Since grounding its Taipan fleet, the Australian Defence Force has begun replacing the MRH-90 Taipans with new Black Hawks, but military sources claim the US-made helicopters can play only a limited role in this year's Talisman Sabre exercises. "The Australian Army will deploy rotary-wing capabilities from the Battlefield Aviation Program, including the CH-47F Chinook and UH-60M Black Hawks to support movement of troops and equipment across the battlefield," the defence spokesperson told the ABC. The biannual war games are the Australian Defence Force's largest exercise, and the largest bilateral exercises with the US.
Author: Tom Lowrey and Stephen Dziedzic
Published at: 2025-07-12 19:23:31
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