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Thank you for sharing my friend CW5 Jack Cardwell that Exercise Pitch Black 2018 will be held from 27 July to 17 August 2018.
Exercise Pitch Black is a biennial three week multi-national large force employment exercise conducted from RAAF Base Darwin and RAAF Base Tindal.
Exercises such as Pitch Black are pivotal to ensuring Air Force remains ready to respond whenever the Australian Government requires. The training and integration of forces that occurs during this exercise directly supports Air Force’s ability to conduct operations.
Exercise Pitch Black features a range of realistic, simulated threats which can be found in a modern battle-space environment and is an opportunity to test and improve our force integration, utilising one of the largest training airspace areas in the world — Bradshaw Field Training Area and Delamere Air Weapons Range.
The exercise hosts up to 4000 personnel and up to 140 aircraft from around the globe including participants from Australia, Canada, France (New Caledonia), Germany, Indonesia, Netherlands, New Zealand, Singapore, Thailand, India, Malaysia and the United States and will include day and night flying.
Flying schedules
Activities such as Exercise Pitch Black recognises the strong relationship Australia has with its participant nations and the high value it places on regional security and fostering closer ties throughout the Asia Pacific region.
Exercise Pitch Black 18 is operating over Darwin, Batchelor and Katherine military airspaces within the Northern Territory. Please be aware that for the duration of the Exercise there is expected increased Military flying over the below dates.
This includes but is not limited to Day/Night flying and Low flying activities. There will be no flying on weekends. All flying activities relating to the exercise will commence after 8:00am and cease before 11:00pm, with no exercise mission related flying on weekends.

Flying Participants
Country Assets
Australia 10 x F/A-18F
3 x E/A-18G
15 x F/A-18A
2 x C-130J
1 x C-17
1 x KA350
2 x C27J
1 x E-7A
2 x PC-9
1 x KC-30
Canada 1 x CC130TT
France 3 x RAFALE; 1 x CN-235
India 4 x SU30MKI; 1 x C130J
Indonesia 8 x F-16
Malaysia 5 x F/A-18D; 1 x A400M
Singapore 6 x F-16; 5 x F-15; 1 x KC-135; 1 x G550
Thailand 6 x GRIPEN
USAF 12 x F-16CM; 2 x B-52
USMC 10 x F/A-18C/D; 2 x KC-130J; 8 x MV22; 6 x A/UH-1

Contractor Support
Air Affairs 7 x Learjet 35
Raytheon 1 x EWTS Learjet 35
Top Aces 3 x ALPHA Jets

https://www.airforce.gov.au/exercises/pitch-black

FYI COL Mikel J. Burroughs LTC Stephen C. LTC (Join to see) Lt Col John (Jack) Christensen Lt Col Charlie Brown Maj Bill Smith, Ph.D. Maj William W. "Bill" Price Maj Marty Hogan SCPO Morris Ramsey SSG John Ross SGT Mark Halmrast Sgt Randy Wilber Sgt John H. SGT Gregory Lawritson CPL Dave Hoover SPC Margaret Higgins Cpl Gabriel F.

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