HOT AND HIGH – Ex Pitch Black 2022

Aviation Report Downunder presents our summary on this important multi-national exercise in the skies over the Top End. 17 nations, including Australia, participated in Exercise Pitch Black 2022. This year over 100 aircraft and 2500 personnel from Australia, France, Germany, Canada, Indonesia, India, Japan, Malaysia, New Zealand, Singapore, Thailand, United States, United Kingdom, Republic of

MIG – Killer F-15 Eagle

Keen observers at Exercise Pitch Black 2022 were pleased to be treated to true celebrity in USAF F-15C Eagle 85-0119, one of six examples arriving in flights of three at a time.  It features a star on its starboard side, curiously, one Mig-29 “kill”. 85-0119 is a McDonnell-Douglas F-15C-40-MC Eagle (St Louis-built) – US Air