iscoverUp to seven RAAF F/A-18 Hornets have begun their participation in this year’s Exercise Red Flag Alaska 11-2, a multinational air combat training exercise designed to test the skills of pilots and ground crew personnel in a realistic, combat environment. Based at Alaska’s Eielson Air Force Base, Red Flag Alaska will see Hornets from RAAF
Current Air Attache to Washington AIRCDRE Leo Davies has been appointed as the next Deputy Chief of Air Force, replacing now AIRMSHL Geoff Brown, who has been promoted to become Chief of Air Force. AIRCDRE Davies won’t take up the position, which will see him promoted to Air Vice-Marshal, until the end of the year.
The RAAF has a new Chief of Air Force (CAF) after Air Marshal Mark Binskin formally handed over command to newly promoted Air Marshal Geoff Brown today. Brown was announced as the incoming CAF by Prime Minister Julia Gillard and Defence Minister Stephen Smith on June 1 as part of the changeover of defence senior
Eleven RAAF veterans have been awarded the United States Air Medal in recognition of their efforts in supporting the US Fifth Air Force during the Korean War. The veterans, all former pilots with 77SQN, were presented the medals by United States Ambassador, Jeffrey Bleich, during a ceremony in Canberra yesterday. This content is available exclusively
The RAAF’s second Airbus Military KC-30A tanker has arrived in Australia, touching down at RAAF Amberley on June 18 before being formally handed over yesterday (June 22). The arrival of the second fully completed KC-30A (A39-002) follows the delivery of the RAAF’s first aircraft on May 30. This content is available exclusively to Australian Aviation
A review into civil aviation access to military airfields, released for public comment by Defence Minister Stephen Smith last Thursday, warns against further easing of access restrictions to RAAF bases around Australia, and argues there is “no case” to open bases near major capital cities to RPT airline operations. “The major capital city airports have
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