Aussie Air Force chief visits RI

Aussie Air Force chief visits RI

JAKARTA: The Indonesian Air Force and the Royal Australian Air
Force have agreed to further boost cooperation particularly in
the area of human resources development via joint training and
exchange of officers.

This was decided during a meeting between visiting Australian
Air Force Chief of Staff Marshall Geoff Shepherd and chief of the
Indonesian Military (TNI) Gen. Endriartono Sutarto on Tuesday.

Endriartono said that the two air forces had conducted a joint
training program since 1999 and so far it had been going well.

Shepherd also met with his Indonesian counterpart Marshall
Djoko Soeyanto earlier in the day.

During the 40-minute meeting, Endriartono expressed gratitude
for the assistance provided by the Australian military in the
human relief operation in Aceh after the Dec. 26 tsunami. --
Antara