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An RAAF AP-3C Orion flies past ABFC Ocean Shield (OSCV 11) on a mission to drop sonobuoys to assist in the acoustic search in support of Operation SOUTHERN INDIAN OCEAN. Joint Task Force 658 has been established by the ADF to coordinate supporting military forces engaged in the search for missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370. Under the name Operation SOUTHERN INDIAN OCEAN, ADF assets from the RAN and RAAF have joined the debris search, recovery, and investigation of the missing flight. (RAN photo by LSIS Bradley Darvill, Navy Imagery Unit ¨C West)
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