The Royal Australian Air Force has signed an agreement with Jeppesen and Tapestry Solutions to utilise the Mission Management Suite to optimise Air Mobility Group operations. The Mission Management Suite, formerly known as Jeppesen Operations Solution, will improve the Air Mobility Control Centre’s mission planning, operations management and resource scheduling capabilities. This content is available exclusively to
A Royal Australian Air Force C-17A Globemaster and crew have visited Indian Air Force counterparts to compare notes on operating the heavy transport. The visit to Air Force Station Hindon and Air Force Station Agra from June 12 to 16 included a series of briefings on each country’s capability and an opportunity to fly on
CAE has supported the Diamond Thunder distributed mission training exercise, which saw the RAAF network various simulation assets across the country as part of the new Air Warfare Instructors Course. The exercise involved the networking of F/A-18 classic Hornet simulators at both RAAF Base Williamtown and RAAF Base Tindal with the E-7A Wedgetail simulator at Williamtown and C-130J
Airbus Group Australia Pacific has placed 35 additional maintenance personnel in Townsville to support the Army’s operation of the MRH 90 trooplift helicopter. “Availability is the challenge for MRH 90 and we at our expense have placed 35 additional people into Townsville at the start of this year to improve the availability,” Airbus Group Australia Pacific managing
An RAAF P-8A Poseidon has completed the maritime surveillance aircraft’s first overseas deployment in Australian service. P-8A A47-001 has returned from a deployment to Royal Malaysian Air Force Base (RMAF) Butterworth as part of Operation Gateway which saw the aircraft fly routine maritime surveillance observing merchant and naval shipping in the North Indian Ocean and South China Sea. This content is
The first Japanese-assembled F-35A Joint Strike Fighter has been unveiled during a ceremony at Mitsubishi Heavy Industries’ Komaki South facility near Nagoya on Monday. Aircraft AX-5 is the first of 38 F-35As for the Japan Air Self Defence Force (JASDF) to be assembled at the Komaki South F-35 Final Assembly and Check Out (FACO) facility,