Summer Fury 21: Sonobouy Operations

09/01/2021
U.S. Marines with Marine Light Attack Helicopter Squadron 267, Marine Aircraft Group 16, 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing (MAW) utilize sonobuoys during Summer Fury 21 above the Pacific Ocean, July 20, 2021. Sonobuoys are an expendable sonar system that is dropped/ejected from aircraft or ships conducting anti-submarine warfare in support of…

Guided Missile Training

08/25/2021
U.S. Marines assigned to 3d Battalion, 12th Marine Regiment, 3d Marine Division, fire Guided Multiple Launch Rocket Systems during Exercise Talisman Sabre 21 on Shoalwater Bay Training Area, Queensland, Australia, July 19, 2021. TS21, the ninth iteration and conducted since 2005, occurs biennially across Northern Australia. Australian, U.S. and other…

G/ATOR Training

08/23/2021
U.S. Marines with 3d Battalion, 12th Marine Regiment, 3d Marine Division, conduct a functions test for a Ground Air Task Oriented Radar in preparation for Talisman Saber 2021 at Shoalwater Bay Training Area, Queensland, Australia, July 14, 2021. This is the ninth iteration of Talisman Sabre, a large-scale, bilateral military…

HIMARS Training

08/20/2021
U.S. Marines assigned to 3d Battalion, 12th Marine Regiment, 3d Marine Division, fire Guided Multiple Launch Rocket Systems during Exercise Talisman Sabre 21 at Shoalwater Bay Training Area, Queensland, Australia, July 19, 2021. TS21, the ninth iteration and conducted since 2005, occurs biennially across Northern Australia. SHOALWATER BAY, QLD, AUSTRALIA…

Exercise Talisman Sabre: Controlling the Airspace

08/18/2021
Exercise Talisman Sabre 2021 (TS21) is the largest bilateral training activity between Australia and the United States. This year the peak activity was between 18-31 July and will see an increased number of military and civilian air traffic above Townsville. For the Air Base controllers at Townsville Air Traffic Control,…