Today, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Defence the Hon Richard Marles MP announced the official opening of the Deep Maintenance and Modification Facility at RAAF Base Edinburgh. This facility will accommodate the long-term, deep maintenance and modification of the Australian Defence Force's fleet of RAAF P-8A Poseidon maritime surveillance aircraft and RAAF E-7A Wedgetail airborne early warning and control aircraft. ✈️ 📸 | FSGT Rob Hack & LAC Jonathon McCaffrey #AusAirForce #YourADF #StrongerTogether
TL:DR Big fan. Infrastructure is an important contributor to capability, this also represents the continuation and investment into the relationship with Defence industry and opportunities afforded through effective integration that include improved technician training outcomes, more predictable fleet availability, reduced servicing timeframes, and uplifted professionalisation of adjacent enabling functions. Big fan.
Congratulations to RAAF Base Edinburgh. Had the pleasure of conducting the RAAFQ program but importantly, facilitated RAAFQ Process Action Team projects for the Base way back in the early 1990’s. Shout out to Air Commodore Doug Riding and Group Captain Doug Hurst (both retired of course). Thank you RAAF Base Edinburgh and with this investment, continued operations and sustainment of capabilities - and the Black Hawk 🙏🏻.
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Congratulations to all those involved in delivering the DMMF project, it’s an impressive facility.. The partnerships across Defence, the SA Government and industry has been a great example of achieving this strategic milestone for the P-8A and E-7A maintenance, repair, overhaul and upgrade capability in Australia.