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The host air force is flying the conventional take off and landing F-35A variant, while the Marines are flying 12 F-35B Short Take Off and Vertical Landing aircraft drawn from both its Japan-based squadrons.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">They will join Germany\u2019s Luftwaffe in taking part at Pitch Black for the first time. The European country has sent six Eurofighters to the IndoPacific in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/global\/europe\/2022\/08\/15\/german-air-force-takes-flight-for-first-indo-pacific-deployment\/\">the first deployment of its kind<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Pitch Black 2022 officially kicked off last Friday and will run to September 8 over the large expanses of unrestricted airspace of Australia\u2019s Northern Territory and will involve large force employment of coalition air power in various scenarios.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The other nations who have sent aircraft to the exercise include France, India, Indonesia, Singapore, and the United Kingdom, with most aircraft operating out of the RAAF bases of Darwin and Tindal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">These include the largest contingent of tankers from the widest number of operators to be seen at a Pitch Black event, with Airbus A330 multi-role tanker transports from Australia, France, NATO, Singapore, South Korea and the United Kingdom performing air-to-air refueling<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cAir to air refueling is a force multiplier, providing essential reach to our combat aircraft. 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