Description
Description: Exercise Tandem Thrust 2001 – Patch.
Condition: Mint
Comments: Exercise Tandem Thrust 2001 – Patch. Approx size 98mm W x 100mm H.
Australia’s major biennial training exercise with United States forces, ‘Tandem Thrust’, has commenced in the Shoalwater Bay area in Queensland. More than 12,000 Australian and 15,000 American personnel will participate in the month long exercise. The Australians represent all three forces and come from all parts of the country. Exercise Tandem Thrust will also involve 32 ships and some 200 aircraft. The recently arrived Global Hawk unmanned reconnaissance aircraft will also participate. The exercise will focus on the planning and conduct of combined operations. It will help develop the ADF’s interoperability with our major strategic partner.
