Yesterday I took my family on a 40 minute drive out to Amberley Airforce base to catch the departure of a National Air cargo Boeing 747-400. The Queen of the skies, which is a very rare site here in Brisbane, came in to Amberley delivering freight for Talisman Sabre which kicks off this week.
Talisman Sabre 21 is the largest bilateral combined training activity between the Australian Defence Force (ADF) and United States (US) military. It is designed to test our respective forces in planning and conducting Combined and Joint Task Force operations and improve the combat readiness and interoperability between Australian and US forces.Occurring every two years, Talisman Sabre reflects the closeness of our alliance and strength of our enduring military relationship.
TS21 is the ninth iteration of the exercise and consists of a Field Training Exercise incorporating force preparation (logistic) activities, amphibious landings, ground force manoeuvre, urban operations, air combat and maritime operations.
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Townsville will see increased military presence over this time, mainly at Lavarack Barracks and RAAF Townsville, and on the roads between there and Charters Towers.
TS21 will run from late June to mid-August 2021, this time frame includes the initial surge of equipment and people and their subsequent departure after the exercise. Exercise activities will peak during 18-31 July 2021.
Information sourced from here
*Update
There is another National 747 inbound to Amberley today arriving around 3pm. N702CA is doing this run
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