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A SH-60H Seahawk helicopter from Helicopter Combat Support Squadron Five (HCS-5), Firehawks Point Mugu, California, enroute to the Shoalwater Bay training area, Australia, for a familiarization flight and gunnery exercise in the training area. The SH-60H Seahawks will be stationed out of Gladstone Airport and support special warfare operations in support of Exercise TANDEM THRUST a combined US, Australian, and Canadian military training exercise. This biannual exercise is being held in the vicinity of Shoalwater Bay training area, Queensland, Australia

An F/A-18D Hornet from the 533rd Marine Strike Fighter Squadron (VMFA) takes off from Rockhampton International Airport, Queensland, Australia, carrying six BDU-33 Practice Bombs under the left wing and six BDU-48/B Practice Bombs under the right wing to drop on the Shoalwater Bay Training Area during Exercise TANDEM THRUST. TANDEM THRUST is a combined US, Australian, and Canadian military training exercise. This biannual exercise is being held in the vicinity of Shoalwater Bay training area, Queensland, Australia. The purpose of Exercise TANDEM THRUST is to train for crisis action planning and execution of contingency response operations

Corporal Tim Angel, USMC, 265th Helicopter Marine Maintenance, performs regular maintenance the weapons pylon on an AH1W Marine Cobra helicopter in the hangar deck of the USS Essex, off the coast of Queensland, Australia, during Exercise TANDEM THRUST 01. TANDEM THRUST 2001 a combined US, Australian, and Canadian military exercise for crisis action planning and execution of contingency response operations. The biannual exercise is held in the vicinity of Shoalwater Bay training area in Queensland, Australia

Crewchiefs from the 159th Fighter Wing, New Orleans Louisiana go through their shut down procedures on an F-15 Eagle after the completion of the day's training mission. The F-15 is part of a squadron of six fighters the 159th brought to Australia to participate in Exercise TANDEM THRUST 2001. TANDEM THRUST 2001 a combined US, Australian, and Canadian military exercise for crisis action planning and execution of contingency response operations. The biannual exercise is held in the vicinity of Shoalwater Bay training area in Queensland, Australia

A US Air Force (USAF) HH-60G Pave Hawk helicopter lands to extract personnel as a US Navy (USN) SEAL Team Members armed with a 5.56mm M4 carbines equipped with the Knights Armament Company (KAC) Modular Weapon System (MWS) and blank firing devices, calls in more air support during a Non-Combatant Evacuation Operation (NEO) training exercise conducted during DESERT RESCUE XI. The exercise is the premiere Search And Rescue (SAR) training exercise involving all branches of the US Military and is conducted at the ranges at Fallon Naval Air Station (NAS), Nevada (NV)

A US Navy (USN) UH-3H Sea King helicopter, Helicopter Combat Support Squadron 85 (HC-85), Golden Gators, Naval Air Station North Island (NASNI), California (CA), takes off from the flightdeck of the USN Tarawa Class Amphibious Assault Ship USS TARAWA (LHA 1). The TARAWA is participating in Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) 2004. RIMPAC is the largest international maritime exercise in the waters around the Hawaiian Islands. This years exercise includes seven participating nations: Australia, Canada, Chile, Japan, South Korea, the United Kingdom and the United States. RIMPAC enhances the tactical proficiency of participating units in a wide array of combined operations at sea, while enhancing...

Royal Australian Navy (RAN) Sailors and US Navy (USN) Sailors aboard a USN MH-60S Sea Hawk helicopter form Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron 25 (HSC-25) prepare to conduct rappel training during a Helicopter Rope Suspension Technique (HRST) training exercise held at Polaris Point, Santa Rita Naval Base, Guam (GU), during the Annual Multi-national Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) Exercise known as TRICARB 2006." The Exercise brings together EOD Units from the US, Australia and Singapore

Maintenance crews from the 44th Fighter Squadron, Kadena Air Base, Japan, recover eight United States Air Force F-15 "Eagles". The USAF premier fighter aircraft arrived today in Townsville, Australia and will participate in this years Joint Exercise "TANDEM THRUST '97". TANDEM THRUST is a US Pacific Command sponsored exercise to test the capability of Australian and US command and control procedures

An Alaska Air Nation Guard (AKANG) 176th Wing (WG) HH-60G Pave Hawk search and rescue helicopter prepares to take off from Eielson Air Force Base (AFB), Alaska (AK), with a USAF 1ST Combat Camera Squadron (CTCS) video crew to document activities on the Blair Lake Weapons Range during Exercise COOPERATIVE COPE THUNDER, the largest multinational air combat training exercise in the Pacific. This 15-day exercise simulates wartime combat conditions so that military personnel from 12-nations can sharpen their air fighting skills, exchange air operational tactics, and build closer relations with each other

The crew from Helicopter Combat Support Squadron Five (HCS-5), Firehawks from Point Mugu, California, look over their 7.63 mm M134 Minigun machine gun mounted on a SH-60H Seahawk helicopter in preparation for a Familiarization flight and gunnery exercise in the Shoalwater Bay training area. The SH-60H Seahawks will be stationed out of Gladstone Airport and support special warfare operations. Exercise TANDEM THRUST is a combined U.S., Australian, and Canadian military training exercise. This biannual exercise is being held in the vicinity of Shoalwater Bay training area, Queensland, Australia

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Subject Operation/Series: TANDEM THRUST 01

Base: Gladstone Port

State: Queensland

Country: Australia (AUS)

Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Jeremy Lock, USAF

Release Status: Released to Public

Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

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crew helicopter helicopter combat support squadron five hcs firehawks point mugu point mugu california minigun gun minigun machine gun sh seahawk h seahawk helicopter preparation familiarization flight familiarization flight gunnery exercise gunnery exercise shoalwater bay shoalwater bay h seahawks gladstone airport gladstone airport operations warfare operations tandem thrust exercise tandem thrust australian canadian vicinity queensland australia support squadron training exercise combat support machine gun staff sergeant us air force point mugu naval base high resolution sh 60 h seahawk helicopter mm m 134 minigun machine gun sh 60 h seahawks tandem thrust gladstone port ssgt jeremy lock support m 134 gatling gun usaf special warfare gatling gun us national archives