French, British Indo-Pacific Deployment Tests Force-Projection Skills

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An FSAF A330 MRTT is parked behind CJEF leaders during the deployment's stopover at Singapore's Paya Lebar Air Base.

Credit: Chen Chuanren/Aviation Week Network
SINGAPORE—The UK and France are assessing their ability to deploy and project military platforms to the Indo-Pacific, testing their long-range command and control (C2) ability to deploy combat aircraft far afield. Under the banner of Exercise Griffin Strike, the Royal Air Force (RAF) has sent six...
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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