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New face for Australia’s Air Task Group

6 January 2015


KC-30A Multi-Role Tanker Transport leads the way
A Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) KC-30A Multi-Role Tanker Transport leads the way as RAAF jets - two F/A-18F Super Hornets and an E-7A Wedgetail Airborne Early Warning and Control aircraft - fly above heavy cloud in the Middle East.

KC-30A Multi-Role Tanker Transport leads the way
A Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) KC-30A Multi-Role Tanker Transport leads the way as RAAF jets - three F/A-18F Super Hornets and an E-7A Wedgetail Airborne Early Warning and Control aircraft - fly across the skies of the Middle East.

A small ceremony marked the hand over command for Australia`s Air Task Group, currently deployed in the Middle East Region, from Air Commodore (AIRCDRE) Steve Roberton (right) to AIRCDRE Glen Braz.
A small ceremony marked the hand over command for Australia`s Air Task Group, currently deployed in the Middle East Region, from Air Commodore (AIRCDRE) Steve Roberton (right) to AIRCDRE Glen Braz.

KC-30A Multi-Role Tanker Transport leads the way
A Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) KC-30A Multi-Role Tanker Transport leads the way as RAAF jets - three F/A-18F Super Hornets and an E-7A Wedgetail Airborne Early Warning and Control aircraft - fly above heavy cloud in the Middle East.

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Australia’s air strike operations against the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) continued unabated over December as the pressure from Iraqi Security Forces and the coalition continued to be applied.

Outgoing Commander Air Task Group (ATG) Air Commodore Steve Roberton expressed his confidence in the future success of the Air Task Group as he prepared to hand over command to Air Commodore Glen Braz.

“I am proud of the approach they have taken to the challenge of confronting ISIL through the prudent use of combat air power,” he said.

“It is sobering work, but our people are ready to continue to make a difference in 2015,” Air Commodore Roberton said.

The ATG is a comprised of approximately 400 personnel which operate RAAF F/A?18F Super Hornets, E-7A Wedgetail Airborne Early Warning and Control and the KC-30A Multi-Role Tanker Transport aircraft.

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