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For my dad Colin, who experienced the cruelty of war and the
mercy of life-saving aid delivered by courageous airmen.
AAA | anti-aircraft artillery |
ACO | air combat officer |
ADFA | Australian Defence Force Academy |
ADG | Air Defence Guard |
AMRAAM | Advanced Medium-Range Air-to-Air Missile |
AEA | airborne electronic analyst |
AESA | active electronically scanned array |
AEWAC | Airborne Early Warning and Control |
AME | aeromedical evacuation |
ASLAV | Australian Light Armoured Vehicle |
ATC | air traffic control |
BBJ | Boeing 737 Business Jet |
CAOC | Combined Air Operations Centre |
CAF | Chief of Air Force |
CDF | Chief of the Defence Force |
CFS | Central Flying School |
CHOGM | Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting |
CISCON | communications information system controller |
CIVPOL | Civilian police |
CPP | close personal protection |
CRC | Control and Reporting Centre |
CRM | crew resource management |
CTOL | conventional takeoff and landing |
CSTS | Combat Survival Training School |
CSU | Combat Support Unit |
DCA | defensive counter-air |
DCP | Defence Capability Plan |
DMO | Defence Materiel Organisation |
ECM | electronic countermeasures |
EO | electro-optical |
EW | electronic warfare |
FAC | forward air controller |
FCI | Flight Combat Instructor |
FLIR | forward looking infrared |
FTS | Flying Training School (1FTS) (2FTS) |
HUD | head up display |
Huey | UH-1 Iroquois helicopter |
HMD | helmet mounted display |
ICU | intensive care unit |
ISR | intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance |
IR | infrared |
IED | improvised explosive device |
INTERFET | International Assistance Force in East Timor |
ISAF | International Security Assistance Force |
ISR | intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance |
JSF | Joint Strike Fighter |
JTAC | joint terminal air controller |
MEAO | Middle East Area of Operations |
NAVCOM | navigator/communicator |
NACC | New Air Combat Capability |
NVG | night vision goggles |
OAS | offensive air support |
OCU | Operational Conversion Unit (2OCU) |
RAAF | Royal Australian Air Force |
RAF | Royal Air Force |
RPG | rocket-propelled grenade |
RPV | remotely piloted vehicle |
SAM | surface-to-air missile |
SAR | search and rescue |
SAS | Special Air Service |
SCAR | strike coordination and reconnaissance |
SECDET | security detail |
SEM | sensor employment manager |
SENGO | Senior Engineering Officer |
STOVL | short takeoff and vertical landing |
SIEV | suspected irregular entry vessel |
Super MEZ | Super Missile Exclusion Zone |
TACCO | tactical coordinator |
TIC | troops in contact |
TK | Tarin Kowt |
TNI | Indonesian military |
UAS | unmanned aerial system |
UAV | unmanned aerial vehicle |
UNAMET | UN Mission to East Timor |
USAF | United States Air Force |
VVIPs | very, very important passengers |
wisso | weapons specialist |
MARCH 2003
Australian fighter pilot Matt Hall felt suddenly confused. Dark clouds had just appeared around the bubble canopy of the United States Air Force F-15 jet he was flying over Iraq.
His first thought was that they were storm clouds. Then the Australian top gun realised that the dark puffs appearing at 15,000 feet were exploding anti-aircraft artillery (AAA) shells. His jet was under attack from Iraqi ground forces.
Operation Shock and Awe had begun and the Royal Australian Air Force pilot was flying an early bombing mission over the most dangerous piece of real estate on earth Baghdads infamous Super Missile Exclusion Zone, the Super MEZ.
Thats a funny looking cloud, Hall thought. Why is there a storm cloud above the target area, this really weird-looking black cloud in the middle of nowhere?
Then, Thats not fair! They are shooting back! It shouldnt be happening that way! It was the first time he had been shot at with live ammunition.
The RAAF squadron leader was flying on exchange with the USAFs 336 Expeditionary Fighter Squadron known as The Rockets. Halls mission was deep inside the Super MEZ, which was supposed to be Saddams impenetrable shield above Baghdad. Intelligence warnings had predicted that a virtual wall of missiles and anti-aircraft fire would render it impossible to penetrate.
Earlier stealth-bomber missions and cruise-missile attacks had taken out the bulk of Saddams air defences, but Hall and his weapons specialist, or wisso, who sits in the back seat of the tandem fighter, were still expecting attacks from missiles or AAA. However, now that they had been in the target area for about 45 minutes and were on their seventh attack, Halls personal defences had dropped; he had started to think, This is a walk in the park!
I felt a false sense of security. It had become surreal. I was dropping bombs in Baghdad but nothing. I was expecting to get shot at in the first pass [and] the second pass. Id had to shoot missiles on that particular flight; I was expecting a big fight, Hall says. But nothing had happened.
The aircrafts electronic countermeasures can only detect radar-guided AAA, but the one that nearly got them was guided visually by Iraqi operators on the ground.
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