澳大利亚北领地汀德尔空军基地
Photo by Australian Air Force/AC Benjamin Evans | 2008-11-20 06:27:23 | A21-44 (cn 0707/AF044)
北方王牌-2008 空中作战演习中,美国海军陆战队 F/A-18D 战斗机机群在北领地汀德尔空军基地进行夜间维护,本届“北方王牌”自2008年11月7日开始至12月5日。(A United States Marine Core aircraft being maintained during Exercise Aces North. More than 200 Air Force personnel, F/A-18 Hornet fighter jets, F-111 aircraft and other Australian Defence Force aircraft and personnel including a US Marine Corp Squadron are based at RAAF Bases Tindal and Darwin between November 7 and December 5 for Exercise Aces North. The Exercise represents the last few weeks of Number 30 Fighter Combat Instructor (FCI) Course. The five month long Top Gun course is aimed at graduating new Fighter Combat Instructors and Controllers. The Exercise is being conducted primarily in the Tindal airspace and over the Delamere Range Facility, with pilots participating in scenarios including air to air combat and air to ground bombing.)