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Caption:
EXERCISE TANDEM THRUST 2001, ROCKHAMPTON, QUEENSLAND, Australia
-- Capt. Keri May, attatched to VMFA(AW) 533, fills out a post
flight report after flying her F/A-18 Hornet into Rockhampton Airport
for Exercise Tandem Thrust. The Hornet is a carrier based strike
fighter used by the U.S. Marines to provide close air support for
ground forces. Tandem Thrust is a combined United States and
Australian military training exercise. This biannual exercise is being
held in the vicinity of Shoalwater Bay training area, Queensland,
Australia. More than 27,000 Soldiers, Sailors, Airman and Marines are
participating, with Canadian units taking part as opposing forces.
Tandem Thrust is a training exercise for crisis action planning and
execution for contingency response operations. PHOTOGRAPH CLEARED
FOR RELEASE BY Capt. Jeffrey S. Pool (USMC), Media Officer,
Combined Information Bureau Tandem Thrust 2001. U.S. Navy photo
by Petty Officer 1st class AJ Caiola.
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