A quartet of Air Force’s C-130J Hercules transport aircraft will conduct a series of tactical transport missions at low level over central New South Wales on October 22. The first mission will see the Hercules depart in pairs from RAAF Base Richmond in Sydney’s northwest from 11.20am. The pairs will climb to an altitude of … Dowiedz się więcej
Last week, a C-130J Hercules plane took off from its home base in Arkansas. But this time, there were Israeli Air Force aerial team members in the cockpit. The C-130J plane is the American version of the Hercules plane that will serve the IAF starting next year, after unique Israeli systems have been installed. The … Dowiedz się więcej
Throughout fiscal 2013, the key aspect of Pacific Air Forces was engagement as more than 45,000 Pacific Air Forces Airmen conducted a broad spectrum of operations, from humanitarian relief to decisive combat employment, in an area covering 13 time zones and 100 million square miles. These operations began with the inactivation of 13th Air Force … Dowiedz się więcej
It was an eerie sight at this normally bustling F-16 base. The flight line was completely clear of aircraft. Tools were neatly tucked away, hangars were silent and operations had completely come to a halt. For the 388th Fighter Wing, it meant the start of sequestration, with one fighter squadron forced to reduce flying hours … Dowiedz się więcej
THE RAAF’s first Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) has entered the major assembly stage at the Lockheed-Martin facility in Fort Worth, Texas. The Chief Executive Officer of the Defence Materiel Organisation (DMO) Warren King made the announcement on October 11 and said major components of the first Australian aircraft were being joined together to form the … Dowiedz się więcej
Within the celebration of the „Children’s Week”, members of the 204th Aviation Brigade were guests of pupils and teachers of the primary school „Major Ilic” in Kusici, Ivanjica municipality. Members of the 204th Aviation Brigade landed by Gazelle helicopter in the village stadium on the Crkvina hill where they were greeted by school pupils from … Dowiedz się więcej