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The contract with Boeing Defence Australia (BDA) will fund enhancements to both the aircraft and ground systems over the next decade.
Members of the RAAF, United States Air Force and Japan Air Self-Defense Force worked together on “whole-of-force integration in complex and realistic scenarios” in the exercises, which included the RAAF’s F-35A Lightning II fleet.
The milestone includes combat operations conducted by all three variants of the aircraft. Notably, November 2024 marked the first time the carrier-based F-35C was deployed in combat, successfully striking targets in contested airspace.
The agreement will ensure the NSW Rural Fire Service can continue to support aerial firefighting operations and protect local communities and the environment through aerial firefighting operations facilitated from three Defence bases.
The sustainment contract will create over 75 new jobs in Nowra at Sikorsky Australia’s maintenance and logistics support facility, building on its existing workforce of 200.
Labor last year put on hold plans to buy a fourth squadron of F-35s and said it would instead redirect some of that investment towards long-range missiles.
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