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Air Warfare Instructor Course
Exercise “Dawn Strike 2017” is the culmination
of the “Air Warfare Instructor Course 2017” and
represents the final mission prior to graduation,
according to Air Commodore Joe Iervasi,
commander of the Air Warfare Centre, “These
RAAF Air Warfare Instructors will put their newly
developed skills into practice on this final mission.”
The new Air Warfare Instructors returned to
RAAF Base Williamtown on Friday 30 June 2017
after taking part in Exercise “Diamond Storm”
which took place at RAAF Base Darwin and
RAAF Base Tindal. “The graduates will form a
nucleus for tactics development which will shape
the way the Air Force conducts air power in the
future. Graduates will provide leadership in the
development of future tactics and help determine
how those tactics can be used to enhance the
ADF’s joint war fighting capability using the fifth
generation platforms.”
In this final phase of the course a total 45
Royal Australian Air Force aircraft took part in a
simulated battle in the RAAF Base Williamtown
area with various elements tasked as either
offensive or defensive forces. At the conclusion of
the battle all the participating aircraft recovered to
RAAF Base Williamtown after a series of low level,
high speed passes at dawn.
Twenty F/A-18A/B Hornets and two Hawk 127’s
departed from RAAF Base Williamtown from
6.00am on while the other aircraft departed from
RAAF Base Amberley. Around 08.15am Exercise
“Dawn Strike 2017” came to an end.