Marc Joel Atrero

Australian industry readies to support the RAAF’s F-35s Australia’s new F-35 Lightning II Joint Strike Fighters (JSFs) start arriving in country late next year – and then we’ll have to start looking after them. This will be a lifetime commitment and the overall cost of sustainment will dwarf the F-35’s planned $17 billion acquisition budget

The Royal Australian Air Force’s first two Lockheed Martin F-35A Lightning II Joint Strike Fighters have made their official debut on Australian soil, landing at the Australian International Airshow For more than a decade, Australia’s F-35s have seemed almost inconceivably far off into the future but suddenly at Avalon in March there they were, all

Are these the drones the RAAF will be looking for? Could an unmanned combat aircraft (or UCAV) provide the RAAF with the long range strike capability it lost with the retirement of the F-111? UCAVs certainly offer that promise, and Defence’s own acquisition roadmap, the Integrated Investment Program, points to that being a possibility when

The Tiger ARH’s introduction into Australian Army service has not been without its turbulence. But with the critical FOC milestone now achieved 1 Aviation Regiment is taking full advantage of the Armed Reconnaissance Helicopter’s growing maturity to allow it to bring an unfair advantage overhead any fight. With the achievement of final operating capability (FOC)

10 years ago Airbus announced the go-ahead for the industrial launch of the A350 XWB on December 1. There are three basic passenger versions, the 270 passenger A350-800, 314 passenger A350-900 and 350 passenger A350‑1000, plus the A350-900F freighter. This content is available exclusively to Australian Aviation members. Login Become a Member To continue reading

It has been a long time since we have seen an imported DH. 82A Tiger Moth join the local register, but now James Mitton has bucked the trend and registered his ex-South African example ZSA. James’s elderly Tiger Moth was built for the Royal Air Force as DE628 but was redirected to the South African