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F/A-18F Super Hornet perfoms a handling display over Mindil Beach in Darwin. 2014 file photo by Corporal David Said.
Australian News Royal Australian Air Force 

RAAF to support ‘Great War Flying Display’ at Caboolture

18/04/2018 Posted by Brian Hartigan 2709 Views 0 Comments Caboolture, Great War Flying Display, RAAF

Royal Australian Air Force F/A-18F Super Hornet and C-17A Globemaster aircraft will conduct aerial handling displays over Caboolture Airfield in

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Artist's impression of a RAAF Cubesat. Image provided by UNSW-Canberra Space.
Australian News Royal Australian Air Force Science & Technology 

Will ADFA turn out Space Cadets – after RAAF invests in Cubesats

29/09/2017 Posted by Brian Hartigan 3483 Views 1 Comment Cubesats, RAAF, UNSW-Canberra

University of NSW Canberra (at ADFA) has signed a $9.96 million contract with the Royal Australian Air Force  to develop

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Image courtesy of the Program Support Officer, Directorate of Organisational Behaviour and Culture–Air Force, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Programs.
Australian CONTACT Cadets News Royal Australian Air Force 

Indigenous youth in Adelaide invited to taste Air Force life

10/02/2017 Posted by Brian Hartigan 5303 Views 1 Comment Indigenous Youth Program, RAAF

Next month, the Royal Australian Air Force will conduct an Indigenous Youth Program (IYP) at RAAF Base Edinburgh. This program,

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Australian News Royal Australian Air Force 

RAAF’s new recruiting campaign – what do you think?

12/08/201615/08/2016 Posted by Brian Hartigan 14098 Views 7 Comments RAAF, Recruiting

Defence Force Recruiting (DFR) is launching a new national Air Force recruitment campaign which will be broadcast for the first

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Andrew Douglas CONTACT BLOG SPOT 

RAAF teen worried he might be a soldier

01/07/2016 Posted by Brian Hartigan 11865 Views 11 Comments RAAF, School of Infantry, viewee twoee

RICHMOND, NSW—at first glance, Airman Luke Donald, 18, seems like any ordinary Airforce teen. He’s a member of RAAF Base

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Australian News Operations 

RAAF completes first mission in Syria

13/09/201512/10/2015 Posted by Brian Hartigan 3157 Views 0 Comments ATG, RAAF, Syria

The Australian Air Task Group (ATG) completed its first operational mission in Syria on Friday, retuning to base in the

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An Australian F/A-18A Hornet relelases a flare at sunset in the skies over Iraq. RAAF photo.
Australian News Operations 

Australia set to bomb Syrian targets

09/09/201513/10/2015 Posted by Brian Hartigan 4903 Views 0 Comments ADF, Iraq, Operation Okra, RAAF, Syria

The Australian government today announced that it had decided to extend Australia’s air strikes against Daesh allowing the RAAF to bomb Syrian

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Australian News Operations Royal Australian Air Force 

ADF delivered humanitarian aid to flood-stricken Burma

12/08/201512/10/2015 Posted by Brian Hartigan 4999 Views 0 Comments ADF, Myanmar, Myanmar floods, RAAF

The Australian Defence Force (ADF) and Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFaT) delivered crucial humanitarian aid to flood-stricken Burma on

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C-17 at Avalon. File photo by Brian Hartigan
Australian News Royal Australian Air Force Science & Technology 

Seventh Globemaster arrived in Australia today

29/07/201512/10/2015 Posted by Brian Hartigan 5348 Views 0 Comments C-17A, Globemaster, RAAF

File photo by Brian Hartigan   The seventh C-17A Globemaster III aircraft arrived in Australia at RAAF Base Amberley today,

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KC-30A MRTT and E-7A Wedgetail conduct Air to Air refuelling testing in the airspace near RAAF Williamtown.
Australian News Royal Australian Air Force 

RAAF will buy two more KC-30A

01/07/201512/10/2015 Posted by Brian Hartigan 7210 Views 0 Comments KC-30A, MRTT, RAAF

The RAAF will buy two more KC-30A Multi-Role Tanker Transports after the government authorised the more-than $400 million spend. The two

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A No 35 Squadron C-27J Spartan flies at low level over Aussie bush.
Australian News Royal Australian Air Force 

The first of 10 C-27J Spartans arrived in Australia today

30/06/201512/10/2015 Posted by Brian Hartigan 5136 Views 2 Comments C-27J, RAAF, Spartan

The first of 10 C-27J Spartans arrived in Australia today. Chief of Air Force Air Marshal Geoff Brown welcomed the first

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A pair of F/A-18A Hornets bank away from a KC-30A Multi Role Tanker Transport over Iraq.
Australian News Royal Australian Air Force 

Royal Australian Air Force aircraft continue to set major milestones over Iraq

30/06/201512/10/2015 Posted by Brian Hartigan 4860 Views 0 Comments OP OKRA, RAAF

Royal Australian Air Force aircraft continue to set major milestones over Iraq with the Australian Air Task Group’s delivering 400 precision bombs

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Feature Articles 

FLYING HIGH – with the RAAF Roulettes

27/06/201516/02/2017 Posted by Brian Hartigan 4678 Views 0 Comments RAAF, Roulettes

Troy Rodgers tries to explain how the hell an Army sergeant gets to chase clouds with the RAAF Roulettes.    Words and Photos

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A Heron remotely piloted aircraft arrives at Rockhampton Airport in Queensland in front of a Virgin Australia civilian aircraft.
Australian News Royal Australian Air Force 

UAV flying in civilian airspace

25/06/201512/10/2015 Posted by Brian Hartigan 4480 Views 0 Comments Heron, RAAF

UAV flying in civilian airspace commenced this week as the RAAF’s Heron ‘remotely piloted aircraft’ rehearses for Exercise Talisman Sabre. Rockhampton

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Feature Articles Royal Australian Air Force 

When the ‘shit got real’ for Australia’s Wedgetail

22/06/201506/05/2021 Posted by Brian Hartigan 22983 Views 0 Comments AEW&C, E-7A, RAAF, Wedgetail

010411ZOCT14 – the exact moment ‘shit got real’ for Australia’s E-7A Wedgetail as it crossed the line separating ISIS from the world.

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