Three EA-18G Growler jets will fly low along Tasmania’s coastline today as part of routine military training.
The aircraft from No. 6 Squadron will depart RAAF Base East Sale in Victoria and fly from Wynyard towards the south of Hobart before returning to RAAF Base Amberley in Queensland.
The diversion training began on Monday with low flying near Jindabyne and Thredbo in New South Wales and Mt Hotham in Victoria.
Today’s flights are due to begin from 10am.
The Air Force said diversion training “provides aircrew with critical experience flying in areas other than military training zones and helps to familiarise aircrew with a range of different airfields.”
Tasmanians are advised there could be an increase in aircraft noise but not to be alarmed.
The Growler flights follow a busy weekend of military aviation over Tasmania.
The Air Force Roulettes flew over the north-west coast and Hobart, with the Hobart flights marking 86 years since the Battle of Britain.
Two Pilatus PC-21 aircraft flew over East Wynyard Beach.
Pilots Brodie Sweeney and David Burnard then met the public at Wynyard Airport.
In Hobart on Sunday, two Roulettes flew a synchronised display and commemorative flypast over the city.
The Battle of Britain was fought between July and October 1940, when Royal Air Force pilots held off a larger German Luftwaffe.
More than 30 Australians flew in the campaign.
Of the 1,497 allied aircrew killed, 24 were Australian.
A remembrance service was held at St David’s Cathedral in Hobart on Saturday afternoon, followed by a service and wreath-laying at the Hobart Cenotaph on the Queen’s Domain on Sunday morning before the flypast.
