It was also revealed that the Chief of Air Force will become the Defence Space Domain lead, overseeing a division that will also work with personnel from Army and Navy.
The F-35, Super Hornet and Wedgetail are among the platforms to join 500 personnel in the Northern Territory for the month-long exercise.
The video came shortly after a RAAF P-8A Poseidon dropped life rafts to 20 stranded fisherman who were clinging to their capsizing vessel in rough seas 670nm west of Perth at the weekend.
The parachuting soldiers landed safely in the drop zone, and navigated several kilometres to the airport, where they rendezvoused with another RAAF aircraft for extraction.
The Royal Australian Navy has joined Japan, France and the US for a multi-modal exercise that will see strengthened interoperability between global allied land, maritime and air forces. Anzac Class frigate HMAS Parramatta has joined land, maritime and air forces from Japan, France and the US for Exercise ARC21 off the south coast of Japan.
McDonald will serve in the business’ leadership team from 1 July, before assuming the senior role later this year. North will remain in the role in the interim to ease the transition.