Royal Australian Air Force multi-role F/A-18F Super Hornets will soar through the sky over Malaysia while Navy Anzac Class frigates and a Collins Class submarine will patrol the South China Sea in a major military exercise commencing today.
Exercise BERSAMA SHIELD 2011 (BS11) will see six F/A-18 Super Hornets from No. 1 Squadron, the Anzac Class frigates HMAS Ballarat and HMAS Parramatta, and the Collins Class submarine, HMAS Dechaineux, join other warships and combat aircraft from Singapore, Malaysia, New Zealand and the United Kingdom.
The Commander of the Australian Contingent, Wing Commander Kenneth Robinson, said the exercise will be conducted by member countries of the Five Power Defence Arrangement (FPDA) invarious locations on the Malaysian Peninsula and in the South China Sea between 2 and 13 May.
