One of the two Mobile Training Teams focused on deployed air traffic control operations, while the other examined airfield damage repair and airfield survey.
The news comes with the RAN set to acquire 13 additional MH-60Rs, taking its final fleet to 36, alongside a separate order for 40 UH-60M Black Hawks.
Stephen Parker, who earned a master’s at Queensland University of Technology, had previously been managing the role in an interim capacity since the last department chief was ousted and has also been heavily involved with the 777X program.
AIM-120D-3 and AIM-120C-8 missiles can precisely strike targets at extended range, providing a significant deterrence to potential adversaries and enhancing the ADF’s strike capability, which is a key priority of the 2024 National Defence Strategy.
Thirty-seven pilots represented teams from the ADF, UK, Singapore and the US in qualifying heats that culminated in an elimination final series.
ADF and Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade personnel conducted the flight out of Tel Aviv and through closed airspace over the country. It comes after the RAAF reportedly sent C-17 Globemasters to the region to assist in evacuations.