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
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The original finding aid described this photograph as:
Subject Operation/Series: TANDEM THRUST 01
Base: Rockhampton
State: Queensland
Country: Australia (AUS)
Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Wayne A. Clark, USAF
Release Status: Released to Public
Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files
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Date
07/05/2001
Source
The U.S. National Archives
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