Australian Air Force, Marines work together to clear air [Image 3 of 5]

BRADSHAW FIELD TRAINING AREA, NORTHERN TERRITORY, AUSTRALIA

08.15.2014

Photo by Lance Cpl. Joey Holeman 

III Marine Expeditionary Force   

Royal Australian Air Force Flight Lt. Gerard Bonaventura, left, shares air support control techniques with U.S. Marine Cpl.’s Benjamin R. Dampier, center, and Alan P. Shade, right, August 15 at Bradshaw Field Training Area, Northern Territory, Australia, during Exercise Koolendong 2014. The focus of KD-14 is to establish a bilateral expeditionary command and control element in austere conditions, directing all maneuver elements in execution of the exercise. Bonaventura is a joint battlefield airspace controller assigned to the 44th Wing of the Royal Australian Air Force. Dampier, a Vidalia, Louisiana native, is an air traffic controller assigned to Marine Air Support Squadron 2. Shade, a Denver, Colorado native, is an air traffic controller assigned to MASS-2. (Marine Corps Photo by Lance Cpl. Joey S. Holeman, Jr./ Released)

• Date Taken: 08.15.2014
• Date Posted: 08.16.2014 00:24
• Photo ID: 1506478
• VIRIN: 140815-M-PU373-252
• Resolution: 4740x3207
• Size: 4.65 MB
• Location: BRADSHAW FIELD TRAINING AREA, NORTHERN TERRITORY, AU
• Hometown: DARWIN, NORTHERN TERRITORY, AU
• Hometown: DENVER, COLORADO, US
• Hometown: VIDALIA, LOUISIANA, US