Exercises and training
News about how the Royal Australian Air Force prepares and practices military capability.
Exercise Rabaul gives Air Force instructors like CPL George Cool the chance to put recruits' training into practice.
Exercise Rabaul puts recruits’ ground defence skills to the test during their initial training.
ADF personnel step into a multinational environment with skill and ease during Exercise Keen Sword 27.
23SQN’s military working dog teams participate in week-long training to reinforce core skills and improve readiness.
35SQN used agile field kits to establish a temporary operating and living footprint at a remote airfield in PNG.
RAAF imagery specialists train Papua New Guinea Defence Force pilots in aerial photography during Exercise Kapa Pisin.
3SQN F-35As fly alongside Singaporean and Malaysian fighters during Exercise Bersama Lima.
RAAF maintainers support F-35 operations in Japan as part of Exercise Keen Sword, alongside US and Japanese personnel.
A RAAF P-8A Poseidon carries out a sonobuoy drop alongside the NZ Defence Force P-8A during Exercise Bersama Lima.
Australian and Indonesian personnel conduct cyber training together for the first time during Exercise Keris Woomera.
4SQN deploys aircraft into South-East Asia for the first time since WWII during Exercise Keris Woomera.
An Air Force-endorsed program enables PNG Defence Force personnel to graduate as aircraft and avionics technicians.
