Under the Australian sky

The U.S. Air Force 354th Operations Group F-16 Fighting Falcon flagship sits on the tarmac at Royal Australian Air Force Base Williamtown, in New South Wales, Australia, March 19, 2017. Exercise Diamond Shield 2017, the second of four Diamond Series exercises conducted by the RAAF Air Warfare Centre, is an Australian Defence Force training activity where high-readiness forces deploy quickly to remote locations in Australia in response to a simulated security threat. The exercise will see members of the ADF Navy, Army and Air Force rapidly deploy to counter a fictitious force posing a threat to Australia's national security in the Kimberley region in North Western Australia. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Steven R. Doty)

The U.S. Air Force 18th Aggressor Squadron F-16 Fighting Falcon flagship sits on the tarmac at Royal Australian Air Force Base Williamtown, in New South Wales, Australia, March 19, 2017. Pilots with the 18th Aggressor Squadron, Eielson Air Force Base, Alaska, are working with RAAF Air Warfare Centre instructors to train and prepare RAAF fighter combat instructors, airspace battle managers, fighter intelligence instructors and fighter combat controllers. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Steven R. Doty)

A U.S. Air Force F-16 Fighting Falcon sits under the night sky at Royal Australian Air Force Base Williamtown, in New South Wales, Australia, March 19, 2017. Exercise DS17 runs from March 13 to March 31 and will incorporate the RAAF C-17A III Globemaster, C-130J Hercules, AP-3C Orion, and Eielson Air Force Base’s signature Aggressor F-16 Fighting Falcon’s. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Steven R. Doty)

A U.S. Air Force F-16 Fighting Falcon sits under the night sky at Royal Australian Air Force Base Williamtown, in New South Wales, Australia, March 19, 2017. As a benchmark for aerial combat training through its annual series of Red Flag-Alaska exercises, integration of Eielson’s 18th Aggressor pilot’s enhances interoperability and ensures the RAAF can operate in a combined environment to respond to any contingency in the region and provide an agile, decisive and effective deterrent to any future challenges. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Steven R. Doty)