Record number of tankers participate in Pitch Black exercise

Summary

Mike Yeo writing in DefenseNews, makes the following points:

• The U.S. Marine Corps tankers were KC-130J Super Hercules.
• The NATO, Singaporean and British tankers flew from RAAF Base Darwin.
• One Australian and two US tankers operated from RAAF Base Tindal.
• The other participating nations' tankers were based at Amberley.

References

Recent Runway Posts related to this topic:

• PITCH BLACK 2022: COLLECTION - The Runway (airforce.gov.au)

References from the Web:

• SEP 2022 Allies and Partners Work Hand in Glove in Australian Exercise Pitch Black-NATO
• SEP 2022 Pitch Black 2022: Tankers taking  centre stage-Airbus.
• SEP 2022 Australia must prepare for the infrastructure and logistics impacts of military conflict-ASPI

Source Information: DefenseNews

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