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Air New Zealand has announced that it has signed a conditional agreement for the sale of its aviation maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO), design and manufacturing subsidiary Safe Air to Airbus Group Australia Pacific. Air New Zealand chief operations officer Bruce Parton stated that the airline had been exploring opportunities to secure a solid future for
The RAAF has completed air-to-air boom refuelling trials that saw the E-7A Wedgetail refuelling from the KC-30A Multi Role Tanker Transport for the first time. The trials, which were conducted in airspace off the coast of northern New South Wales between June 1 and 13, were overseen by the RAAF’s Aircraft Research and Development Unit.
The Royal Australian Navy’s 725 Squadron has been re-commissioned during a ceremony at HMAS Albatross, Nowra, on Thursday. As NUSQN 725 the unit was stood up in February 2013, tasked with introducing the MH-60R Seahawk ‘Romeo’ into service, and will be the Fleet Air Arm’s training squadron for the new type, which is replacing the
Three of the four engines on board the A400M that crashed during a test flight shortly after takeoff from Seville on May 9 experienced “power frozen” after lift-off, investigators have found. Airbus Defence and Space said on Wednesday (European time) preliminary analysis by CITAAM – the organisation in Spain responsible for investigating military aircraft accidents –
One of two additional C-17 Globemasters for the RAAF has been seen on the ramp outside Boeing’s Long Beach plant. This image by Australian Aviation photo contributor Steve Allsopp taken on May 22 shows the aircraft wearing the RAAF serial A41-213, suggesting it is the second of the two new airlifters due for delivery later this year
A memorandum of agreement (MoA) between Airservices and the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) has cleared the way for the Heron remotely piloted unmanned aircraft system (UAS) to be used in Australian civil airspace. The Air Force currently has two Heron aircraft, which operate out of RAAF Base Woomera in South Australia. So far, the
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