Republic of Singapore Air Force KC-30, arriving back after tanking duties.
Exercise Pitch Black 2024 by Rob Burns, on FlickrAwkward time of day for this arrival, sun was right down the nose, but being where i was, I shot away regardless.
Pitch Black 2004 by Rob Burns, on FlickrPositioning into Darwin after tanking F-22's from Japan to Tindal AFB, (YPTN), 58-0134, KC-135 from Kadena AFB, Japan.
Pitch Black 2024 by Rob Burns, on Flickr 
Pitch Black 2024 by Rob Burns, on FlickrRTB for this Italian Air Force EF-2000, recovering just before Sunset.
Exercise Pitch Black 2024 by Rob Burns, on Flickr
Pitch Black 2024 by Rob Burns, on FlickrRAAF F-18 Banking hard right for Runway 11.
Pitch Back Day 2 by Rob Burns, on FlickrLast rays of the day saw the RAAF on finals for Runway 11, whilst AIr North Embraer, departs.
Pitch Black Day 2 by Rob Burns, on FlickrLast sunshine of the day as two Su-30's of the Indian Air Force, return to base.
Pitch Black Day 2 by Rob Burns, on Flickr
Exercise Pitch Black Day 2 by Rob Burns, on FlickrThai Airforce JAS-39D Gripen departing Runway 11.
Exercise Pitch Black Day 3 by Rob Burns, on FlickrA couple of Republic of Korea F-15 Slam Eagles, returning from morning mission on day 3.
Exercise Pitch Black Day 3 by Rob Burns, on FlickrSo many shots have ended up in the bin, a mixture of heat haze and a displaced threshold killed many shots.
Exercise Pitch Black Day 3. by Rob Burns, on FlickrRAAF 737 A36-001 arriving runway 11, i was informed by local spotters that this was part of its fin flight.
Exercise Pitch Black Day 4 - Non Flying day. by Rob Burns, on FlickrSpanish Airforce A330 seen arriving runway 11 as support for the Spanish EF-2000's that arrived for week two of the exercise.
Exercise Pitch Black Day 4 by Rob Burns, on FlickrRAAF P-8A Poseidon, arriving back into Darwin after a long day in the air.
Exercise Pitch Black by Rob Burns, on FlickrRAAF C-130, arriving back from Amberley, as the moon looks on.
Exercise Pitch Black by Rob Burns, on Flickr
Exercise Pitch Black by Rob Burns, on FlickrLovely light again on day 3 morning, as this special machine departed, with this in the air, i had finally seen F-18's from all operators, the RMAF being the missing piece of the jigsaw for many years.
rmaf F-18 (1 of 1) by Rob Burns, on FlickrAlthough not as photogenic as the departures, the mixture of aircraft led to some very random parings for the run and breaks.
First day returns (1 of 1) by Rob Burns, on FlickrIndian Airforce Su-30 getting it oh so wrong, well left of the centreline and resulted in a go-around.
SU-30- by Rob Burns, on FlickrLots of new hardware, lots of rare hardware...but only one winner for me.....
MM7201 (1 of 1) by Rob Burns, on FlickrRAAF F-18 in special marks, showing Australian and USN serials.
MM7201 (1 of 1) by Rob Burns, on FlickrI have not been many places in the world that a F-35 is cleared to land after the departing 737.
f35 (1 of 1) by Rob Burns, on FlickrYou wait for a returning RAAF F-18, then three come at once !
f18 (1 of 1) by Rob Burns, on FlickrThe setting sun made for some arty shots, not everyone's cup of tea, but 3 x SU-30's recovering with a F-18, just had to shoot.
SU30 (1 of 1) by Rob Burns, on FlickrAnd that was its for the day, until I was made aware of the ITS Cavour, which was anchored in Darwin for a 'celebration', knowing there was a NH-90 and a AV-8 left on board, the 15 minute journey was made.
carrier (1 of 1) by Rob Burns, on FlickrIf you still looking by here thanks, one more set to come as i visited the 'Sunset Airshow' at Mindil beech, where a selection of the participants from Pitch Black treated the locals to a hour long fly past, at sun-set.
Cheers
