Thousands of Australians and New Zealanders will soon begin making their way to Gallipoli to mark the centenary of World War One. Among those who will gather at the ANZAC Commemorative site for the dawn service on April 25 will be 16-year-old Australian Air Force Cadet (AAFC) Flight Sergeant Felicity West, the winer of the 2014 Eleanore
RAAF Flight Lieutenant James Pears is the first Australian to fly a P-8A Poseidon after taking the maritime surveillance aircraft on a four-hour flight around US Naval Air Station Jacksonville. The flight took place on Tuesday afternoon US time, Defence said in a statement. This content is available exclusively to Australian Aviation members. Login Become a
Prime Minister Tony Abbott has confirmed Australia will acquire two additional Boeing C-17 airlifters. The Royal Australian Air Force’s 36 Squadron already operates a fleet of six C-17 Globemasters from its Amberley base, with the seventh to be delivered in July/August and the eighth aircraft to be delivered by the end of this year, the Prime
The Defence Materiel Organisation and the Capability Development Group are to be abolished and their functions replaced by a new Capability Acquisition and Sustainment Group, after the federal government accepted all bar one of 76 recommendations from the First Principles Review of Defence. The review was led by former Rio Tinto managing director David Peever,
Commander Air Mobility Group Air Commodore Warren McDonald CSC has been appointed the next Deputy Chief – DCAF – of the Royal Australian Air Force. McDonald, who will be promoted to Air Vice-Marshal, will assume the role of DCAF in July, when current deputy chief Air Vice-Marshal Leo Davies will be appointed Chief of Air Force, in
F/A-18A Hornets from 75 Squadron have taken over air combat operations over Iraq from 1 Squadron’s F/A-18F Super Hornets, Defence has announced. The six single-seat F/A-18A ‘classic’ Hornets deployed to Al Minhad Air Base, near Dubai, in early March, and have since been conducting familiarisation flights prior to taking on full operational responsibilities for the RAAF’s