Senior Airman Baylee Koke, 67th Aircraft Maintenance Unit dedicated crew chief, waits to marshal an F-15C Eagle during Exercise Pitch Black 2022 at Royal Australian Air Force Base Darwin, Australia, Sept. 1, 2022. Air operations were conducted in northern Australia over the exercise period with forces predominantly based at RAAF Darwin and RAAF Tindal, hosting up to 2,500 personnel and 100 aircraft from around the world, combining efforts to better integrate multilateral defense capabilities and enhance interoperability in support of a free and open Indo-Pacific.

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Keywords: freeandopenindopacific, pb22, pitchblack22, readyaf