Accession Number | P04102.294 |
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Collection type | Photograph |
Object type | Black & white - Film original negative 120 safety base |
Maker |
Parker, David Dare |
Place made | Iraq: Baghdad |
Date made | c April 2003-May 2003 |
Conflict |
Iraq, 2003-2013 |
Copyright |
Item copyright: © Australian War Memorial![]() |
Source credit to | Acquired through Australian War Memorial official commission 2003 |
Flight Lieutenant (Flt Lt) Pete Hartley (left) and Flying Officer (FO) Andrew Chapman, RAAF Air ...
Description
Flight Lieutenant (Flt Lt) Pete Hartley (left) and Flying Officer (FO) Andrew Chapman, RAAF Air Traffic Control detachment, observe two United States Air Force Black Hawk helicopters fly past the control tower at Baghdad International Airport. Also identified is Squadron Leader (Sqn Ldr) Steve Edgeley (background, centre). The Air Traffic Control element was deployed to provide support services for airfield operations, and forms part of the RAAF Combat Support Unit operating in the Middle East. A team of thirteen RAAF air traffic controllers monitors over 500 aircraft movements per day. The Air Traffic Control detachment operated in the Middle East as part of the Australian commitment assembled to disarm Iraq.