Category: Defence

Control of the RAAF’s 5 Flight, which operates the Heron surveillance UAV in Afghanistan, has been transferred from Air Combat Group to Surveillance and Response Group (SRG). At the time the Heron capability was stood up in January 2010, Air Combat Group was deemed the most suitable FEG (Force Element Group) for the nascent UAV

The Prime Minister Julia Gillard and Minister for Defence Stephen Smith today announced the acquisition of 12 new-build Boeing EA-18G Growlers electronic attack aircraft to help cover the transition to a RAAF air combat fleet of at least 72 F-35 Joint Strike Fighters. The news came at the same time as the government released its

The first shipset of parts from BAE Systems’ advanced manufacturing facility at Edinburgh Parks was delivered to Marand’s F-35 vertical tail fin assembly line in Victoria this week. The shipset comprises around 30 complex titanium components of varying sizes that will form part of two vertical tails for each of more than 722 F-35s during

Boeing has rolled out the first F-15SA for the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. The F-15SA, the newest variant of the F-15, provides improved performance and increased survivability at a lower life-cycle cost, Boeing says. The aircraft has two additional wing stations for increased payload and capability. This content is available exclusively to Australian Aviation members.