MELBOURNE, Australia — Air forces from around the world will descend on Australia’s remote Northern Territory this month for a combat exercise of unprecedented scale there. The Pitch Black exercise is ...

The Australia-hosted Pitch Black joint warfighting exercise achieved its highest level of participation ever in 2024. Pitch Black was launched in 1981 as an Australian military exercise and was ...

U.S. Air Force F-22 Raptor stealth fighters and Marine Corps MV-22 Osprey tiltrotors are scheduled to fly with aircraft of 21 other nations in Australia’s largest-ever modern airpower exercise this ...

The Italian Air Force deployed four Eurofighter F-2000 Typhoons in Australia during Exercise ‘Pitch Black' 2024. This photograph of the four aircraft was taken on 5 July 2024, when the force arrived ...

Summary and Key Points: The United States Air Force’s F-22A Raptor captured attention at the largest-ever Exercise Pitch Black in Australia, featuring aircraft from 21 nations. -Held from July 12 to ...

Eurofighter Typhoons from Spain (left) and Germany participated in Pacific Skies at Darwin, and technicians from both countries trained to maintain each other’s Typhoons. Credit: Chen Chuanren/AW&ST ...

Global air forces are poised to participate in Australia’s Exercise Pitch Black, one of the world’s largest and most complex air combat exercises. Centred on Darwin in the Northern Territory and flown ...

U.S. Air Force pilots and air battle managers are getting “hand-on” experience with the E-7A Wedgetail during the latest iteration of Pitch Black. Beginning in 2022, the U.S. Air Force initiated a ...