Category: RAAF

Australia will push back by two years its decision on whether to buy as many as 70 F-35 Joint Strike Fighters, Defence Minister Stephen Smith announced this morning. Smith said the decision, which follows a similar move by the US, would save Australia $1.6 billion over the next four years. Delaying the purchases, however, will

An RAAF KC-30A has set a new ADF record by carrying 220 passengers and 14 crew, the largest number of people ever to take off on a single RAAF flight. The aircraft, belonging to 33SSQN, carried passengers from the Australian Defence Force Academy on a two hour flight from the Defence Establishment Fairbairn, Canberra last

The Australian Defence Force is closely watching a US investigation into the fiery Easter Sunday crash of an F/A-18D ‘classic’ Hornet into a Virginia Beach apartment building. The US Navy has blamed the crash on a “catastrophic” system failure but is in the early stages of its investigation. Both pilots were able to eject safely

BAE Systems says it has successfully phased in a new Interim Basic Flying Training course under an $86.6 million contract with the Australian Defence Force. The first pilot training course under the new contract began in Tamworth in January with students expected to graduate by mid-year. This content is available exclusively to Australian Aviation members.