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📢 News about #GriffinStrike: Royal Air Force (RAF) #Eurofighter Typhoons and an #A330MRTT 'Voyager' together with a #A400M, have arrived in Darwin 🇦🇺, ready to begin Exercise #PitchBlack. To get there the RAF deployed as a joint exercise with the Armée de l’air et de l’espace. Exercise Griffin Strike has seen British and French aircraft (A330 MRTT 'Phénix', A400M & French fighter jets) fly from France to the Middle East, then on to Singapore before finally travelling to Australia. The deployment exercise is intended as a demonstration of the UK’s commitment to deploy a persistent, credible, and reliable presence in the Indo-Pacific region when needed. #PacificSkies24 #Defence #DefenceMatters #MilitaryAircraft UK MOD © Crown copyright 2024

Ready for #FIA2024? We are! ✈️🚁🛰️ Follow us from 22-26 July for live and exciting updates from the UK's biggest airshow. Get all the latest on our products, exclusive behind the scenes content and so much more. See you there! Learn more: https://lnkd.in/eb9ziW7m

#PacificSkies24 and #PEGASE24 - two major global exercises that the Armée de l’air et de l’espace is currently participating in. What's different and how are they related? Let's take a closer look: This year, PEGASE is divided into different stages, some of which are happening at the same time. Westbound, the French detachment consisting of #A400Ms, #A330MRTTs 'Phénix' and French fighter jets are taking part in Pacific Skies for which they met up with the German and Spanish Air and Space Force in Goose Bay 🇨🇦 and then headed to the USA for joint exercise Arctic Defender in Alaska. 🇺🇸 Afterwards, they will fly with the two #FCAS partner nations 🇩🇪🇪🇸 to Australia via Japan to participate in exercise #PitchBlack. Eastbound, another 250 French troops are engaging in exercise #GriffinStrike together with the Royal Air Force (RAF). 🇬🇧 This example of military force projection that saw French A330 MRTTs refuel British #Eurofighter over the Red Sea included a short stopover in Singapore. Accompanied by the A330 MRTTs of the Republic of Singapore Air Force 🇸🇬, the three nations have now arrived in Australia for Pitch Black. 🇦🇺 After Pitch Black, exercise PEGASE 2024 will conclude with the French Air and Space Force returning to France via the Philippines, Indonesia, Singapore, India - for exercise Tarang Shakti - Qatar and Egypt. Learn more about the exercises here: https://lnkd.in/e9TjvDUg #Defence #DefenceMatters #MilitaryAircraft Royal Australian Air Force Royal Canadian Air Force | Aviation royale canadienne ©️ Luftwaffe & Armée de l'Air et de l'Espace

🔎 Let's zoom in on the #A330MRTT ✈️ Exercise #PacificSkies24 is in full swing and during the complex missions, the A330 Multi Role Tanker Transport's capabilities are coming into their own. As a key asset of military force projection, it has just reached a combined 300,000 flight hours and here are some examples of how it is being used: Arctic Defender 🇺🇸: For the deployment from Nörvenich air base 🇩🇪 to Alaska, the German 🇩🇪 and Spanish 🇪🇸 Eurofighters were accompanied by four A330 MRTTs of NATO's Multinational MRTT Unit (MMU) and two French 'Phénix' 🇫🇷 - the largest tanker formation ever flown by the MMU. By refuelling 4-5 times during the light, the jets were able to fly nonstop to Goose Bay 🇨🇦 within 5-6 hours. From there, they continued onwards to their final destination where the MMU's tanker aircraft will conduct 3 to 4 aerial refuelling missions per day until July 17th. Mission Pegase 2024 🇫🇷: The French A330 MRTTs 'Phénix' are deployed to both the East and West. Besides partaking in Arctic Defender, the Armée de l’air et de l’espace is also engaged in exercise "Griffin Strike" which will see them train with the Royal Air Force (RAF). 🇬🇧 On their way to Australia 🇦🇺 to eventually join the multinational exercise #PitchBlack, the Anglo-French detachment will stopover in Singapore 🇸🇬 and head eastbound with the Republic of Singapore Air Force's MRTTs. 🔜 Pitch Black 🇦🇺: As many as 20 nations will participate for three weeks in the biennial exercise. Of the over 100 aircraft involved, nearly the entire family of Airbus military aircraft will be present, including the Royal Australian Air Force's A330 MRTTs. Flying in large formations of up to 50 aircraft, and training day and night ops, the exercise serves to enhance operational readiness, interoperability, and strengthen cooperation among the participating nations. Check out our website for all things pacific skies: https://lnkd.in/e9TjvDUg Ejército del Aire y del Espacio Bundeswehr (German Federal Armed Forces) Royal Canadian Air Force | Aviation royale canadienne #Defence #DefenceMatters #MilitaryAircraft

The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia has ordered four additional Airbus A330 Multi Role Tanker Transport (MRTT) aircraft for the Royal Saudi Arabia Air Force (RSAF). The first of these aircraft will enter into conversion at the beginning of 2026; they will enter into service and join the RSAF in 2027 to carry out air-to-air refuelling and transport missions. To the press release: https://lnkd.in/dm7Ekp7e #Defence #DefenceMatters #MilitaryAircraft #A330MRTT

Successful lift-off for #Ariane6!🚀 Yesterday, the new Ariane launcher dazzled us and reached low Earth orbit (LEO) 🤩 Congratulations to ArianeGroup, ARIANESPACE, CNES and European Space Agency - ESA, who after years of work, are providing a brand new launcher and renewed European sovereign access to space.  The first steps of historic journeys are never perfect, but what's important is to keep working towards success, and European sovereign access to space. We support ArianeGroup and ARIANESPACE, and we will continue working with our partner ESA to reach our goal. We are looking forward to seeing what the future holds for European space alongside Ariane 6! #SpaceMatters 

In T-2 days, the first of several exercises of #PacificSkies24 will kick off: Arctic Defender. Have a look at our overview to learn more about the aim of the exercise and the participating aircraft. For even more information, go to our website: https://lnkd.in/e9TjvDUg #Defence #DefenceMatters #MilitaryAircraft

What's better than one #C295? Two! Aircraft number 4 and 5 left our production facility in Sevilla 🇪🇸 and were delivered to the Indian Air Force. 🇮🇳 Some key facts about the C295: 📦 Cargo Transport: Heavy loads, no problem! 🪂 Paratroop Drops: Jumping into action! 🛡️ Tactical Support: Always ready for the mission. 🛫 Short take-off and landing (STOL): No prepared airstrip needed. #Defence #DefenceMatters #MilitaryAircraft

After the success of the SATCOMBw Stage 2 programme, Germany's armed forces has awarded Airbus the SATCOMBw 3 prime contract for the next generation secure military satellite system. It includes gostationary satellites as well as ground segments📡 🛰️The spacecraft are due to be deployed before the end of the decade. 👉Read more here: https://lnkd.in/esnrn5dB

Throwback to the 90th anniversary celebrations of the of the French Air and Space Force Armée de l’air et de l’espace with a stunning flying display featuring the #A400M Tactical Display team, the French paratrooper Display team, the Caracal #H225M and the famous Patrouille de France over the iconic Château de Versailles. 💺Take a seat and enjoy🍿 What was your favourite? #ThrowbackThursday #TBT #ICYMI #AirForce #FrenchAirForce