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An F-135 engine from a F-35 Lightning Joint Strike Fighter. Supplied by TAE Aerospace.
Australian News Royal Australian Air Force Science & Technology 

Asia-Pacific JSF engine maintenance an Ipswich Masters stroke

30/08/2018 Posted by Brian Hartigan 3837 Views 0 Comments F-35A Lightning II, F135 engine, Joint Strike Fighter, TAE Aerospace

TAE Aerospace has purchased a former Masters building near Ipswich and will transform the site into a state-of-the-art aerospace facility,

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Prime Minister Scott Morrison, Minister for Defence Linda Reynolds and Minister for Defence Industry Melissa Price watch an F-35A handling display during the official opening of BAESA maintenance depot at Newcastle Airport. Photo by Corporal Craig Barrett.
Australian News Royal Australian Air Force 

Politicians hijack significant F-35 program event

09/02/202109/02/2021 Posted by Brian Hartigan 2613 Views 0 Comments

The first F-35A aircraft has been inducted into the BAE Systems maintenance depot in a major milestone for the Joint Strike Fighter Program.

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One of the first two Royal Australian Air Force F-35A Lightning Joint Strike Fighters flies overhead RAAF Base Williamtown on delivery day. Photo by Brian Hartigan.
Australian News Royal Australian Air Force 

First routine F-35 engine maintenance in Australia

20/07/2020 Posted by Brian Hartigan 3627 Views 0 Comments F-35A Lightning II

Australia’s defence industry continues to fly high with a key milestone reached in the maintenance of the RAAF’s new F-35 fighter jets.

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Joint Strike fighter A35-011 from Number 3 Squadron departs for a night sortie from RAAF Base Williamtown. Photo by Sergeant David Gibbs.
Australian News Science & Technology 

Qld company first JSF engine maintainers outside USA

21/02/202023/02/2020 Posted by Brian Hartigan 2604 Views 0 Comments

Queensland’s TAE Aerospace has become the first company outside the USA to repair a Pratt & Whitney F135 engine from an

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Air Vice Marshal Leigh Gordon, Kevin Kirkpatrick, Andrew Sanderson, Steve Ciobo at TAE Aerospace's new engine-maintenance facility. TAE Aerospace photo.
Australian News Royal Australian Air Force Science & Technology 

Breaking ground on F-35 engine-maintenance facility

15/11/2018 Posted by Brian Hartigan 2972 Views 0 Comments F-35 Lightning, F135 engine, TAE Aerospace

TAE Aerospace yesterday held an event to mark the start of construction on its new aerospace facility in Bundamba, Queensland.

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