RAAF F-35As deploy for Arnhem Thunder 21

摘要

ROYAL AUSTRALIAN Air Force (RAAF) F-35A Lightning Ils have flown for the first time to RAAF Base Darwin, Northern Territory, to participate in Exercise Arnhem Thunder 21. Ten F-35As from No 3 Squadron arrived at the base on May 12 to take part in the four-week event, one of the RAAF's largest domestic training exercises for 2021, which ran from May 12-June 15. Arnhem Thunder provides important force generation training, focusing on high-end collective training and involving multiple Force Element Groups (FEGs), operating out of RAAF Bases Darwin and Tindal. Also based at Darwin for the exercise were ten F/A-18Fs from 1 Sqn, six EA-18Gs from 6 Sqn, two E-7As from 2 Sqn and a single KC-30A from 33 Sqn. Operating from Tindal were 12 F/A-18AS from 75 Sqn, five Hawk Mk 127s from 76 Sqn, two C-130Js from 37 Sqn, a single C-27J from 35 Sqn and a C-17A from 36 Sqn.