It's time for another of my flying logbook tales and it’s May 1987 and I’m on the Australian FA18 No 2 Operational Conversion Unit at RAAF Williamtown starting the final phase on course 1 of 87 before moving onto No 77 Squadron which was to be my home for the next few years.
An FA/18B with a pair of BDU33 practice bomb carriers
The Salt Ash bombing range
A practice bomb strikes the centre of the target
The CCIP aiming symbology
Mk 82 500lb General Purpose bombs
RAAF Townsville
Mk82s hitting the target on Cordelia Island
Course graduation
Images under Creative Commons licence with thanks to the Welcome Collection and the USAF.
It's time for another of my flying logbook tales and it’s May 1987 and I’m on the Australian FA18 No 2 Operational Conversion Unit at RAAF Williamtown starting the final phase on course 1 of 87 before moving onto No 77 Squadron which was to be my home for the next few years.
An FA/18B with a pair of BDU33 practice bomb carriers
The Salt Ash bombing range
A practice bomb strikes the centre of the target
The CCIP aiming symbology
Mk 82 500lb General Purpose bombs
RAAF Townsville
Mk82s hitting the target on Cordelia Island
Course graduation
Images under Creative Commons licence with thanks to the Welcome Collection and the USAF.
It’s time for another of my flying logbook tales and it’s May 1987 and I’m on the Australian FA18 No 2 Operational Conversion Unit at RAAF Williamtown starting the final phase on course 1 of 87 before moving onto No 77 Squadron which was to be my home for the next few years.
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An FA/18B with a pair of BDU33 practice bomb carriers
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The Salt Ash bombing range
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A practice bomb strikes the centre of the target
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The CCIP aiming symbology
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Mk 82 500lb General Purpose bombs
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RAAF Townsville
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Mk82s hitting the target on Cordelia Island
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Course graduation
Images under Creative Commons licence with thanks to the Welcome Collection and the USAF.
