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The fit-for-purpose facilities and infrastructure to support the introduction into service of the MQ-4C Triton aircraft system is being delivered under the Department of Defence’s AIR7000 Phase 1B Project.
The squadron has been returned to service to improve Australia’s maritime surveillance capability and coincide with the arrival of Australia’s thirteenth P-8A Poseidon aircraft. A final aircraft is scheduled to arrive next year.
Under Operation Kudu, the early warning and control aircraft, deployed in July, had operated out of Poland to support NATO in providing surveillance, communications, and early warning alerts to protect supply delivery lines into Ukraine.
Bushido Guardian 25, traditionally held as a joint exercise between the RAAF and Japan Air Self-Defense Force, this year included the United States Air Force for the first time, starting at the end of September and concluding on 10 October.
Operating from Kadena Air Base, the P-8A and its crew will undertake co-ordinated surveillance missions to deter and disrupt illegal maritime activity by monitoring and recording ship-to-ship transfers of sanctioned goods at sea.
The successful and safe drop was reportedly conducted from a Royal Australian Air Force C-27J Spartan aircraft off Tioman Island. The achievement is intended to demonstrate the growing complexity and capability of Five Power Defence Arrangements training.
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