Captain Lance Schmidt from the 1ST Special Operations Squadron, Kadena Air Base, Japan, carefully maneuvers his MC-130H Talon II to make contact with a KC-135 Stratotanker for refueling. The aircrew of the MC-130H will be honing their low-level flying skills over water and land in the vicinity of Shoalwater Bay Training Area, Queensland, Australia. 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
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The original finding aid described this photograph as:
Subject Operation/Series: TANDEM THRUST 2001
Base: Raaf Townsville
State: Queensland
Country: Australia (AUS)
Scene Major Command Shown: SOC
Scene Camera Operator: TSGT Cedric H. Rudisill, USAF
Release Status: Released to Public
Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files
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Date
16/05/2001
Source
The U.S. National Archives
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