Thread by @RAFLossiemouth

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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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 & @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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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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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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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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That's everything you need to know about Exercise Point Blank!

Any questions for #TeamLossie? Leave them below!

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