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First anti-ISIS mission for Australian fighter airplanes

Canberra, Australia - Canberra joins the coalition with six Boeing F/A-18F

Australia joined the anti-ISIS mission in Iraq with its military air force. According to information from the Department of Defence, two Boeing F/A-18F Super Hornet aircraft took off from their forward operating base in the Middle East on October 5. Their equipment included air-to-air missiles and two systems of bombs made by Boeing: the GPS-guided JDAM and the laser-guided Raytheon Paveway. The...

AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency - 1163033
Rome, Italy, 10/07/2014 11:57
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency

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