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The first two aircraft to undergo the ‘Increment 3’ modification will be upgraded in Jacksonville, Florida, with the remainder of the fleet of 12 to be completed at RAAF Base Edinburgh, South Australia.
Frank Kendall said there would also be a pilot in the cockpit alongside him, but “hopefully” neither would be required to take control of the specially adapted aircraft.
The aircraft, registered A9-186, was originally reported missing in Papua New Guinea in 1943 but later discovered in 2020, with divers braving 43 metres of water to reach the aircraft.
Air Marshal Robert Chipman – a former Hornet fighter jet pilot and instructor – will now become Vice Chief of the ADF, to be replaced in his current role by Air Vice-Marshal Stephen Chappell.
Air warfare instructors from the Royal Australian Air Force faced three weeks of air defence scenarios across more than 200,000 square kilometres of airspace between Brisbane in Queensland and Jervis Bay on the South Coast of NSW.
The first trio of F-16 Fighting Falcons arrived at Eglin Air Force Base in Florida to take part in the Viper Experimentation and Next-gen Operations Model – Autonomy Flying Testbed program on 3 April.
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