Flying with Our Fiji Partners – 35 Sqn RAAF

The Australian Defence Force (ADF) has supported the Forum Fisheries Agency’s (FFA) fourth maritime surveillance operation of 2024, Operation Kuru Kuru. ADF support to Op Kuru Kuru includes the deployment of a Royal Australian Air Force C-27J Spartan from 35 Squadron and supporting personnel to Suva, Fiji to join Fiji and our Pacific partners conducting maritime surveillance of Fiji’s exclusive economic zone. ADF support to Op Kuru Kuru is under the banner of Operation Solania, the ADF contribution to maritime surveillance within the Pacific region. Australia is committed to continuing to work with our Pacific family against the threat to territorial sovereignty and economic development caused by illegal exploitation of fisheries and natural resources in their exclusive economic zones.