Marc Joel Atrero

Radar Warning Receivers and Defensive Electronic Countermeasures Born in the darkest hours of the Blitz, weaned during the night bombing offensive and matured in the skies above Hanoi. Electronic Warfare has become a military discipline within itself with a pervasive influence upon the strategy, tactics and technology of modern warfare. No more is this evident

Aaai Readies for Bicentennial Airshow One hundred and eleven Australian companies are amongst over two hundred companies from fifteen countries committed to exhibit at the Aerospace Trade Expo at the Australian Bicentennial Air Show in October. With the giants of the world aerospace industries in Australia, there is a wonderful opportunity for Australian industry to

The largest and most comprehensive Air Show and Aerospace Expo ever seen in the Southern Hemisphere will form a vital part of this year’s Australian Bicentenary celebrations. This unique event will be held between 12-16 October at the big Royal Australian Air Force transport base at Richmond, near Sydney. The show will combine features of

Two Crew Ansett a320s a Foregone Conclusion: It is inevitable now that Ansett’s A320 twinjets will be operated, as they are elsewhere throughout the world, by two crew members. Protracted negotiations between the AAFEA and Ansett have resulted in a situation where the displaced Flight Engineers can either opt for employment by Qantas, qualify for

New Airports Pressure Group: With the stated intention of ‘negotiating with Government and various Regulatory Bodies controlling the Aviation Industry’ representatives of nine FAC-controlled airports have met and resolved to form a national committee to be called the Federal Airport Operators and Tennants Association. The association’s initial coordinator is Skybird Avialion’s John Maitland and he

New Raaf Base Opened: The Prime Minister, Mr Hawke, on June 11 officially opened and named Australia’s newest Air Force base after wartime Prime Minister, John Joseph Curtin. RAAF Base Curtin is located about 35km southeast of Derby, Western Australia, and 2,600km north of Perth and is the first major military airfield built in Australia