We’ve been featuring some of the amazing work done by the defence forces in the past year, and their official photographers.
Recently, we’ve shown the best images from the Royal Australian Navy and the Australian Army in action. Today, it’s the Royal Australian Air Force’s turn.
Not surprisingly, there’s a whole lot of hot mid-air pictures of Super Hornets, Spartans, Stratofortresses and Wedgetails, but this year we can add a couple of shots of the $100 million F-35 Joint Strike Fighters, as Australian pilots are now making regular training runs out of Nevada in the most modern fighter in the sky.
They’re also playing cricket in the Antarctic, saving dugongs and checking bombs. All in a day’s work.
Here we go:
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© Commonwealth of Australia/Department of DefenceThe hanger provides greater access to a range of equipment not used on the flight line.
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© Commonwealth of Australia/Department of DefenceGBU 32s are a 500lb GPS guided bomb used on Australia fighter aircraft.
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© Commonwealth of Australia/Department of DefenceThe F/A-18As conduct close air support and precision strike operations in support of Iraqi Security Forces.
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