Category: RAAF

Adagold’s Air Sustainment contract affirmed
Defence

A dispute over the awarding of the ADF’s Middle East Air Sustainment contract has been resolved, with Adagold Aviation entering into a two year contract with Defence on October 22. The contract was awarded following an investigation by the ADF’s Chief Audit Executive and an independent validation of the process by PricewaterhouseCoopers. It had been

F-111 exhibition to be held at Ipswich Art Gallery
Defence

The Ipswich Art Gallery will be dedicated to an exhibition of F-111 artefacts and memorabilia from late November to coincide with the retirement of the aircraft from RAAF service on December 3. The gallery says “stories of the crews, pilots and designers will feature alongside drawings, mementos and some rare photographs.” This content is available

JSOW trial images released
Defence

The Department of Defence has released images of the test dropping of a AGM-154C JSOW glide bomb from a RAAF F/A-18F Super Hornet last month. The weapon release was part of 1SQN’s first live weapon trials with the Super Hornet at the Woomera Test Range, north of Adelaide. Five Super Hornets and about 100 aircrew,

Hawk cleared to resume flying
Defence

The RAAF has cleared its BAE Systems Hawk lead-in fighter fleet to resume flying, six days after flying was suspended following the discovery of an undisclosed “technical fault“. “Following an investigation into that incident, the Hawk fleet has been cleared to resume flying, with each aircraft to receive a detailed technical inspection prior to flight,”

KC-30 remains on Projects of Concern list, AP-3C ESM added
Defence

Defence Minister Stephen Smith and Defence Materiel Minister Jason Clare have added the AP-3C Orion’s Air 5276 Phase 8B ESM upgrade program to the list of ‘Projects of Concern’, while Project Air 5402 to acquire five Airbus Military KC-30 tanker/transports remains on the list, despite the aircraft recently gaining Spanish military certification. Air 5402 is

RAAF Hawk flying “on hold”
Defence

The RAAF has temporarily suspended flying its 33 BAE Systems Hawk lead-in fighters after a 79SQN aircraft experienced an as yet undisclosed technical problem on Monday. According to a Department of Defence media statement issued on October 13, a “Hawk aircraft at RAAF Base Pearce experienced a technical fault while taxiing before takeoff on Monday 11

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