Australian Defense Force helicopter conducts and overflight in Australia during exercise Talisman Sabre 21

 

TOWNSVILLE, QUEENSLAND, Australia (July 26, 2021) – An Australian Defence Force Armed Reconnaissance Helicopter Tiger conducts a flight over Lavarack Barracks during a Governor visit conducted by His Excellency the Honourable Paul de Jersey Companion of the Order of Australia, Commander of the Royal Victorian Order, Governor of Queensland, in Townsville, Queensland, Australia, July 26, 2021. The Governor's role encompasses a wide range of important duties and responsibilities including Constitutional and legal - such as appointing Ministers of the Crown and summoning and dissolving Parliament. TS21 is a large-scale, bilateral military exercise conducted biennially across Northern Australia designed to enhance the U.S.-Australia alliance which is an anchor of peace and stability in the Indo-Pacific. Exercises like this provide effective and intense training to ensure the forces are capable, interoperable, responsive and combat-ready.