Category: Defence

The four-week deployment, announced late last month, will see the aircraft and crew carrying out airborne surveillance of the waters around east Asia to capture evidence of ship-to-ship transfers of resources used for the North Korean nuclear and balli…

Works began in early April on the large-scale infrastructure and facilities upgrade, which aims to bolster the base’s operational capacity, safety and resilience.

The exercise over California’s Mojave Desert also involved the British RAF, which, along with the US, is set to introduce its own Wedgetails into its fleet and obtain similar certification in future.

The program, which will also be held in Wallis and Futuna, will also be attended by Australian combat engineers, military police, health teams and planning personnel.

Australian Aviation has listed every flypast in every state, including times and exact locations. This year’s wider commemorative program includes the Dawn Service at 5.30 am and the Last Post Ceremony at 4.30 pm.

Defence said the aircraft received 3000lbs of SAF at RAAF Base East Sale in southern Victoria, as part of a joint initiative between the RAAF and Joint Capabilities Group.

Exercise Sea Dragon 25 in March saw Australia work with military contingents such as the US Navy, Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force, Republic of Korea Navy and Indian Navy to practice coordinated anti-sub warfare, including joint P-8A Poseidon aircraft…