Germany's air force chief says the deployment is not sending "any threatening message" towards China and the planes will use civilian air traffic routes.
A contingent from the German Air Force is scheduled to arrive in Australia mid-August for the Exercise, with more than 200 personnel taking part in the German military’s Rapid Pacific deployment.
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