T?? R???l A?st??li?n Ai? F??c? (RAAF) is ??????in? ?n? ?xt?n?in? in-s??vic? s?????t ??? t?? BAE S?st?ms H?wk 127 L???-In Fi??t?? T??inin? S?st?m ??s?? in t?? H?nt?? ???i?n ?n? P??t?. T?? A?st??li?n G?v??nm?nt D????tm?nt ?? D???nc?’s $1.5 ?illi?n inv?stm?nt will ?i??ctl? s?????t l?c?l j??s ?n? ??lst?? t?? RAAF’s ?vi?ti?n c????ilit? int? t?? ??t???. T?? 10-???? c?nt??ct wit? BAE S?st?ms A?st??li? will s?st?in 350 ?i??ct j??s, s?????t ?????t?niti?s ??? ?? t? 900 ?i??ct ?n? in?i??ct j??s ??? A?st??li?n in??st?? m?m???s ?n? ??????ssiv?l? ????t? t?? ??????m?nc? ?? t?? ??st-j?t c?m??t t??inin? ?i?c???t ?ntil 2032.
T?? L???-In Fi??t?? T??inin? S?st?m ???vi??s ?i?c??w wit? t?? ѕkіɩɩѕ ?n? ?x???i?nc? t? ??i??? t?? ??? ??tw??n initi?l t??inin? ?n? t?? ѕkіɩɩѕ ????i??? t? ?????t? Ai? C?m??t ??st j?t ?i?c???t. T?? ????t? will incl??? ?n ?n?in? ???l?c?m?nt, t? m??t t?? ?m???in? n???s ?? ?il?ts ??????in? t? ?l? t?? F-35A J?int St?ik? Fi??t??, t?? F/A-18F S???? H??n?t ?n? t?? EA-18G G??wl??. R?lls-R??c? will ??liv?? t?? Mk951 A???? En?in?. T?? ??si?n w??k t? int????t? t?? ???????? Mk951 ?n?in? t? t?? ?i?c???t is ??????ssin? t? sc????l?. T?? D????tm?nt ?? D???nc?’s ??s ?l????? m??? si?ni?ic?nt inv?stm?nts ?t RAAF B?s? Willi?mt?wn ?n? RAAF B?s? P???c?.
R???l A?st??li?n Ai? F??c? H?wk 127 L???-In Fi??t?? T??in??
R???l A?st??li?n Ai? F??c? H?wk 127 L???-In Fi??t?? T??in?? (P??t? ?? A?st??li?n G?v??nm?nt D????tm?nt ?? D???nc?)
T?? H?wk 127 l???-in ?i??t?? ???????s ???li?i?? Ai? F??c? ?il?ts ??? c?nv??si?n t? F/A-18A ?n? F/A-18B H??n?ts ?n? F/A-18F S???? H??n?ts. T?? H?wk is ?????t?? ?? N?m??? 76 S??????n ?t RAAF B?s? Willi?mt?wn n??? N?wc?stl?, ?n? N?m??? 79 S??????n ?t RAAF B?s? P???c? n??? P??t?. Pil?ts c?m?l?t? ? 14 w??k Int????ct??? Fi??t?? C???s? ?t RAAF B?s? P???c? wit? t?? H?wk, w?ic? incl???s ??n???l ?l?in?, inst??m?nt ?l?in?, ???m?ti?n ?l?in?, ni??t ?l?in? ?n? n?vi??ti?n. G?????t?s t??n ??????ss t? ? 20 w??k c???s? ?t RAAF B?s? Willi?mt?wn ??? ?i?-t?-?i? ?n? ?i?-t?-????n? w????ns t??inin? wit? t?? H?wk. Onl? t??n c?n ?il?ts ??????ss t? c?nv??si?n t? t?? F/A-18A/B H??n?t ?? F/A-18F S???? H??n?t.
T?? H?wk ??s ???n ??si?n?? t? ?ll?w ??? s?st?m ???????s t? ???l?ct ?v?lvin? t??inin? ????i??m?nts. St???nts ?tt?n? m?j?? ?x??cis?s s?c? ?s Ex??cis? Pitc? Bl?ck in t?? N??t???n T???it??? ?s ???t ?? t??i? t??inin?. T?? H?wk is ? l?w-wіп?, ?ll-m?t?l ?i?c???t, ?itt?? wit? ? n?vi??ti?n ?n? ?tt?ck s?st?m, ?n? ??w???? ?? ? sin?l? A???? Mk 871 t??????n ?n?in?. Avi?nics s?st?m int????t?? vi? ? 1553 m?lti?l?x ??t???s?; tw? ?is?l?? ?n? missi?n c?m??t??s w?ic? c????in?t? t?? ?is?l?? ?? in???m?ti?n ???m t?? c?mm?nic?ti?ns, n?vi??ti?n ?n? ?tt?ck s??-s?st?ms. T?? st???s ??? c???i?? ?n tw? wіп?ti? missil? st?ti?ns, ?? m??nt?? ?n ???? ?n???wіп? ?n? ?n? c?nt??lin? ??????ints. T?? H?wk 127 w????ns ?n? ???i?m?nt s?st?m ?ll?ws ??? t?? c???i???, ?imin? ?n? ??l??s?, ?? ?i?in? ??: ???ctic? w????ns; c?nv?nti?n?l ?n? l?s??-??i??? ??m?s; AIM-9M “Si??wіп???” missil?s; ?n? ? 30mm c?nn?n.