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The day the CH-53s flew out to the ship, the Australian and American teammates discovered one fundamental issue as the aircraft were on approach: the Australian ship crew was giving its position in true north, and the American pilots were expecting to receive it in magnetic north. The ship was pointed about 10 degrees off from what the Marine pilots were expecting.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThis is the reason why we have more conservative helicopter operating limits, because we don\u2019t all do things all exactly the same way,\u201d Laidlaw said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Hutchison said Canberra had landed American CH-53s, MV-22s and MH-60 Seahawks, as well as the Japanese variant of the Seahawk, and that he hoped to cross-deck with a few more countries before RIMPAC ends.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cWhen we operate together in either a peacetime, non-warlike, [humanitarian assistance and disaster relief] scenario, or even in time of conflict, it\u2019s much better to be able to form a partnership and be able to use compatible equipment and compatible forces to create a more efficient outcome,\u201d the captain said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Marine Rotational Force-Darwin will participate in the Talisman Sabre exercise in 2023. Hutchison said he expects those forces to continue working on integration between the Canberra-class amphibs and the American MV-22s.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Asked whether there might eventually be a full deployment with U.S. Marines on Canberra or Adelaide, Hutchison said the pairing makes sense if they can work through technical integration issues.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
U.S. Marines operate out of Darwin for six months of the year, but there typically aren\u2019t any American amphibious ships nearby to support them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Canberra and Adelaide have in the past been tasked with responding to natural disasters throughout Oceania and the southwest Pacific. Given that disaster relief is within both countries\u2019 authorities and priorities, \u201cthat\u2019s the perfect partnership for us to take out into those regional areas and support as a collective,\u201d Hutchison said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThere\u2019s no reason why we couldn\u2019t see MRF-D and their aircraft embarking an Australian ship while they\u2019re in Australia,\u201d the captain said, \u201cand in fact we would probably want that to occur just as a continuing development of that partnership.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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