JOINT BASE PEARL HARBOR HICKAM, Hawaii -- The 535th Airlift Squadron will participate in Exercise GLOBAL DEXTERITY 2019 at Royal Australian Air Force Bases Darwin and Amberley, Australia, Nov. 3-16, 2019.
More than 30 service members from the 15th Wing will support this exercise alongside the RAAF.
U.S. aircrews flying C-17 Globemaster IIIs from the 535th AS will conduct bilateral training with their Australian counterparts through simulated mission scenarios involving air, land and airborne crews throughout Northern Australia. Maintenance Airmen will focus their training on the C-17 Aircraft Repair and Maintenance Services Implement Agreement.
As part of the Enhanced Air Cooperation agreement between the U.S. Department of Defense and the Australian Defence Force, the goal of the exercise is to enhance interoperability between the two air forces C-17s aircrew and maintenance service members for future combined mobility operations.
“GLOBAL DEXTERITY offers a unique bi-lateral training that will allow the 15th Wing to further synchronize with our valued Australian allies to ensure a free and open Indo-Pacific,” said Col. Halsey Burks, 15th WG commander. “Honing in on C-17 interoperability provides a benchmark for future iterations of the exercise and paves the way for real-world mixed aircrew and maintenance support for airlift operations. Strengthening our partnership with the RAAF is a key element in further projecting combat airpower in the region and remaining strategically ready to go anywhere, anytime.”
Exercise GLOBAL DEXTERITY promotes the standardization and compatibility of equipment between the two countries’ militaries.
This exercise follows Talisman Sabre 19 where the first joint air refueling between USAF F-22 Raptors and a RAAF KC-30A Multi-Role Tanker Transport aircraft happened in July. It also follows RAAF maintenance airmen fixing two USAFC-17s in Australia in July, and USAF maintenance Airmen fixing a RAAF C-17 at Joint Base Lewis McChord, Washington, in September as part of the C-17 ARMS-IA between the two countries. This agreement allows airmen from each country to repair non-mission capable aircraft from either country in mission-critical situations.
| Date Taken: | 11.06.2019 |
| Date Posted: | 11.06.2019 06:17 |
| Story ID: | 350645 |
| Location: | JOINT BASE PEARL HARBOR-HICKAM, HAWAII, US |
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