Up to 20 RAAF Super Hornets are expected

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The RAAF will celebrate the completion of the fleet for 1 and 6
Squadrons, based at Amberley, near Ipswich, with the flypast before an
official ceremony at the base on Friday morning.A RAAF spokesman said the arrival of four jets from the US will take the number of the F/A-18F fighter jets to 24 at the base.

``A
flypast of up to 20 jets will take place over the skies of Queensland
on Friday followed by a solo aerial display that will be performed over
the base,'' she said.The jets will fly over the Gold Coast, Sunshine Coast, Brisbane and then arrive at the base after 11am.

The first 15 Super Hornets became operational in December after the retirement of the F-111s.





Thousands of spectators witnessed the final flight of the F-111s from multiple vantage points last year.

Another spokesman said the Super Hornet display would be a good training exercise for the RAAF.

"There
will be a mass formation flypast of up to 20 F/A-18F Super Hornets over
the Gold and Sunshine Coasts, Brisbane and Ipswich, this Friday as
part of the welcoming ceremony for four new Super Hornets," he said in a
statement. "Sixteen aircraft will depart RAAF Base Amberley
between 10am and 10.30am and will fly in a loose formation to a point
off North Stradbroke Island, where they will form up and fly south,
crossing the coast at Southport before flying down the Gold Coast to
Tweed Heads."The armada will then fly out to sea and reform at a
point off the Sunshine Coast where it will join with the four new Super
Hornets."The 20-strong formation will fly south from Noosa Heads
down the Sunshine Coast to Brisbane where it will then fly over the CBD
en route to Ipswich and RAAF Amberley. It is expected to pass over the
base at 11.30am."The formation will be accompanied at intervals by up to two Hawk Mk127 lead-in fighters.

"The final number of aircraft flying will depend on operational and training tasks for the aircraft."


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