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.）

塔斯曼海，时任澳大利亚国防部长访问刚刚完成“护身军刀-2007”联合演习的小鹰号航空母舰期间，VFA-102“响尾蛇”战斗攻击机中队一架 F/A-18F 战斗机通场致意。（USS KITTY HAWK, Tasman Sea, (July 4, 2007) - Australian Defense Minister Dr. Brendan Nelson is flown past USS Kitty Hawk (CV 63) in a Strike Fighter Squadron 102 F/A-18F Super Hornet July 4. Nelson toured the ship with about three dozen other Australians. Kitty Hawk is 1 Ω months into its summer deployment from Yokosuka, Japan. The ship recently completed exercise Talisman Saber with Australian and other U.S. Navy and Marine Corps forces in the Coral Sea and pulled into Sydney July 5.）

太平洋珊瑚海，美澳“护身军刀-2007”联合演习中，小鹰号航空母舰官兵在停放着 F/A-18 战斗机的飞行甲板上列队检查异物。（U.S. Sailors assigned to the aircraft carrier USS Kitty Hawk (CV 63) and Carrier Air Wing 5 conduct a foreign object damage search on the flight deck of the Kitty Hawk in the Coral Sea June 27, 2007, during exercise Talisman Saber 2007. Talisman Saber is a United States- and Australian-lead Joint Task Force operation preparing our militaries for crisis action planning and execution of contingency operations.）

澳大利亚昆士兰州汤斯维尔空军基地，美澳“护身军刀-2007”联合演习中，澳大利亚空军三架 F/A-18A 战斗机接近 B-707 加油机准备加油。（Three RAAF F/A-18s are ready to refuel from the 33 Squadron Boeing 707 tanker aircraft which departed RAAF Base Townsville to participate in an air-to-air refuelling mission during Exercise Talisman Saber 2007.）

澳大利亚昆士兰州汤斯维尔空军基地，美澳“护身军刀-2007”联合演习中，澳大利亚空军二架 F/A-18A 战斗机接近 B-707 加油机准备加油。（Two RAAF F/A-18 Hornets fly close to a 33 Squadron Boeing 707. The Boeing 707 departed RAAF Base Townsville to participate in an air-to-air refueling mission during Exercise Talisman Saber 2007.）

澳大利亚昆士兰州汤斯维尔空军基地，美澳“护身军刀-2007”联合演习中，澳大利亚空军一架 F/A-18A 战斗机在滑行。（An Australian F/A-18 Hornet taxis withTownsville's Castle Hill in the background during Exercise Talisman Saber 2007, RAAF Base Townsville.）

澳大利亚昆士兰州汤斯维尔国际机场，美澳“护身军刀-2007”联合演习中，澳大利亚空军一架 F/A-18A 战斗机在滑行。（An Australian F/A-18 Hornet taxis past Townsville International Airport during Exercise Talisman Saber 2007.）

澳大利亚昆士兰州汤斯维尔空军基地，美澳“护身军刀-2007”联合演习中，澳大利亚空军一架 F/A-18A 战斗机起飞执演。（An Australian F/A-18 Hornet on take off during Exercise Talsiman Saber 2007, RAAF Base Townsville.）

澳大利亚昆士兰州汤斯维尔国际机场，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”战斗机起飞执演。（Marine Fighter Attack Squadron 212 launched their first F/A-18 the morning of June 16. 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.）

完成美澳“护身军刀-2005”联合演习的小鹰号航空母舰驶入悉尼港，甲板上停放的是 VFA-27“皇家之锤”战斗攻击机中队的 F/A-18E 战斗机。护身军刀演习由“串联推力”和“鳄鱼”系列演习合并而来，本届演习主办方为美军太平洋司令部和澳大利亚国防军联合作战司令部，澳大利亚和美国参演人数分别为6000和11000。（USS KITTY HAWK (CV 63), At Sea (July 3, 2005) - Sailors of USS Kitty Hawk (CV 63) man the rails as the ship pulls into Sydney, Australia. Kitty Hawk recently completed a combined exercise, Talisman Saber, with the Australian Navy. This is the first time Kitty Hawk has had a port-of-call in Sydney since 2001. Kitty Hawk, conducting its summer underway period in the 7th Fleet area of responsibility (AOR), demonstrates power projection and sea control as the world's only permanently forward-deployed aircraft carrier, operating from Yokosuka, Japan.）