RAAF Base Learmonth is one of three ‘bare bases’ used for training exercises and located on the North West Cape peninsula of WA, 30 kilometres south of Exmouth.
The systems allow users to manage and safely support incoming flights when traditional infrastructure does not exist or has been damaged by disaster or warfighting.
RAAF Base Scherger on Cape York Peninsula will play a central role in the largest Exercise Talisman Sabre ever hosted by Australia, including more than 30,000 personnel – almost double the number of those who attended the event in 2021.
The waves are expected to comprise aircraft including Orion AP-3C, Neptune SP-2H, Spitfire Mk IX, Grumman Tracker S-2G, Dakota C-47, two Caribou DHC-4, and Iroquois Huey UH-1B.
Air Component Commander, Air Commodore Shaun Sexton, said operational trials and development were an important part of the introduction into service of a modern aircraft like the Poseidon.
The aircraft, from RAAF Bases Edinburgh, Amberley, and Williamtown, cooperated with HMA Ships Hobart and Sydney in the exercise from 17 March to 3 April.
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