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AuthorFrance to order A330 MRTT
February 23, 2014 3 commentUS-based DefenseNews is reporting France will soon place an order for 12 Airbus A330 MRTTs to replace its ageing fleet of 14 C-135FR tankers. The report cites February 20 comments from French Chief of Staff General Denis Mercier made on the sidelines of the annual USAF Air Warfare Symposium in Orlando. He said the latest
Read moreUSAF KC-46A to be called Pegasus
February 23, 2014 0 commentThe USAF will name its new Boeing KC-46A tanker ‘Pegasus’, the service’s chief of staff announced at the USAF Air Warfare Symposium in Orlando on February 20. Currently under development and due to make its first flight later this year, the KC-46A is a tanker version of Boeing’s 767-2F which was selected ahead of the
Read moreBorghetti critical of Govt moves to support Qantas
February 23, 2014 14 commentUsually mild-mannered Virgin Australia CEO John Borghetti has come out swinging in an interview about Qantas’s bid to receive a debt guarantee from the federal government. Speaking on ABC radio on February 18, Borghetti labelled proposals by the government to offer a debt guarantee to Qantas as “bizarre”, adding that “if it wasn’t so serious
Read moreGovt approves RAAF P-8 acquisition
February 21, 2014 14 commentBoeing’s P-8A Poseidon maritime surveillance aircraft is set to enter RAAF service from 2017 after the federal government approved the acquisition of eight and options on a further four. The decision was announced by Prime Minister Tony Abbott at Fairbairn Defence Establishment, Canberra Airport on Friday morning, and is the first major defence acquisition from
Read moreVincent’s Narrabri service takes off
February 21, 2014 0 commentVincent Aviation operated its first Sydney-Narrabri service on Friday morning. The inaugural flight VIN1 departed Sydney Airport at 0657 on Friday, landing at Narrabri at 0806. The reciprocal flight VIN2 from Narrabri to Sydney departed the central west NSW town at 0851, landing in Sydney at 0947. This content is available exclusively to Australian Aviation
Read moreRAAF returns to Guam for Cope North 14
February 21, 2014 2 commentRAAF 75 Squadron Hornet and 37SQN C-130J aircraft are currently deployed to Andersen AFB, Guam to take part in Cope North 2014, which began on February 14. The exercise involves, according to a US Air Force statement, “a full spectrum of fighters, bombers, transport, refuelling and command and control aircraft from the US, JASDF, and
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