Robert Dougherty

The chief financial officer will replace current CEO David Ruff, who is retiring at the end of July after 15 years with Babcock Australasia. Mr Cridland has been a mainstay at Babcock in Australia and the United Kingdom since his employment began in 2015.

No. 9 Squadron was originally formed in 1939 as a fleet cooperation unit working with seaplanes and served during World War II in the Mediterranean Sea.

Personnel and aircraft are scheduled to be deployed to RAAF Base Townsville for Exercise High Sierra 23-1 from 12 June to 6 July. Pilots and crew will need to successfully operate away from a main operating base, plan and execute a large force employment scenario, and deliver explosive ordnance into the weapons range. Successful fast jet pilots will graduate to the 81 Wing.

Personnel from RAAF No. 11 Squadron and their five squadron counterparts took part in the Exercise Albatross AusIndo, one of three annual training exercises the RAAF conducts with the Indonesian Air Force.

The unveiling of Classic Hornet A21-101 at the RAAF Association Aviation Heritage Museum of Western Australia at Bull Creek on 12 April was the culmination of the two-year project by BDA’s Classic Hornet Sustainment Support (CHSS) team.

The purpose-built inventory management infrastructure will store bulk materials, reducing the reliance on overseas suppliers and the time between order and delivery, according to a public statement from Aero Defence (AD) on 22 May.