The Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) deployed its F/A-18 Super Hornets and EA-18G Growlers at China Lake and Point Mugu from May 1 until Jun. 3 for a large-scale, joint operational test and evaluation deployment.
U.S. Navy photo by John Geise
The aircrews were able to carry out live fire of multiple weapons against representative threats on the Land Range and Sea Range in addition to electronic warfare testing at the China Lake Electronic Combat Range, the press release said.
It was also the first time that RAAF Super Hornet and Growler community came together to execute missions, Grady Baker, Australia case manager explained.