RAN And RAAF Joins Regional Deployment In Guam

Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) and Royal Australian Navy (RAN) units and personnel have deployed to take part in a series of large scale training exercises in the Pacific region.

Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) aircraft and more than 150 RAAF personnel have deployed to Guam to join exercises with the Royal Australian Navy and the United States.

An Air Task Unit made up of F/A-18A Hornets, EA-18G Growlers, an E-7A Wedgetail and a KC-30A Multirole Tanker Transport will conduct advanced air-sea integration drills with five Royal Australian Navy warships.

HMAS Canberra, Hobart, Stuart, Arunta and Sirius are part of a Joint Task Group conducting a regional deployment through Southeast Asia, before participating in exercise RIMPAC in Hawaii.

Minister for Defence, Senator the Hon Linda Reynolds CSC said training of air and sea forces is an important progression in the joint force capability.

The transit to RIMPAC provides the RAN an opportunity to practice joint warfare.

Training will include an E-7A Wedgetail aircraft working alongside the maritime elements, to generate an overall air and sea picture.

They will also conduct maritime air defence and air combat exercises with US Air Force partners and the Australian Joint Task Group.

The deployed Australian forces will also increase interoperability by training with the US forces in the region.

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