Aussie Bob
Agree.
Especially these two. I was thinking of both of these over the last few days.
3. The military boys have gotten some very good training in a real life exercise
4. The hours flown per year on the Orion may not change that much
Everyone, from AMSA, everyone at RAAF Base Pearce, the head honchos in the ADF, all will have got a heap of good training out of this that you couldn't replicate in an exercise, even an international one.