RAAF Air Warfare Instructor Course personnel have trained alongside US Air Force B-2 Spirit stealth bombers as part of Exercise Diamond Storm.
In the exercise with the USAF 393rd Expeditionary Bomb Squadron, held at RAAF Base Amberley, US bombers worked alongside RAAF F-35 Lightning II aircraft, as well as air-to-air support, ground refueling and security and logistics support.
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“The Air Warfare Instructor Course is vital to ensure the readiness of Royal Australian Air Force personnel and to train the next generation of experts in integrated airpower effects to enable a collective denial strategy in our region,” said Royal Australian Air Force Director General of Air Combat Operations, Air Commodore Pete Robinson.
“The inclusion of the B-2 stealth bomber in the exercise is a clear example of the strong relationship and trust between Australia and the United States and demonstrates our ability to develop practitioners who can operate at the top end of an international force.
“On the ground, our airmen at RAAF Base Amberley provided security and logistics support in a short period that reinforced our deepening interoperability and force posture initiatives that are vital to enabling advanced and agile effects in the air domain.
“This clearly demonstrates that our closest partner sees the value in our high-quality training and that we can seamlessly support each other.”
The US squadron welcomed the exercise and its commander said they were “honoured” to work alongside their Australian counterparts.
“This high-level, cross-domain integration is invaluable in maintaining top-state readiness, our global strike capability always ready, and integrated lethality with our coalition partners,” said Cmdr.
“This exercise reinforces that the United States does not face the challenging international environment alone.
“Our combined network of allies and partners in the Indo-Pacific is an asymmetric advantage that our adversaries will never match.”
Held every two years, the RAAF describes the Air Warfare Instructor Course (AWIC) as an “intensive six-month training activity that graduates experts in air domain integration as part of an integrated and focused force.”
