Marc Joel Atrero

Marines Exercise With Raaf: A number of US Marine Corp aircraft are currently based in Darwin for the three month Exercise Southern Frontier. F/A-18s, AV-8BS, EA-6Bs and KC-130 tankers and 500 personnel from Marine Air Group 12 will be based at RAAF Base Darwin to participate in two separate six week deployments to exercise with

Ilyushin to Phase Out II-86 Production: With the re-engining of the Ilyushin 86 with CFM56s now highly unlikely and future sales prospects poor, production is likely to cease after current commitments are met in 1995. Only 100 I1-86s have been built thus far, the type’s inefficient Kuznetsov turbofans proving to be its downfall, with only

Qantas four engined airliner will cost no more to operate than an equivalent twin, and the new spares arrangement is part of that. The company guarantees to supply parts for an agreed charge, which means operators will be able to accurately predict spares costs and budget accordingly. With engine manufacturer Textron Lycoming offering a similar

Ansett Reorders A320s: Ansett Australia has ordered an additional five A320 twinjets to augment the dozen already in service. The order substitutes five from the 10 aircraft order for A321s that originally were to have been delivered to Ansett from 1995 onwards. The five new A320s will be delivered through the 1995-97 period whilst the

Asian Aerospace News Update Singapore again played host to a highly successful Asian Aerospace expo and airshow between February 22 and 27. Rapidly shaping up as the third major airshow in the world, Singapore has done well to capture the nitch market that it has since it’s first show a decade ago. Following is a

Team Players In a national emergency the nation’s Defence force is almost always called into action. After all, far more Australians have died this past century through the ravages of flood, fire and tempest than have been killed on mainland soil by enemy action. The recent NSW bushfires highlighted the great value that a properly