Around 50 Australian Defence Force (ADF) personnel arrived this afternoon in Port Moresby to provide support for this year’s National General Elections. At the request of the Government of Papua New Guinea, the ADF will be providing logistics and air mobility support to the elections under Operation Kimba or OP KIMBA. This is part of the broader support provided by Australia in preparation for the 2022 PNG National General Elections. [caption id="attachment_22137" align="alignnone" width="594"] ADF OP KIMBA will also provide logistics and air mobility support to the elections.[/caption] OP KIMBA will see over 130 ADF personnel, two C-27J Spartan and a C130J Hercules aircraft from the Royal Australian Air Force, working alongside the PNG Defence Force (PNGDF), to assist the PNG Electoral Commission to distribute electoral materials throughout the country. An initial enabling contingent of OP KIMBA had arrived in the country last week.