What areas are RAAF operations in?
Middle east
South sudan
Border protection
humanitarian support
What are the operations in the middle east?
- accordion
- highroad
- okra
highroad
- Australia’s train, advise and assist mission in Afghanistan, began on 1 January 2015
- About 400 Australian including positions within the NATO led mission, mentoring and advisory roles, medical, force protection and logistic support.
Accordion
exists to support Australian Defence Force (ADF) operations, contingency planning and regional relationships in the Middle East.
Around 400 ADF personnel work under Operation ACCORDION to support operations in the region, including Operations OKRA, HIGHROAD and MANITOU, at Australia’s main logistics base.
Okra
is the Australian Defence Force’s contribution to the international effort to combat the Daesh (also known as ISIL) terrorist threat in Iraq and Syria. Australia’s contribution is being closely coordinated with the Iraqi government, Gulf nations and a broad coalition of international partners.
- About 780 ADF personnel
- personnel make up the Air Task Group (ATG), the Special Operations Task Group (SOTG) and Task Group Taji (TG Taji).
- 300 personnel have been assigned to the ATG,
- 80 personnel are assigned to the SOTG
- 300 personnel are assigned to TG Taji.
- Aircraft involved include
- 1 KC-30A Multi Role Tanker Transport
- E-7A Wedgetail providing Airborne Early Warning and Control.
Operations in South sudan
ASLAN
Aslan
deployment of Australian Defence Force (ADF) personnel to the United Nations Mission in South Sudan.
25 personnel
The Operation started on 23 September 2011, with ADF personnel transitioning from the former United Nations Mission in Sudan known as Operation AZURE.
who is chief of defence?
General Angus Campbell
who is the minister for defence?
Senator the Hon Linda Reynolds
who is chief of RAAF?
Air Marshal Mel Hupfeld,
who is vice chief of RAAF?
Air Vice-Marshal Stephen Meredith
