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The crew of RAAF’s E-7A Wedgetail meet Australia's High Commissioner, Stephen Smith, at RAF Lossiemouth in Scotland after a six month European deployment as part of Operation Kudu. Story by Lieutenant Commander John Thompson.

Guardian a blessing in the skies

26/04/2024 Posted by Mike Hughes 2920 Views 0 Comments E-7A Wedgetail, No. 2 Squadron, Operation Kudu, RAAF Williamtown, Ukraine

Australia’s watchful ‘guardian-from-above’, the E-7A Wedgetail, has returned home after providing critical early-warning protection for the military and humanitarian logistic

Four RAAF 100 Squadron Beaufort Bombers head for Wewak, North New Guinea, in 1945. Photo provided by the Australian War Memorial / OG3365

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Missing World War II bomber and crew found

17/04/202420/04/2024 Posted by Mike Hughes 3161 Views 0 Comments Chief of Air Force, No. 100 Squadron, Papua New Guinea, WWII

Royal Australian Air Force has positively identified a 100 Squadron World War II Beaufort aircraft (A9-186), first reported missing in

Chief of Air Force Air Marshal Robert Chipman, left and Warrant Officer of the Air Force Ralph Clifton, right, present the Enlisted Aviator of the Year Award to Corporal Kbora Ali. Story by Flying Officer Kate Kiely. Photos by Flight Sergeant Kev Berriman.

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Chief of Air Force Proficiency and Leadership awards

12/04/202420/04/2024 Posted by Mike Hughes 2330 Views 0 Comments Chief of Air Force

One Australian Public Service employee, four aviators and six units were recipients of the Chief of Air Force (CAF) Proficiency

The Roulettes aerobatic display team thrills at the Canberra Airport open day with formation flying in their PC-21 aircraft over the event crowd and a C-130J Hercules. Story by Flight Lieutenant Rob Hodgson. Photos by Flight Sergeant Kev Berriman.

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Canberra Airport open day gets thumbs up

09/04/202413/04/2024 Posted by Mike Hughes 2597 Views 0 Comments C-130J Hercules, Canberra Airport, No. 100 Squadron, PC-21, Roulettes

Canberra Airport held its open day on April 6, throwing wide the doors to thousands of members of the public

9 Squadron Association patron and former Commanding Officer, Air Chief Marshal (retd) Angus Houston is shown the Squadron Standard following the 9 Squadron reactivation ceremony at RAAF Base Point Cook, Victoria. Story by Pilot Officer Shanea Zeegers. Photo by Leading Aircraftwoman Annika Smit.

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RAAF squadron celebrates new chapter

09/04/202413/04/2024 Posted by Mike Hughes 2400 Views 0 Comments MQ-4C Triton, No. 9 Squadron, RAAF Edinburgh, RAAF Point Cook

As the Royal Australian Air Force’s 9 Squadron gears up to introduce the MQ-4C Triton this year, anticipation mounted for

USS Mobile, JS Akebono, HMAS Warramunga and BRP Antonio Luna during a multilateral maritime cooperative activity between Australia, the United States, Japan and the Philippines within the Philippines Exclusive Economic Zone. Photo by Petty Officer Leo Baumgartner

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Four-nation patrol in South China Sea

08/04/2024 Posted by Brian Hartigan 2053 Views 0 Comments

Australia, Japan, the Philippines and the United States conducted the first multilateral maritime cooperative activity on yesterday, 7 April 2024,,

Two F-35A Lightning II from No. 77 Squadron in formation lead by Jason Easthope in a CAC CA-18 Mustang followed by Paul Bennet in a Curtiss P-40E Kittyhawk during Warbirds Over Scone 2024. Photo by Mark Jessop.

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Old and new Warbirds Over Scone

06/04/2024 Posted by Brian Hartigan 2125 Views 0 Comments

The sound of aviation history roared through the air over the Hunter Valley as part of the Warbirds Over Scone

F-35A Lightning II aircraft A35-020 breaks away from A35-038 in readiness to land at RAAF Base Williamtown during Exercise Diamond Shield 24. Photo by Leading Aircraftman Kurt Lewis.

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Exercise Diamond Shield 24 produces more Aussie air defenders

05/04/202407/04/2024 Posted by Brian Hartigan 2567 Views 0 Comments

The Royal Australian Air Force’s newest class of air warfare instructors faced three weeks of challenging air defence scenarios during

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Aussie Wedgetail coming home after Ukraine mission

04/04/202405/04/2024 Posted by Brian Hartigan 3814 Views 0 Comments Operation Kudu

A Royal Australian Air Force E-7A Wedgetail aircraft will commence its return to Australia this week after a six-month deployment

An Air Force F-35A Lightning II performs a handling display during the RAAF Base Townsville community open day. Story by Flight Lieutenant Imogen Lunny. Photos by Leading Aircraftwoman Taylor Anderson.

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RAAF Base Townsville open day

27/03/202430/03/2024 Posted by Mike Hughes 2610 Views 0 Comments 5th Aviation Regiment, Open Day, RAAF Townsville

Many people who might have wondered what happens behind the gates guarded by the Lockheed P-2 Neptune at the entrance

RAAF maintenance personnel from 11 Squadron conduct post-flight checks on a P-8A Poseidon aircraft at Roland Garros Airport, Réunion. Story by Flight Lieutenant Glen Paul. Photos by Corporal Kieren Whiteley.

