Warlpiri man living the RAAF team dream
Researching ancient Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander tools, materials, hunting and farming methods is a passion for RAAF Warlpiri man in the NT.
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Special 3 Sqn messages for 100th birthday
Air Force World War II veteran Sergeant Felix Sainsbury (retired) celebrated his 100th birthday on May 14 and his old unit marked his big day.
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CAE wins $26 million C-130J simulator upgrade contract
CAE has been awarded a $26 million contract to upgrade an aircraft simulator and other training systems as part of the C-130J Block Upgrade Program.
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Increased C-17A flying over Queensland
RAAF C-17As will be maintaining essential flying training over Queensland from May to July 2020 and the public may see increased aircraft operations.
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Avalon Airshow and Land Forces both postponed
Australian International Air Show at Avalon and Land Forces Conference in Brisbane have been pushed to the second half of next year because of COVID-19.
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Sydney electronics company one of 35 on Loyal Wingman team
Sydney company Allied Data Systems is supplying power distribution systems for the Loyal Wingman Program led by Boeing Australia for the RAAF.
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Boeing’s Loyal Wingman prototype launched
Boeing today presented the first unmanned Loyal Wingman aircraft to the RAAF – the first Australian designed and built military aircraft in 50 years.
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New F-35 bombs now made in Australia
Thales Australia has completed the first production lot of a new Australian-made munition for the Royal Australian Air Force.
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Why did Defence ignore aborted flight to Vanuatu?
A Royal Australian Air Force C-17 Globemaster flew to Vanuatu twice in recent days with a single load of humanitarian
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Fear and excitement clearing WWII minefields
Warrant Officer Rodney Amos carefully examines the ground in a so-called ‘nuisance minefield’ – on an emotional roller coaster of fear and excitement.
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10 years since Super Hornets hit Amberley
March 2020 marked a decade since the F/A-18F Super Hornet arrived at RAAF Base Amberley – with operators looking forward to the next 10 years with the jet.
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Artificial intelligence proves better than human in search and rescue
AI-Search, Defence’s artificial intelligence (AI) prototype to transform airborne search and rescue, is now in its second phase of development.
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Shark 02 remembered 15 years on
Nine ADF members who died when Sea King helicopter ‘Shark 02’ crashed on a humanitarian support mission on Nias island in 2005 were remembered yesterday.
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Australia leads Air Operations Center at Red Flag 20-1
RAAF led a multi-national, multi-service Air Operations Center at the first (only?) Red Flag exercise for 2020 at Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada, in January.
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Amberley Aviation Heritage open day cancelled
The RAAF Base Amberley Aviation Heritage Centre open day scheduled for tomorrow has been cancelled as a precautionary measure in the fight against COVID-19.
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RAAF airlifts Fijians to Middle East
Australia’s relationship with Fiji has strengthened with two sustainment missions for 2020 transporting Fijian peacekeepers to the Middle East in March.
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Caribou anniversary muddled by former owners
Canadian De Havilland DH-4C Caribous will feature this month at the RAAF Base Amberley Heritage Centre Open Day on Sunday 15 March.
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RAAF F-35A damaged in Williamtown ground incident
Defence is investigating an incident at RAAF Base Williamtown that left an F-35A Joint Strike Fighter with ‘minor damage’ last
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Australian F/A-18 history/heritage – SOLD
Maybe you just can’t trust a politician’s promise until you actually see an F/A-18 spiked atop a pole with said politician getting his/her photo taken.
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500th JSF delivered – 250,000 hrs flown
Lockheed Martin and the F-35 Joint Program Office delivered the 500th F-35 this week – while the world F-35 fleet has surpassed 250,000 flight hours.
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