Australia contemplates additional C-17s and KC-30s Airlift has a strategic and diplomatic effect all of its own – witness the RAAF’s ability to rapidly deploy four Boeing C-17s to Japan to support humanitarian operations after the 2011 tsunami, or more recently, the deployment of C-17s and an Airbus KC-30 to Eindhoven in the Netherlands to

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Pitch Black 2014, the RAAF’s major multinational air combat exercise, brought together a diversity of nations and aircraft to use the Top End’s vast training ranges Pitch Black 2014 saw seven nations deploy 2,300 personnel and up to 110 combat and support aircraft – from Thai Gripens and UAE Mirages to Singaporean F-15s – to

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