Marc Joel Atrero

Unpacking the Defence White Paper There are plenty of buzzwords and phrases in the new Defence White Paper. “The future force will be more capable, agile and potent,” the executive summary to the Defence White Paper reads. This content is available exclusively to Australian Aviation members. Login Become a Member To continue reading the rest

New RAAF recruit is full of hot air Alan says: Could I recommend a whole squadron? That would frighten the crap out of any invading enemy with a heap of big heads coming over the hill! Seriously…. nice work. Qantas to keep 747 fleet at 11, reports record first half profit Neil Hansford says: Whilst

The Defence White Paper outlines a ten-year road map for the acquisition of capabilities and their ‘enablers’ The long-awaited 2016 Defence White Paper released in March has seen the Turnbull federal government commit to a “fully costed” Integrated Investment Program for Defence that will see $195 billion spent over the next 10 years on acquiring

10 Years Ago The Minister for Defence, Dr Brendan Nelson, announced the order of Boeing C-17 Globemaster III transport aircraft for the RAAF at RAAF Richmond on March 3. The acquisition of three or possibly four new-build aircraft will be obtained through a Foreign Military Sale (FMS) contract with the USAF. The decision was announced

Mustang, Hurricane on the move North American P-51D Mustang VH-FST had its overhauled engine installed into the airframe at Parafield, South Australia on November 28, and after ground running checks the aircraft departed for Temora and later its new home base, Scone, NSW on December 9. Steve Death was the pilot. Meanwhile the CC&F built

Aviation arrivals and departures across the region Qantas Group news In this issue we report the delivery of two 717-200 aircraft to QantasLink. QantasLink took delivery of 717-2K9 VH-YQY at Adelaide on January 23 after the aircraft completed its ferry flight from Helsinki. The ferry which was operated by Southern Cross as SXA1279 was routed