iscoverThe RAAF’s Central Flying School plans to mark its centenary of formation in March 1913 with a reunion dinner at its East Sale, Victoria base on March 8 2013. CFS first formed on March 7 1913 at Point Cook near Melbourne as the first flying unit within the Australian Flying Corps. The unit has been
The RAAF’s sixth C-17 Globemaster airlifter touched down at its new home base of RAAF Amberley on November 6 at the end of its delivery flight from the US. C-17 A41-211 was formally handed over to the RAAF in a ceremony at Boeing’s Long Beach plant on November 1, and it joins five other C-17s
Chief of Air Force Air Marshal Geoff Brown has observed production of the centre fuselage for the first RAAF F-35A Joint Strike Fighter during a visit to Northrop Grumman’s Palmdale, California facility last week. AIRMSHL Brown toured Northrop Grumman’s Integrated Assembly Line, which produces F-35 centre fuselage sections, and where the first inlet ducts for
The Eglin Air Force, Florida based Integrated Test Force has completed 500 F-35 JSF sorties. Operating both the CTOL F-35A and STOVL F-35B, the Integrated Test Force accomplished the 500 sortie milestone in 238 days, Lockheed Martin says, reducing the time between each 100th sortie from initially 123 days to currently 16 days. This content is
The fifth production P-8A Poseidon maritime patrol aircraft has been delivered to the US Navy. A further three Poseidons are undergoing mission systems installation and pre-delivery tests in Seattle with two more in final assembly. This content is available exclusively to Australian Aviation members. Login Become a Member To continue reading the rest of this
The Royal Australian Air Force has taken delivery of its sixth and final C-17 Globemaster transport in a ceremony at Boeing’s Long Beach, California factory on November 1. The airflifter will join five already in service with 36 Squadron at RAAF Amberley. This content is available exclusively to Australian Aviation members. Login Become a Member
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