Steve Roberton takes over from Warren “Macca” McDonald, who is retiring after a distinguished career. Following a transitional handover period, Roberton now reports to Ray Piselli, vice president international business at Lockheed Martin.
The KC-30A originally took off from RAAF Base Amberley before travelling more than 23.3 hours, with two refuelling brackets supplied from a second RAAF KC-30A, to Jerez, Spain.
Operation Gateway, Australia’s longest running Defence operation, deploys a number of RAAF P-8A aircraft to Royal Malaysian Air Force Base Butterworth each year.
Musk, who was recently announced as co-head of the new Trump administration's Department of Government Efficiency, made the comments against the F-35 programme on social media platform, X (Twitter).
SNC specialises in aircraft modernisation and integration, electronic warfare technologies, and innovative software solutions that enable connected protection through command, control and communications systems.
Under the arrangement, the RAAF’s air-to-air refuelling aircraft, the KC-30A Multi-Role Tanker Transport, will be able to refuel Indian Armed Forces aircraft.