The warplanes are destined for Australia to take part in a series of military drills
The German Air Force has deployed a fleet for its first-ever mission in the Indo-Pacific, where the craft will first stop in Singapore before holding several days of exercises with Australian counterparts.
The Luftwaffe deployed six Eurofighter jets, four A400M multirole aircraft and three A330 tanker transport craft from Neuburg Air Base on Monday, hoping to make the 6,200-mile (10,000km) journey to Singapore in just 24 hours with only a single brief stop in Abu Dhabi for a pilot change.
“We want to demonstrate that we can be in Asia within a day,” said Lieutenant General Ingo Gerhartz, the air service’s chief of staff, while its official twitter account dubbed it a 24 hour “Luftwaffe challenge.”
“The Indo-Pacific is of great importance to Germany. We share the same values with many partners in this region,” Gerhartz added.
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