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Mahesh

21/08/22 12:20 PM IST

Exercise Pitch Black 2022

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  • Exercise Pitch Black begins in Darwin after COVID hiatus, with Germany, Japan and South Korea joining for the first time.
Exercise Pitch Black 
  • Exercise Pitch Black is a large-scale, multi-national training exercise for the air forces of Australia and interested partner nations.
  • It's held over three weeks – from August 19 to September 8 this year – over a vast stretch of the northern part of the territory, with personnel using Darwin as their base.
  • It is conducted on Royal Australian Air Force’s Bradshaw Field Training Area and Delamere Air Weapons Range — one of the largest training airspaces in the world.
  • Usually the drills are out of RAAF’s Base Darwin and Base Tindal, this year Base Amberley will also be used.
  • Australia is the host, and others attending include India, Germany, France, UAE, Malaysia, the US, New Zealand, Indonesia, Singapore, Japan, the Republic of Korea, the UK, the Philippines, Thailand, Canada, and the Netherlands.
  • The last edition was conducted in 2018. The 2020 edition of the exercise was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
  • This year’s exercise will see the participation of over 100 aircraft and 2500 military personnel from various air forces.
India Participation 
  • In 2018, India participated in the exercise for the first time. Around 131 aircraft were involved and more than 4,000 personnel participated in the exercise.
  • This also included Canada, France, Australia, Germany, Netherlands, Indonesia, Thailand, US, Malaysia.
Source- Hindustan Times 

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