Did a 700km road trip up north to Rockhampton to observe the RSAF operations at Ex. Wallaby 2013.
1. F-16C 611 returns from the Shoalwater Bay military training area on an exercise sortie. It is adorned with special markings from Exercise Top Ace, a biennial competition pitting the RSAF squadrons against each other in tests of their air combat competencies.
2. Two of RSAF's big-spined F-16D Fighting Falcons, with 'Wido' and 'Banh' assigned as callsigns, launches from Rockhampton Airport. Three of the six F-16s deployed were noted carrying Sniper Advanced Targeting Pods. While RSAF's F-15SGs have been operating the pods for some time now, the F-16C/Ds have never been seen with them publicly.
3. An RSAF F-16D departs for a mission at dusk on full military power. Pilot and wisso are equipped with night vision goggles.
4. Being the first RSAF AH-64D Apache to arrive in Singapore in early 2006, 061 has been given a special marking on its forward fuselage to denote this.
5. CH-47SD Chinook 88195 arrives from the Shoalwater Bay military training area with the callsign 'Cyclops'.
More spectacular pics on my site:
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