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The four-star general told reporters in Washington on July 29 that the US Air Force would dispatch "fighters, tankers, and at some point in the future, maybe bombers on a rotational basis" to bases in northern Australia. He indicated that the "rotations" would begin next year to Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) Base Darwin before moving to RAAF Base Tindal, several hundred kilometres south. The US Air Force has already flown training missions into RAAF Base Darwin, with a B-52 arriving from Guam last August. Longer stays are now being prepared, in line with the US Marine "rotational presence" in Darwin that will reach 1,150 next year. By 2016, a fully-equipped 2,500-strong Marine Air Ground Task Force will operate from Darwin on six-month rotations. According to the Navy Times on July 31, US warships and sailors will also be using Darwin more frequently as part of Marine training exercises. Over recent weeks, US naval warships, including the George Washington aircraft carrier strike group, have been taking part in the largest ever joint US-Australian Talisman Sabre war games in the eastern state of Queensland. sott.net/article/264612-US-general-reveals-plans-for-Air-Force-expansion-in-Asia
Posted on: Sat, 03 Aug 2013 22:13:05 +0000

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