Exercise Rapid Pacific 2022: Bavarian Tigers Unveil The Air Ambassador

In preparation for their upcoming Exercise Rapid Pacific 2022, The Taktisches Luftwaffengeschwader 74 (74th Tactical Air Force Wing) of Neuburg Air Base have unveiled a new special livery on their Eurofighter Typhoon EF2000 31+11.

Featuring the flags of Australia, Singapore, South Korea and Japan, the Air Ambassador identifies the countries it will be visiting in the not too distant future (Image: Bundeswehr/Johannes Heyn)

The Air Ambassador will be one of six Luftwaffe Eurofighter Typhoons deployed as part of Exercise Rapid Pacific 2022, along with four Luftwaffe Airbus A400Ms of the Lufttransportgeschwader 62 (Air Transport Wing 62) from Wunstorf Air Base and three Airbus A330 MRTTs of the Multinational Multirole Tanker Transport Unit (MMU) from Eindhoven Air Base (Image: Bundeswehr/Johannes Heyn)

As part of Exercise Rapid Pacific 2022, the Luftwaffe intend to deploy to Exercise Pitch Black and Exercise Kakadu in Australia, from August to September, followed by a series of engagements with Singapore, Japan and South Korea.

The planned route for the Air Ambassador from Neuburg Air Base to RAAF Base Darwin (Image: Bundeswehr/Luftwaffe)

According to the Bundeswehr, the Air Force is testing its interoperability with Allies inside and outside NATO in the Indo-Pacific. This represents the most significant German military presence in the Indo-Pacific region since the frigate ‘Bayern’ visited from August 2021 to February 2022.

The Air Ambassador will no doubt provide a splash of colour amongst the mass of grey come August, when RAAF Base Darwin plays host to a wide variety of international visitors for Exercise Pitch Black 2022.

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