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The ‘graduation’ was marked by flypasts of Pilatus PC-21 and Hawk 127 training aircraft and a parade led by the Western Australian Police Pipe Band on 4 November.
This follows Australia and South Korea’s agreement to increase interoperability between air forces, with both signing a mid-air refuelling agreement earlier in the year.
Speaking at the annual Sydney Institute dinner, the Defence Minister also said Australia must deploy nuclear-powered submarines and “project force and power”.
The training saw the crew don night vision goggles in an environment that was pitch black with no moon, strong winds and a ship that was pitching and rolling with the waves.
The news was revealed during the first day of an inquest at the ACT’s coroner’s court that examined how the Army helicopter’s searchlight started the blaze.
The incident, seen by thousands of onlookers, saw a WWII-era B-17 Flying Fortress fly straight into a Bell P-63 Kingcobra before both fell to the ground and exploded into flames.
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