PACAF looking at rotating bombers, tankers through northern Australia

The U.S. government is still in talks with Australia to rotate Pacific Air Forces (PACAF) bombers and tankers through northern Australia.

USAF B-52 DRW Butler
By Eugene Butler [GFDL 1.2 or GFDL 1.2], via Wikimedia Commons

Head of PACAF, Gen. Lori Robinson, was quoted by the Sydney Morning Herald as saying that the aircraft will operate out of RAAF Tindal and Darwin when the rotation is approved.

Details such as the duration of rotation and number of personnel involved are still being hammered out.