iscoverThe Department of Defence says a component failure in the fuel system caused the engine failure which led to the May 18 crash of a RAAF PC-9/A. “Air Force will now work with its contracted maintenance organisations, and engine manufacturer Pratt & Whitney, to establish the cause of the component failure,” Defence said in a
CAE Australia has been awarded a contract to provide aircrew training and simulator maintenance and support services for the RAAF’s incoming KC-30A tankers. Under contract to Airbus Military, CAE has designed and built the KC-30’s full-flight and mission simulator, plus a KC-30 air refuelling officer part-task trainer and a CAE Simfinity integrated procedures trainer. These
Current Deputy Chief of Air Force AVM Geoff Brown will be the new Chief of Air Force (CAF) from July 1, with current CAF AIRMSHL Mark Binskin moving across to become Vice Chief of the Defence Force (VCDF), as part of changes to the senior leadership of the ADF announced today that will also see
The RAAF’s first of five Airbus Military KC-30A Multi Role Tanker Transports (MRTT) arrived at Amberley on May 30 before being officially handed over to the RAAF on June 1, more than two and a half years later than the original November 2008 schedule. “This is a very major and long awaited milestone for the
An Australian Army CH-47D Chinook helicopter has crashed in Afghanistan, resulting in the death of one passenger and injuries to five others. The Chinook, A15-102, from the 5th Aviation Regiment and attached to the US Army’s 159th Combat Aviation Brigade, crashed in Zabul Province on May 30. The passenger killed, 27-year-old Lieutenant Marcus Case was a qualified Army
France has agreed to a sale of four Mistral-class helicopter carriers to Russia, in a deal reportedly worth US$1.94 billion. Russia’s order for the 200 metre long ‘command-and-control’ carriers is the first major purchase of NATO military hardware by the former Soviet state. However, the purchase has rattled some of Russia’s neighbours, most notably Georgia
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