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Aircraft head Down Under for the Avalon Airshow: gallery

Mar 5, 2019

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A special formation of a Royal Australian Air Force F-35A, two F/A-18A/B Hornets and a U.S. Air Force F-22A Raptor flies over the Avalon Airshow site during a joint display on March 1, 2019. (Commonwealth of Australia)

Mike Yeo is the Asia correspondent for Defense News. He wrote his first defense-related magazine article in 1998 before pursuing an aerospace engineering degree at the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology in Australia. Following a stint in engineering, he became a freelance defense reporter in 2013 and has written for several media outlets.

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