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RAAF Poseidon’s first visit to French-held Réunion Island

27/03/202430/03/2024 Posted by Mike Hughes 3917 Views 0 Comments French Armed Forces, No. 11 Squadron, P-8A Poseidon

Against the picturesque backdrop of the azure waters of the Indian Ocean, a Royal Australian Air Force P-8A Poseidon maritime

1 Recruit Training Unit celebrated 70 years with the first course graduates being flown to Point Cook for their graduation ceremony. Story by Sergeant Bickerton.

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70 years of RAAF recruiting

22/03/202423/03/2024 Posted by Mike Hughes 2994 Views 0 Comments No. 1 Recruit Training Unit, RAAF Edinburgh, RAAF Point Cook

Participants in this year’s first 1 Recruit Training Unit (1RTU) course were flown to the former recruit training base at

Former Air Commodore Vin Hill pictured here with retired Air Vice-Marshal and former Deputy Chief of Air Force, Dave Rogers at Vin's home in New Zealand in January 2024. Story by John Noble.

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VALE: Former Air Commodore Vin Hill

22/03/202409/04/2024 Posted by Mike Hughes 2420 Views 0 Comments

One of the Royal Australian Air Force’s last great aviators and true characters died just months shy of his 100th

Commanding Officer 130 Squadron Republic of Singapore Air Force, Lieutenant Colonel Goh Seow Hong in a Hawk 127. Story and photo by Flying Officer Michael Thomas.

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Flight affirms friendship

22/03/2024 Posted by Mike Hughes 2414 Views 0 Comments Hawk-127, No 79 Squadron, RAAF Pearce, Republic of Singapore Air Force (RSAF)

What started as a casual conversation at the 2023 RAAF Base Pearce end of year function turned into a unique

Gap year personnel with a static display at Indian Naval Station Rajali, Naval Air Base, Arakkonam, Tamil Nadu India. From left, Leading Aircraftman Jason Grant, Aircraftwomen Ella Johnstone and Caitlan Williams, Aircraftmen Luke O'Brien and Garrison Asciak, and Aircraftwomen Maddison Fordred and Ebony Jones. Story by Flight Lieutenant Nancye Houston. Photo by Leading Aircraftman Jason Grant.

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Gap year students sample overseas operation

20/03/2024 Posted by Mike Hughes 2089 Views 0 Comments Gap Year program, No. 1 Security Forces Squadron.

Seven Air Force members were given a career-defining opportunity during their Gap Year program. CAPTION: Gap year personnel with a static

Royal Australian Navy sailor Able Seaman Dean Hall, Australia’s Federation Guard, performs precision drill movements during a display at Canberra Skyfire 2024 at Lake Burley Griffin, Canberra. Story by Flight Lieutenant Felicity Abraham. Photos by Leading Aircraftman Ryan Howell.

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ADF wows Skyfire crowds

20/03/2024 Posted by Mike Hughes 2653 Views 0 Comments Australia’s Federation Guard, Band of the Royal Military College, M2A2 Howitzer

An ADF aircraft and band featured in the return of Skyfire, after five years, to the shores of Lake Burley

Roulette 2 Flight Lieutenant James Dutschke flies in formation over Changi, Singapore, during the Roulettes display at the Singapore Airshow. Story by Flight Lieutenant Greg Hinks.

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Roulettes roll into Singapore

20/03/202423/03/2024 Posted by Mike Hughes 2992 Views 0 Comments C-130J Hercules, No. 37 Squadron, PC-21, RAAF East Sale, Roulettes, Singapore

As the six Pilatus PC-21 aircraft of the Royal Australian Air Force Roulettes rolled and looped over the Singaporean landscape,

The Cost of Doing Business: Military Aviation Safety in Australia 1914 – 2022, written by Squadron Leader Barrie Bardoe.

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The ‘Cost of Doing Business’ book launched

15/03/2024 Posted by Mike Hughes 2138 Views 0 Comments Defence Aviation Safety Authority (DASA)

A new book tells the story of Australia’s tumultuous path to becoming a global leader in military aviation safety. The

Army soldiers prepare cargo for an airlift by the Rural Fire Service helicopter. Story by Corporal Luke Bellman. Photos by Warrant Officer Robert Spooner.

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Rural Fire Service gives Army a lift

15/03/2024 Posted by Mike Hughes 2512 Views 0 Comments Air Mobility Group, Air Mobility Training and Development Unit (AMTDU), NSWRFS, RAAF Richmond

Soldiers teamed up with NSW Rural Fire Service (RFS) to practise underslung cargo lifts with one of their helicopters at

RAAF personnel from 37 Squadron and Australian Army soldiers from 51st Battalion, Far North Queensland Regiment, during an engagement in Mount Isa, Queensland. Story by Flying Officer Madeleine Magee. Photo by Group Captain Stewart Dowrie.

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Building community connections in remote Queensland

13/03/202415/03/2024 Posted by Mike Hughes 2410 Views 0 Comments 51st Battalion Far North Queensland Regiment, C-130J Hercules, No. 3 Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron (3AMES), No. 37 Squadron

A 37 Squadron C-130J Hercules and members of 3 Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron (3AMES) flew over parts of northern Australia as