Somewhere out beyond the clouds an RQ-4A Global Hawk flying a surveillance mission, maintains a two-way communication with the Mission Control Element (C2 and Sensor) via satellite. The Global Hawk arrived at RAAF Base Edinburgh, Adelaide, Australia, in support of 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
Summary
The original finding aid described this photograph as:
Subject Operation/Series: TANDEM THRUST 01
Base: Adelaide
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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Date
14/05/2001
Source
The U.S. National Archives
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