RAAF C-17A Globemaster and C-130J Hercules are providing a critical air link to the Philippines following the devastation caused by Typhoon Haiyan. The C-17A Globemaster and C-130J Hercules transported 22 tonnes of equipment, a RAAF mobile air load team, an aircraft security operations team, aeromedical evacuation specialists, and an Australian Government medical assistance team to … Dowiedz się więcej
As Australia’s first F-35A – commonly known as the Joint Strike Fighter – rolls along the assembly-line, Air Force’s first F-35A squadron is on track to be operational in 2020, according to New Air Combat Capability Project Manager Air Vice Marshal (AVM) Kym Osley. AVM Osley was at the F-35A manufacturing plant Fort Worth in … Dowiedz się więcej
With 20 people providing the muscle to drag a 36-tonne C-130J over 10m, No 37 Squadron recently raised $1000 for the Special Olympics. They were among more than 700 NSW law enforcement and emergency services personnel who competed in the recent RAAF Base Richmond Emergency Services plane pull. For the third year in a row, … Dowiedz się więcej
Fighter jets and personnel are participating in Exercise Faru Sumu at RAAF Base Tindal from October 21 until November 8. Faru Sumu is a three week biannual exercise during which up to 18 F/A-18F Super Hornets and 250 personnel from No 1 and 6 Squadrons are tested in the employment of weapons systems. The Commanding … Dowiedz się więcej
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
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