Operation Pacific Assist was an operation commenced by Australian Defense Force and New Zealand Defense Force together with Emergency Management Australia and Emergency Management New Zealand as an effort to support the relief activity on the aftermath of the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami and Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster which occurred in Japan . Royal Australian Air Force ( RAAF ) and Royal New Zealand Air Force ( RNZAF ) deployed C-17A Globemaster III aircraft onto the transportation support activity
2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami
2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami
Operation Pacific Assist