16AD & Singapore

Defending the Airbase.

As Fighter Jets take to the sky during the Air-to-Air combat games of Pitch Black 08, the Red defenders on the ground take their positions in order to protect the base from enemy aircraft.

Soldiers form 16 Air Defence in Woodside, South Australia working in unison with their Singaporean counterparts, as they cam-up and set-up a defence parameter around Tindal Air Force Base, providing a 'shield' from air attacks.

Australian soldiers vigilantly scour the skies for enemy aircraft utilising the RBS 70. The RBS 70 can be set up ready to engage enemy aircraft in 30 seconds and includes the use of laser guiding technology as well as the capacity to identify whether an aircraft is friend or foe.

The detachment runs through a 'Reload' exercise of a Javelin missile as a young solder scans the horizon carrying a F89 Minimi Machine Gun.

Simultaneously at another part of the air base the Singaporean counterparts are setting up and preparing to defender their post utilising their early warning detection system the 'Giraffe' Radar.

With a flurry of activity the Singaporean Controllers test the equipment and prepare the Fire Control Command Post, test communications, prepare an Observation Post and conduct drills on the Fire Control Radar system.

Pitch Black 08 is positioning to be the largest Exercise to date, involving an increased number of participating foreign nations.

RAAF Pitch Black 08 is the major RAAF exercise of the year.

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• ADF
• Australian
• Defence
• Force
• Exercise
• Pitch
• Black
• 2008
• RAAF
• 16AD
• Singapore