Exercise Pitch Black

Exercise Pitch Black 24 will be the largest in the exercise’s 43-year history. It will bring together 20 participating nations and over 140 aircraft from around the world, with approximately 4435 personnel participating.
It’s a biennial exercise to enhance interoperability and strengthen relationships among participants.
It will provide Indian Air Force a unique opportunity to exchange knowledge and experience with these nations in a dynamic warfare environment.
It provides all nations’ personnel with experience in working with aircraft, systems, and work practices, in northern Australia’s unique environment, that would otherwise be unfamiliar.
It provides experience in how to deploy over great distances, with some countries travelling from around the globe to reach Australia.
The exercise will also support a concurrent International Observer Group program in order to provide an opportunity for foreign forces to gain an appreciation of how Australia prepares for, and executes major activities.
This exercise provides an environment for training and integration that directly supports international participants training requirements, and their ability to support operations in the Indo-Pacific.