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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