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An F/A-18F Super Hornet aircraft drops a bomb at the Townsville Field Training Area as part of the Joint Terminal Attack Controller Course live-fire serials during Exercise Black Dagger 2024. Story by Flight Lieutenant Grace Casey-Maughan. Photos by Aircraftwoman Laura Flower.

Australian Army Royal Australian Air Force

Exercise Black Dagger 24 right on target

25/10/202426/10/2024 Posted by Mike Hughes 3659 Views 0 Comments 1st Battalion Royal Australian Regiment, Exercise Black Dagger, F/A-18F Super Hornet, JTAC, No. 1 Squadron, No. 4 Squadron, PC-21, RAAF Townsville

Royal Australian Air Force personnel called in weapons strikes from air combat aircraft and artillery units during Exercise Black Dagger

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A US Air Force B-1B Lancer sits on the runway at Anderson Air Force Base, Guam, before flying to Shoalwater Bay and back on a single bombing run for Exercise Talisman Sabre. US Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Christopher Quail.

Australian News Royal Australian Air Force Talisman Sabre USA

Talisman Sabre – Lancers flew 12-hour sorties to Shoalwater Bay

23/07/201723/07/2017 Posted by Brian Hartigan 3943 Views 0 Comments B-1B Lancer, Exercise Talisman Sabre 2017, Joint Terminal Attack Controllers, JTAC, Royal Australian Air Force, Shoalwater Bay Training Area, US Pacific Command

US Air Force B-1B Lancers based at Andersen Air Force Base, Guam, conducted two separate integration training missions with Royal

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No. 4 Squadron PC-9 prepares to launch from RAAF Base Townsville to conduct a sortie as part of Exercise Black Dagger.

Australian News Royal Australian Air Force

Ex Black Dagger hatches new brood of JTACs

10/04/201610/04/2016 Posted by Brian Hartigan 12194 Views 0 Comments Black Dagger, JTAC

Exercise Black Dagger is the culmination of Number 56 Joint Terminal Attack Controller (JTAC) course designed to produce combat-ready JTAC-qualified

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High explosives send shockwaves around High Range in Townsville during Exercise Black Dagger.

Australian News

Exercise Black Dagger rocks Townsville

20/10/2015 Posted by Brian Hartigan 6980 Views 1 Comment Black Dagger, JTAC

Australian Army and Royal Australian Air Force personnel and aircraft from Townsville are currently conducting Exercise Black Dagger 2015 in

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