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Exercise POINT BLANK concluded yesterday.
Here's a megathread with what you need to know
Ex PB is an interoperability exercise between the @RoyalAirForce
and @USAirForce 
, involving a range of personnel in the air & on the ground a few times a year.
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Here's a megathread with what you need to know
Ex PB is an interoperability exercise between the @RoyalAirForce
and @USAirForce , involving a range of personnel in the air & on the ground a few times a year.#ExPointBlank 1/7
This was the 2nd Ex PB this year involving 50 different aircraft:
From the @RoyalAirForce:
@Eurofighter Typhoons from #TeamLossie & @RAFConingsby
@thef35 F-35Bs from @RAF_Marham
Air to Air Refuelling from @RAFBrizeNorton Voyagers
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From the @RoyalAirForce:
@Eurofighter Typhoons from #TeamLossie & @RAFConingsby @thef35 F-35Bs from @RAF_Marham Air to Air Refuelling from @RAFBrizeNorton Voyagers#ExPointBlank 2/7
From the @RoyalAirForce & @NATO:
Airborne Surveillance & Tactical Control from the E-3D at @RAFWaddington & E-3A from @E3AComponent
Ground based Surveillance & Tactical Control from @RAFBoulmer (CRC Hotspur) and @RAFScampton (CRC Blackdog).
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Airborne Surveillance & Tactical Control from the E-3D at @RAFWaddington & E-3A from @E3AComponent Ground based Surveillance & Tactical Control from @RAFBoulmer (CRC Hotspur) and @RAFScampton (CRC Blackdog).#ExPointBlank 3/7
From @USAirForce:
F-15Cs & F-15Es from RAF Lakenheath, along with Survival, Evasion, Resistance, & Escape (SERE) specialists.
KC-135Rs & MC-130s from @RAFMildenhall, along with their Special Tactics Squadron (STS) & Parachute Jumpers (PJ).
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F-15Cs & F-15Es from RAF Lakenheath, along with Survival, Evasion, Resistance, & Escape (SERE) specialists.KC-135Rs & MC-130s from @RAFMildenhall, along with their Special Tactics Squadron (STS) & Parachute Jumpers (PJ).#ExPointBlank 4/7
The purpose of these exercises is for the @RoyalAirForce and @USAirForce to share and practice common tactics, training, and procedures - known as TTPs.
Regular practice in these environments makes us more effective when working closely together as allies.
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Regular practice in these environments makes us more effective when working closely together as allies.
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When many different aircraft operate together, it is known as a Composite Air Operation - or COMAO for short.
COMAOs are when a number of different aircraft specialising in specific roles are working towards one mission.
Below is a basic example.
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COMAOs are when a number of different aircraft specialising in specific roles are working towards one mission.
Below is a basic example.
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That's everything you need to know about Exercise Point Blank!
Any questions for #TeamLossie? Leave them below!
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Any questions for #TeamLossie? Leave them below!
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