Category: Defence

RAAF F/A-18 Hornets have conducted a “familiarisation sortie” with Japan Air Self Defence Force (JASDF) F-15 fighters, the first time aircraft from the two air arms have exercised together in a bilateral environment. The flight, conducted on July 14 during Exercise Red Flag Alaska, involved 3SQN F/A-18s and F-15s from the JASDF’s No 4 Air

BAE Systems Australia has successfully completed a Production Readiness Review (PPR) for the tail components it manufactures for the F-35 JSF program. “Achieving this key milestone of PRR means we are a step closer towards full rate production, which would involve further production readiness assessments,” according to Kim Scott, BAE System’s land and integrated systems

Six retired Australian Army UH-1H Iroquois helicopters have been reserved for sale to historical organisations, Minister for Defence Materiel Jason Clare has announced. The helicopters will be offered to organisations “in Australia that have strong historic connections with the aircraft and can maintain the aircraft as static displays,” Clare said, adding that it was “important

The USAF has confirmed Nellis AFB in Las Vegas will be the home of its F-35 operational test and evaluation (OT) unit and will also receive a number of F-35As for the weapons school (WA) there. Following the May release of an environmental impact statement (EIS) into basing the new jets at Nellis, the USAF’s