Marc Joel Atrero

Air Marshal Mark Binskin, Chief of Air Force The Royal Australian Air Force celebrates its 90th anniversary in March, although military flying in Australia dates back closer to 100 years following the formation of the Central Flying School (CFS) in October 1912. Then in 1914 the Australian Flying Corps (AFC) was established as a corps

Is China entering the ‘5th gen’ fighter club? The recent appearance and subsequent first flight of what appears to be a Chinese fifth generation combat aircraft has raised many more questions than it has answered. Grainy images of the aircraft, quickly dubbed J-XX or J-20 by western observers in the absence of an official designation,

Perth-based carriers Skywest and Network Aviation have both announced major tie-ups with the nation’s big two airlines in what appears to be a major shakeup of both the charter and scheduled regional markets. The first tie-up came on December 13 with Qantas announcing that it had reached an agreement to acquire resource charter specialist Network

Is the 787 finally clear of turbulence? As the 2011 Avalon Air Show gets underway Qantas should have been thrilling the crowd with a low level fly-by of its first 787-9 and the 32nd 787 delivered to the airline but instead it is grappling with the fallout from the 7th delay announced in the program

A number of new air related project phases have been included in the latest update to the Defence Capability Plan (DCP), released by Defence Minister Stephen Smith on December 17, including acquisition of a fourth squadron of F-35 JSFs, a ‘multi-mission’ UAS, and upgrades to the Wedgetail AEW&C aircraft and Tiger ARH helicopter. Update 2

Ram Ramkumar, director of F-35 international programs for Northrop Grumman’s Aerospace Systems sector; Minister for Defence Materiel Jason Clare; Lockheed Martin Australia CEO Paul Johnson; Quickstep CEO Philippe Odouard; and AVM Kym Osley, head of the New Air Combat Capability Office at the signing of the LTA between Northrop Grumman and Quickstep. (Seth Jaworski) Quickstep