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First Mogami for Australia in production - Australian Defence Magazine (opens the original)
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The news follows a meeting between Minister Conroy and the Japanese Prime Minister’s Special Envoy OUE Sadamasa in Canberra on 9 September. “Production has already begun on long lead items for our first Mogami, so the construction of our first frigate is already underway,” Conroy told ADM. “And at the same time, we’re working on the industrial transfer so that production of the Mogami-class will transfer over to Australia.” Australia is acquiring 11 under Defence’s Project Sea 3000 (General Purp
Sustaining the ageing Anzac fleet - Australian Defence Magazine (opens the original)
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Upgraded capability on show at Pitch Black 2026 - Australian Defence Magazine (opens the original)
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The Royal Australian Air Force, Japan Air Self-Defence Force and the US Air Force sent F-35As to Darwin and Tindal and, for the Japanese and Americans, their deployment marked the first time they have sent the stealthy fighters to a Pitch Black exercise. However, Pitch Black 2026 was not all about F-35s, 5th generation aircraft or stealth capability, and several other participating nations were demonstrating new or upgraded capabilities during the three-week exercise. The Indian Air Force deploy
Enabling Pitch Black airpower - Australian Defence Magazine (opens the original)
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In the case of the latter capability, Exercise Pitch Black 2026 involved the support of no fewer than eight tanker aircraft from four countries and the European Multi-national Multi-role Tanker Transport Unit (MMU). Between them, these eight aircraft supported both Red Air (adversary) and Blue Air (friendly) missions, flying day and night missions throughout the three-week exercise. But because of the limited ramp space available in Darwin, home to the majority of the fighter jets in Pitch Black
Allies demonstrate F-35 interchangeability - Australian Defence Magazine (opens the original)
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All three services had deployed F-35A Lightning II fighters to the Northern Territory, joining those already based at RAAF Tindal, near Katherine, with 75 Squadron. During the back-to-back exercises, US pilots flew Australian jets, Australian technicians serviced Japanese jets and personnel from all three countries worked closely together to deliver a common airpower outcome. “We’re executing what we call Lightning X, where we continuing to build momentum with our interoperability and interchang
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