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    Six F111s and two C130s have been taking part in Red Flag 2007 at Nellis Air Force base in Nevada, USA.

    Source: RAAF Exercise Red Flag 2007 Gallery

    From the media release:

    Royal Australian Air Force aircrew and support personnel have successfully completed one of the world's toughest air combat exercises in the United States. For the past two weeks, six F-111 aircraft and two C-130 Hercules have participated in Exercise Red Flag 07 along with the United States and United Kingdom Air Forces at Nellis Air Force Base, Las Vegas.

    Day and night missions were flown in dynamic and tactically-challenging exercise scenarios. The F-111s flew up to eight sorties a day and the C-130 Hercules flew up to four per day. Skilled RAAF maintenance crews sustained a frenetic pace to maintain aircraft capability under testing timeframes.

    More info in the image gallery from red flag .

    More reading: AFC Tags, RAAF, F111, C130, Red Flag 2007
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