太平洋珊瑚海大堡礁
Photo by U.S. Marine Corps/Sgt. Edward R. Guevara Jr | 2007-06-28 11:01:25 | WD-09
太平洋珊瑚海大堡礁,美澳“护身军刀-2007”联合演习中,美国海军陆战队 VMFA-212“枪骑兵”战斗攻击机中队的 F/A-18C“大黄蜂”战斗机接受澳大利亚空军 B-707 空中加油。4架澳大利亚空军第77中队的 F/A-18 战斗机飞行在其左翼。(Capt. Hugh O. Wingate, Marine Fighter Attack Squadron 212 F/A-18 pilot and Madison, Va., native, draws fuel from Royal Australian Air Force 33 Squadron's Boeing 707, with four RAAF 77 Squadron F/A-18's on his left flank, off the coast here, near a portion of the Great Barrier Reef. VMFA-212 is the flagship squadron of Marine Aircraft Group 12, 3rd Marine Expeditionary Brigade's air combat element during Exercise Talisman Saber 2007. The exercise is designed to maintain a high level of interoperability between 3rd MEB and Australian forces. The brigade is composed of an infantry regimental landing team, composite air group, and a logistics regiment. These capabilities allow the brigade to project force as a scaleable and versatile Marine Air Ground Task Force.)