The man who oversaw RAAF’s transition from training pilots on the ageing CT-4B Airtrainer to the modern Pilatus PC-21 has been awarded the Medal of the Order of Australia.
Defence has now released these incredible images showing the tooled-up aircraft with laser-guided GBU-12 bombs attached to its under-wing pylons in action last month during Exercise Arnhem Thunder 21.
Australian Army veteran Greg Maiden of Boeing Defence Australia has become the first Australian to clock 5,000 flight hours on the CH-47 Chinook.
A Lockheed Hudson aircraft is due to undertake a flyover of Government House, located within Sydney's Royal Botanic Gardens, to mark the Queen’s Birthday, the Department of Defence has confirmed.
HARS Aviation Museum is set to host a reunion between Vietnamese refugees and RAN officers who sailed to rescue them in the South China Sea 40 years ago.
Defence revealed the “flying visit” took place on 20 May as part of the ongoing Exercise Arnhem Thunder 21. It comes before some of the fleet take up full-time residence in Katherine, NT in December.