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It comes with the RAAF still in the midst of its biggest-ever evacuation mission to get Australian citizens out of the capital, which last week fell to the Taliban.
Departing from Perth on 19 August, the C-17A travelled 11,000 kilometres on a 15-hour round trip, carrying vital equipment, fresh food, medical supplies, and mail and gifts from loved ones to the 18 scientists, researchers and staff at Mawson Station.
ADF troops from Air Force and Army, alonsige the US Marine Rotational Force – Darwin (MRF-D) have wrapped up Exercise Loobye — a rapid insertion long-range fire mission held in the Bradshaw Field Training Area, 350 kilometres south of Darwin.
PM Morrison said the initial flight of just 26 people included Australian citizens, Afghan nationals with Australian visas, and one foreign official, despite the C-130J's 128-person capacity.
Australia is now in the process of negotiating a landing spot at Kabul Airport in Afghanistan’s capital, to rescue the estimated 200 Australian citizens now trapped in the Taliban-controlled country.