iscoverThe RAAF ceased all DHC-4 Caribou operations today (November 27) with the delivery of the final aircraft, A4-140, to Canberra, where it was handed over to the Australian War Memorial. The final flight follows the delivery of another Caribou to the RAAF Museum at Point Cook on November 26, and the relocation of the remaining
The RAAF took ‘initial delivery’ of two Boeing Wedgetail AEW&C aircraft at a ceremony at RAAF Williamtown on November 26. The ceremony was attended by Chief of Air Force AIRMSHL Mark Binskin; the DMO’s AEW&C program manager, AVM Chris Deeble; and Boeing’s AEW&C program vice president Maureen Doherty, as well as members of the RAAF’s
Australia has committed to buy a first batch of 14 Lockheed Martin F-35A Joint Strike Fighters (JSFs) and associated training and support infrastructure for the RAAF at an estimated cost of $3.2 billion, Defence Minister Senator John Faulkner announced today, after cabinet’s National Security Committee granted second pass approval for the purchase. The announcement sees
RAAF base Glenbrook in the lower Blue Mountains near Penrith, home of the RAAF’s Headquarters Air Command, will close in 2015. Originally slated for closure in 2010, the base, located in the former 1920s era Lapstone Hotel, will remain operational until upgrade works to RAAF base Amberley are completed and the new HQ Joint Operations
Boeing Defence Australia (BDA) and the ADF have signed a Deed of Standing Offer to conduct Electromagnetic Environmental Effects (E3) testing and design services for ADF aircraft and systems. The deed allows ADF units to contract directly with BDA to conduct E3 work at its RAAF Amberley facility. This content is available exclusively to Australian
Development of the Airbus Military KC-30 (A330 MRTT) for the RAAF continues, with the demonstration of simultaneous refuelling of two fighters last week. Little over a week after the first passing of fuel from one of the KC-30’s Cobham 905E hose and drogue refuelling pods, fuel has been simultaneously passed from the two pods to
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