Exercise Talisman Sabre 2023 (TS23), Australia’s largest biennial military exercise with the U.S. has officially begun and will run through Aug. 4.  F-35As with the Royal Australian Air Force are participating along with 13 nations in high-end multi-domain warfighting across sea, land, air, cyber and space. 

Now in its tenth iteration, 2023 is the largest Exercise Talisman Sabre in terms of its geographical area and the number of participating partners. 

The exercise aims to enhance interoperability and develop strong relationships between participating military forces. It will involve field training exercises including force preparation and logistics activities, amphibious landings, ground force maneuvers, air combat and maritime operations.  

TS23 involves more than 30,000 military personnel deploying across Queensland, Western Australia, the Northern Territory and New South Wales. For the first time exercises will also take part around Norfolk Island, Australia. 

In addition to the U.S., forces from Canada, Fiji, France, Germany, Indonesia, Japan, New Zealand, Papua New Guinea, the Republic of Korea, Tonga and the United Kingdom will participate in the exercise. Personnel from India, the Philippines, Singapore and Thailand are attending as observers. 

Major General Jered P. Helwig, commanding general, 8th Theater Sustainment Command stated, "The Australian and U.S. alliance is critical to enhancing regional security and stability. The complexity in scope and operation of this exercise across all of our war fighting functions demonstrates the power of the alliance and like-minded partnerships in the region.”