Category: Defence

Defence

Thirty-four years of operational service have come to end for the C-130H, with the retirement of the aircraft from active service at a formal ceremony at RAAF Base Richmond on November 30. The aircraft have played an invaluable role since 1978 supporting defence personal on operation, humanitarian airlifts and missions as varied as airdropping hay

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The last RAAF AP-3C Orion on operational duty in the Middle East area of operations has been welcomed home to Australia. Orions from 92 Wing based at RAAF Edinburgh were first deployed in 2003 to provide intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance support to forces in the Middle East, including Iraq, the Persian Gulf and Afghanistan. More

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https://youtu.be/q2LSmpqAZ74 Chinese media has shown footage of the J-15 fighter successfully landing on and taking off from the nation’s first aircraft carrier, the Liaoning. This content is available exclusively to Australian Aviation members. Login Become a Member To continue reading the rest of this article, please login. Username or Email Password Forgot password? Keep me

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The RAAF and Pilatus are celebrating the 25th anniversary of the Pilatus PC-9/A turboprop trainer entering Australian service. First delivered on November 24 1987 and having since amassed 440,000 hours across a current fleet of 63 aircraft, the PC-9 is in service with the RAAF’s flying training units at East Sale (CFS) and Pearce (2FTS),

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Lockheed Martin has delivered three short takeoff/vertical landing (STOVL) F-35Bs to the US Marine Corps’ Marine Fighter Attack Squadron 121. The delivery of the aircraft marks the the beginning of STOVL tactical operational training at the Yuma air station. This content is available exclusively to Australian Aviation members. Login Become a Member To continue reading

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The first three production A400Ms have entered final assembly at Airbus Military’s facility in Seville, Spain. Our photo shows two aircraft for France and one for Turkey.  A fourth A400M, also for France, is entering final assembly. All four aircraft are scheduled for delivery in 2013. This content is available exclusively to Australian Aviation members.

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