Exercise Pitch Black Sheds Light On Future European Needs

Eurofighter Typhoons

Eurofighter Typhoons from Spain (left) and Germany participated in Pacific Skies at Darwin, and technicians from both countries trained to maintain each other’s Typhoons.

Credit: Chen Chuanren/AW&ST
European governments are increasingly vocal about their ambition to play a security role in the Indo-Pacific region, but the recent Exercise Pitch Black, hosted by the Royal Australian Air Force, highlighted some of the challenges when operating so far afield. Several European countries dispatched...
Chen Chuanren

Chen Chuanren is the Southeast Asia and China Editor for the Aviation Week Network’s (AWN) Air Transport World (ATW) and the Asia-Pacific Defense Correspondent for AWN, joining the team in 2017.

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