The United Kingdom Royal Air Forces (RAF) has announced it will be engaged in multiple military exercises that will see it training with multiple nations in the Indo-Pacific—including Australia, Japan and the Republic of Korea—until December as part of the UK’s continued tilt toward the region.
A flight of four Typhoon fighters and one Voyager air-to-air refuelling aircraft from the RAF travelled to Australia to participate in Exercise Pitch Black in Darwin alongside 100 other aircraft and 2,500 personnel from 17 different countries.
The extended RAF deployment in the region comes on top of the Royal Navy celebrating one year of permanent presence in the region with the HMS Spey and Tamar….