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Army amphibious air operations cleared for operations

The development of the Australian Army’s amphibious capability took a major step forward recently when its 16 Brigade aviation component was certified for combined air operations from the Navy’s two Canberra class amphibious assault (LHD) vessels.

The certification came at the conclusion of a series of exercises off the Queensland coast near Bowen in early June involving HMAS Canberra and the Bay class landing ship dock (LSD), HMAS Choules.