Tak Ada Lesatan Rudal Pada Misi Pertama Hornet Australia di Suriah
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Tak Ada Lesatan Rudal Pada Misi Pertama Hornet Australia di Suriah

F/A-18A Hornets from Australia's Air Task Group fly in formation with a Royal Australian Air Force KC-30A Multi Role Tanker Transport aircraft during the first mission of Operation OKRA to be flown over Syria. *** Local Caption *** The Australian Air Task Group has conducted its first operational mission in Syria. Two F/A18A Hornets, the KC-30A air-to-air refuelling aircraft and the E-7A Airborne Early Warning and Control aircraft worked together during the mission. The mission provided on-call interdiction and dynamic targeting support. At the request of the Iraqi Government the RAAF’s Air Task Group (ATG) as part of the ADF’s Operation OKRA is operating within a US-led international coalition assembled to disrupt and degrade Daesh. The ATG comprises six RAAF F/A-18 Hornets, an E-7A Wedgetail Airborne Early Warning and Control aircraft and a KC-30A Multi-Role Tanker Transport aircraft. There are around 400 personnel deployed to the Middle East region as part of or in direct support of the ATG.

Australian Air Task Group (ATG) menyelesaikan misi operasional pertama di Suriah pada Jumat 11 September 2015 malam dan kembali ke pangkalan tanpa insiden. Tetapi tidak ada senjata yang dilepas pada misi pertama terseut.

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Dua F / A-18A Hornet Royal Australian Air Force dan sebuah pesawat tanker KC-30A serta pesawat peringatan dini dan komando E-7A terlibat dalam misi pertama tersebut.

An F/A-18A Hornet from Australia's Air Task Group refuels from a Royal Australian Air Force KC-30A Multi Role Tanker Transport aircraft during the first mission of Operation OKRA to be flown over Syria. *** Local Caption *** The Australian Air Task Group has conducted its first operational mission in Syria. Two F/A18A Hornets, the KC-30A air-to-air refuelling aircraft and the E-7A Airborne Early Warning and Control aircraft worked together during the mission. The mission provided on-call interdiction and dynamic targeting support. At the request of the Iraqi Government the RAAF’s Air Task Group (ATG) as part of the ADF’s Operation OKRA is operating within a US-led international coalition assembled to disrupt and degrade Daesh. The ATG comprises six RAAF F/A-18 Hornets, an E-7A Wedgetail Airborne Early Warning and Control aircraft and a KC-30A Multi-Role Tanker Transport aircraft. There are around 400 personnel deployed to the Middle East region as part of or in direct support of the ATG.

Komandan ATG Komodor Udara Stu Bellingham mengatakan dalam misi tersebut Hornet mencari sejumlah titik yang dicurigai sebagai pusat kegiatan ISIS di Suriah. “ISIS mengontrol sejumlah besar wilayah di Suriah timur yang berfungsi sebagai sumber perekrutan dan pendapatan minyak, dan sebagai basis dari untuk terus melancarkan serangan ke Irak,” katanya sebagaimana dikutip Departemen Pertahanan Australia 12 September 2015.KC-30A memberikan dukungan pengisian bahan bakar di udara untuk F / A-18A Hornet.

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ATG adalah bagian dari Operasi Okra, kontribusi Australia untuk upaya internasional untuk memerangi ancaman ISIS di Irak dan Suriah.

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Departemen Pertahanan Australia akan terus merencanakan dan melakukan serangan udara terhadap kelompok tersebut sebagai bagian dari koalisi.

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Foto: defence.gov.au

 

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