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The RAAF accepted its first P-8A on 27 September 2016; [120] it arrived in Australia on 14 November. [121] The RAAF had received 12 P-8As by 13 December 2019. [ 122 ] The Australian Government approved ordering two additional aircraft on 30 December 2020.
The wing also has a detachment headquarters at RMAF Base Butterworth in Malaysia. 92WG operates 12 P-8A Poseidon maritime patrol aircraft, and is acquiring the MQ-4C Triton unmanned aerial system (UAS), and the MC-55A airborne intelligence, surveillance, reconnaissance and electronic warfare aircraft. The P-8A is multi-role platform, capable of ...
On 26 May 2022, during a Defence Force maritime surveillance mission, a Poseidon later identified as A47-008, callsign ASY-189, was intercepted by a PLAAF J-16 fighter jet in International Airspace over the South China Sea. The Defence Minister stated that the J-16 deployed flares and chaff that was ingested into the P-8A's engine. [25]
Dec. 3—After the P-8A is back on land, divers with the state Department of Land and Natural resources will be able to document any damage. Thirteen days after a Navy P-8A Poseidon slid off the ...
A US Navy P-8A Poseidon anti-submarine aircraft transited the Taiwan Strait on Tuesday. China had fighter jets tail the plane as it flew through. Just days earlier, German warships transited the ...
A U.S. Navy P-8A Poseidon multi-mission maritime reconnaissance and patrol aircraft is seen flying near the Naval Air Facility in Kanagawa, Japan, in a May 2, 2020 file photo. / Credit: Damon ...
No. 1 Squadron (RAAF Base Amberley) 24 United States Patrol aircraft Boeing P-8A Poseidon maritime patrol and anti submarine warfare aircraft No. 11 Squadron (RAAF Base Edinburgh) 12 (2 on order) [2] United States AEW&C and EW aircraft Boeing E-7A Wedgetail Airborne Early Warning & Control aircraft No. 2 Squadron (RAAF Base Williamtown) 6 [3 ...
The Department of Defense awarded 11 separate defense contracts Tuesday, worth a total of $2.375 billion. One single contract, however, consumed 87% of the funds on offer -- and Boeing won it.