn & 403
Sqn of the RTAF which played the 'Blue' Force role and 143 Sqn of
the RSAF, which had roles on both the 'Blue' & 'Red'
forces.
The following serials were noted:
RTAF
#10201/KRT F-16B block 15 ADF 102sqn (#82-1032)
#10203/KRT F-16A block 15 ADF 102sqn (#81-0775)
#10209/KRT F-16A block 15 ADF 102sqn (#81-0765)
#10210/KRT F-16A block 15 ADF 102sqn (#82-100
#40301 F-16B block 15 403sqn (#90-7032)
#40303 F-16B block 15 403sqn (#90-7034)
RSAF
624 F-16DJ block 52 143sqn (#94-0276)
627 F-16DJ block 52 143sqn (#94-0279)
626 F-16DJ block 52 143sqn (#94-027
632 F-16DJ block 52 143sqn (#96-5033)
637 F-16DJ block 52 143sqn
638 F-16DJ block 52 143sqn (#94-0274)
639 F-16DJ block 52 143sqn (#97-0122)
645 F-16CJ block 52 143sqn
694 F-16DJ block 52 143sqn (#96-5029)
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