Marc Joel Atrero

Growlers mix it with RAAF Rhinos An F-111 Moment August’s confirmation that Australia is to convert 12 of its 24 F/A-18F Super Hornets to EA-18G Growler electronic attack jets was an F-111 moment. That was a momentous decision, not really appreciated by the broader community, and what media attention it did attract tended to focus

Airbus’s Charles Champion on the future of flying “Technology can do anything – but it can’t do everything. ” Those were the opening words from Charles Champion, executive vice president engineering at Airbus, who delivered the 54th Sir Charles Kingsford Smith Memorial Lecture in Sydney in September. “Our engineers are continuously encouraged to think widely

Air National Guard C-27J ops Earlier this year, a ministerial statement announced Australia’s decision to acquire ten Alenia C-27J Spartans to meet Air Force’s AIR 8000 Phase 2 Battlefield Airlifter (BFA) requirement. The C-27J is a substantial upgrade of Alenia’s G.222, and was was developed by Lockheed Martin Alenia Tactical Transport Systems, a US company

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The 207-page Qantas/Emirates joint submission to the ACCC to support their ground breaking alliance makes for sobering reading. Qantas reveals in the submission just how uncompetitive it has become compared to other airlines with a salary bill double that of its new partner Dubai-based Emirates Airline. This content is available exclusively to Australian Aviation members.

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