The Royal Australian Air Force’s (RAAF) E-7A Wedgetail aircraft has participated and demonstrated its capabilities during Exercise Pacific Edge 21. The airborne early warning and control (AEW&C) aircraft deployed to the US in April. It took part in the multi-faceted, air-combat exercise with other partners in Hawaii, US.
During the exercise, the aircraft provided airborne early warning support to aviators in the 199th and 19th Fighter Squadrons, which are the associate units of the Hawaii Air National Guard (HIANG) and operate the F-22A Raptor aircraft.
The F-16 Fighting Falcons from 442nd Training and Evaluation Squadron (TES) took on the adversarial role during the exercise.
This scenario offered an opportunity for Wedgetail to play a crucial role by providing its airspace battle management capabilities while allowing other platforms to practise an array of combat encounters....MORE
