Marc Joel Atrero

Queensland Police Helicopter Support Unit is airborne Detective Senior Constable Damian Leeding was fatally shot in the line of duty on the Gold Coast while responding to a report of an armed robbery in May 2011. That tragedy sparked a community outcry that was impetus for the Gold Coast City Council to push for funding

New upgrades for the RAAF’s Hawk 127 lead-in fighter trainers Last in the line of British-made military aircraft, and from the stable that produced the iconic Hurricane and Hunter no less, BAE Systems’ Hawk has found broad and enduring success since its first flight in 1974. Entering Australian service in 2001, the Hawk 127 fleet

Over 50 years the jet has had a profound effect on Australia’s domestic airlines In 1965 when domestic pure jet service in Australia was a few months old, a year’s salary would have purchased nine return flights across the country – today that number is almost 200! Such is the dramatic advance in efficiency jet

725SQN thrives on the challenge of introducing the MH-60R Romeo into service Seven months from the time that we received our first aircraft to the point at which we’re launching torpedoes and Hellfire missiles, in an exercise with the Americans, is an outstanding achievement, I think. ” New Squadron – NUSQN – 725, led by

In ultra-conservative Japan it is extremely rare for senior executives to publicly vent their feelings. But as once-dominant Japan Airlines, the recovered bankrupt and rival All Nippon Airways fight toe-to-toe for market domination, emotions are running high over perceived political bias and unfair treatment. South Korea’s Incheon International Airport may seem like an odd place

The RAAF’s C-130J steps into the C-130H’s tactical airlifter shoes In 1958, the Royal Australian Air Force became the first of 68 air arms outside the US to operate the C-130 Hercules. In the intervening 56 years, four models of the type have logged over 800,000 flying hours (or 91 years airborne) in Australian service,