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Aviators from RAAF Base Pearce take part in the inaugural Goggins’ Challenge, raising $7400 for mental health. Story by Flying Officer Stina Frantzich Gardiner. Photo by Sergeant Joshua Mulligan.

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Aviators raise $7400 for mental health

18/11/202518/11/2025 Posted by Mike Hughes 785 Views 0 Comments 2 Flying Training School, mental health, No 79 Squadron, No. 2 Expeditionary Health Squadron, No. 25 Squadron

RAAF Base Pearce personnel have gone the distance for mental health, raising $7400 in 48 hours for the Black Dog

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Squadron Leader Stephen Bihary exits a 79 Squadron Hawk 127. Story by Squadron Leader Stephen Bihary. Photos by Flying Officer Michael Thomas.

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Longest-serving jet pilot leaves the cockpit

02/10/202405/10/2024 Posted by Mike Hughes 2629 Views 0 Comments Hawk 127 Lead-In Fighter, No 79 Squadron, RAAF Pearce, RAAF Reserve

The longest-serving Air Force fighter pilot and fast-jet instructor Squadron Leader Stephen Bihary has retired from the cockpit after 48

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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 2551 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

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Pilot Officer Mitchell Kennedy, centre, with his father, grandfather and photo of his great-grandfather next to a PC-21 aircraft at RAAF Base Pearce. Story by Corporal Jacob Joseph. Photo by Chris Kershaw.

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Kennedy family’s flying legacy continues

05/08/2022 Posted by Mike Hughes 2698 Views 0 Comments No 79 Squadron, No. 2 FTS, PC-21

Most kids grow up dreaming of becoming a fighter pilot. CAPTION: Pilot Officer Mitchell Kennedy, centre, with his father, grandfather

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Chief of Air Force Air Marshal Leo Davies poses with RAAF Cadets after unveiling a Spitfire MK VIII LF replica, A58-492 at the RAAF Museum at Point Cook, Victoria. Photo by Flight Lieutenant Robert Palmer

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New Spitfire replica unveiled at RAAF Museum

16/09/2016 Posted by Brian Hartigan 8132 Views 0 Comments No 79 Squadron, RAAF Museum, Spitfire replica

RAAF Museum at Point Cook, Victoria, today unveiled its newest display – Spitfire MK VIII LF replica, A58-492 painted in RAAF

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