Marc Joel Atrero

A Russian ‘cow’ in ADF service Few are aware that a Mil Mi-26 helicopter, nicknamed ‘Kordova’ in Russian, meaning ‘cow’, is in Australian service in Afghanistan. The monstrous, eight-bladed machine, easily the world’s largest and most powerful production helicopter, is leased through DynCorp (Australia), but owned and operated by Russian firm Vertical-T. This content is

F-35’s first live fire air-to-air missile launch AIM-120 fired at target drone F-35A test aircraft AF-6 has launched an AIM-120 missile against an aerial target drone, the first live-fire launch of an air-to-air missile for the Joint Strike Fighter program. “I think it is hard to overstate the importance of planning. JOHN BORGHETTI P4 This

Please share your opinions to help navigate us to a better Australian Aviation We’re really invested in making Australian Aviation as good as it possibly can be. I know that can sound like empty corporate rhetoric, but I’d argue that our record over the last few years backs that up, from the magazine redesign at

Moore-Wilton wonders who’s been smokin’ what Scott says: The situation at KSA is a world-class disgrace, that’s before we get to a new airport or using Richmond as a stitched up, secondhand, retread option. DB says: The capacity issue is very real. Relaxing the fringe times will make a small difference but it will not

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10 years ago Among the details in the Defence Capability Review 2003 announced by Minister for Defence Senator Robert Hill on November 7 is that the RAAF’s F-111C/RF-111C/F-111G aircraft will be retired in 2010, some years earlier than predicted in the Defence 2000 White Paper. Future planned acquisitions mentioned include Global Hawk UAVs and an