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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RAAF sells remaining F/A-18s to US military contractor
Defence has sold “up to 46” soon-to-be retired RAAF F/A-18 ‘classic’ Hornets to a commercial air combat training company in America.
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Boeing Super Hornet and Growler maintenance contract extended
Boeing Defence Australia’s contract to maintain Super Hornet and Growler aircraft at RAAF Base Amberley has been extended for four years.
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Wedgetail impresses at Cope North
With up to 60 fast jets in the air around Guam, a No. 2 Sqn E-7A Wedgetail follows the fight, providing battlespace surveillance during Exercise Cope North.
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RAAF Hercules makes historic landing in Antarctica
A newly modified C-130J Hercules has landed at Australia’s glacial runway at Wilkins Aerodrome in Antarctica, marking one of its longest ever flights.
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RAAF Base Darwin new works for north-facing activities
RAAF Base Darwin is set to receive a new hangar, maintenance and working facilities to accomodate P-8A Poseidon and other aircraft operating in the north.
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$1.1billion boost for Tindal to accomodate F-35As and Americans
Prime Minister Scott Morrison visited RAAF Base Tindal in the Northern Territory to announce a new $1.1billion upgrade to accomodate JSF and Americans.
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RAAF Base East Sale gets new firefighting truck
ADF personnel at RAAF Base East Sale welcomed the arrival of a new Broadspectrum Panther-S firefighting vehicle and the increased capability it will bring.
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F-35A at Richmond – 26 Feb 2020
Six Royal Australian Air Force F-35A Lightning IIs from RAAF Base Williamtown will conduct diversion training into RAAF Base Richmond on 26 Feb 2020.
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First homegrown F-35A engine removal
The first removal of an F135 engine from an F-35A Lightning II by a Royal Australian Air Force unit happened RAAF Base Williamtown recently.
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Aus/UK open splinter F-35 Reprogramming Laboratory
Australia and the UK have officially opened an Australian and United Kingdom F-35 Reprogramming Laboratory at Eglin Air Force Base in Florida.
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Hornets head west for dual exercises
Up to seven RAAF F/A-18A/B Hornets from No. 75 Squadron will arrive at RAAF Base Pearce today to support Exercise Phoenix Black and Exercise Nigrum Pugio.
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Poseidon on North Korea sanctions monitoring
Australia is deploying a RAAF P-8A Poseidon maritime-patrol aircraft in support of United Nations Security Council sanctions on North Korea.
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RAAFie axewoman has more quals than she ever dreamt of
Five years into her ADF career, Leading Aircraftwoman Tiarne Westland has more construction and destruction qualifications than she ever dreamt of.
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