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Friday, November 04, 2011

Australia's Wedgetail aircraft successfully completes Five Power Defense Exercise

Boeing 737-700 AEW&C (Wedgetail)Australia's Wedgetail Airborne Early Warning and Control (AEW&C) aircraft has successfully participated in the Five Power Defense Arrangement Exercise (FPDA) BERSAMA LIMA 2011, Australian Defense Materiel Minister Jason Clare said on Friday.

BERSAMA LIMA commenced on 17 October and will finish on Friday in the Malaysian Peninsula and South China Sea.

During the exercises, the AEW&C aircraft's sensors, communications suite and data-links were used for Maritime Strike, Offensive and Defensive Counter Air operations.

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