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.
This is the latest of a number of deliveries to the area, with 19 of India’s 36 states and union territories already receiving Australian medical supplies from previous missions, including ventilators and oxygen concentrators.
The landmark moment came as the pair were taking part in Exercise Arnhem Thunder 21 last month from RAAF Base Darwin.