21 Jan HMAS Adelaide operation Tonga Assist
HMAS Adelaide departs Fleet Base East at Garden Island, Sydney.
Defence is pre-positioning HMAS Adelaide to Brisbane to provide additional HADR support if requested by the Government of Tonga.
Landing Helicopter Dock HMAS Adelaide departed Fleet Base East in Sydney on Monday, 17 January 2022. Defence is pre-positioning HMAS Adelaide to Brisbane to provide additional Humanitarian Assistance and Disaster Relief (HADR) support if requested by the by the Government of Tonga following the eruption of the Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha’apai underwater volcano on Saturday, 15 January 2022.
HMAS Adelaide departs Fleet Base East at Garden Island, Sydney.
Defence is pre-positioning HMAS Adelaide to Brisbane to provide additional HADR support if requested by the Government of Tonga.
Australian Army Mercedes-Benz G-Wagon vehicles are parked at the Port of Brisbane ready to be loaded onto HMAS Adelaide before departure on Operation Tonga Assist 2022.
HMAS Adelaide embarks Australian Army CH-47 Chinook Heavy-Lift Helicopters before departing the port of Brisbane, to provide humanitarian assistance to the Government of Tonga.
The Australian Defence Force contribution, named Operation TONGA ASSIST 22, includes air reconnaissance using P-8A Poseidon maritime patrol aircraft, airlift support using C-17A Globemaster III and C-130J Hercules transport aircraft, as well as the deployment of HMAS Adelaide with embarked supplies
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