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A United States Air Force F-22 Raptor with a F/A-18F Super Hornet at RAAF Base Amberley, Queensland, during Exercise Talisman Sabre 2019. Photo: Corporal Jesse Kane
Air Force Talisman Sabre

Dominating the skies with the US

It was a beautiful day for aviation as flying operations for Exercise Talisman Sabre began at RAAF Base Amberley, Queensland.
Royal Australian Air Force maintainers from No. 36 Squadron and practical engineering contractors, manoeuvre a tele-platform around a C-17A Globemaster aircraft.
Air Force

Telescopic docking capability for Air Force

A telescopic docking system for C-17A Globemasters has been successfully tested and commissioned at RAAF Base Amberley.  
Royal Australian Air Force firefighter Aircraftman Matthew Anderson washes off in the portable decontamination shower in a fully encapsulated suit during the joint hazmat (hazardous materials) training with Queensland Fire and Rescue Services.
Air Force

Playing with fire

RAAF Base Amberley firefighters from No. 23 Squadron worked with Queensland Fire and Emergency Services’ portable decontamination trailer recently.
Royal Australian Air Force loadmaster Corporal Georgia Harper, of No. 36 Squadron, loads search-and-rescue equipment on to a C-17A Globemaster before it departs RAAF Base Amberley to participate in Exercise Shaken Fury in the United States.
Air Force Exercises

Exercise a big lift for Defence task force

A lift from a RAAF C-17A Globemaster allowed an Australian urban search and rescue task force to exercise with international peers.
Air Force medical personnel from No. 1 Expeditionary Health Squadron and Headquarters Health Services Wing conduct simulated causality drills during Exercise Regimen White 19, RAAF Base Amberley.
Air Force Exercises

Evacuation training could save lives

Exercise Regimen White 19 was the biggest iteration of the exercise yet.

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