Category: RAAF

Chief of Air Force AIRMSHL Geoff Brown and Minister for Defence Senator David Johnston have formally welcomed home more than 100 RAAF personnel who had been deployed to Multi National Base – Tarin Kot (MNB-TK) in Afghanistan. The formal ceremony at RAAF Base Amberley on February 14 follows the closure of MNB-TK in December, and

Boeing has announced the delivery of the first of four 737 AEW&C Peace Eagle aircraft to Turkey. The Peace Eagle is essentially a derivative of the E-7A Wedgetail in RAAF service, and its delivery sees Turkey become the third operator to induct the aircraft after Australia and South Korea. This content is available exclusively to

Northrop Grumman has delivered the 100th set of airborne electronic attack (AEA) components to the US Navy for installation on in-production EA-18G Growlers. The AEA kit features wing tip pods and gun bay pallets, specialised antennas and receivers, the AN/ALQ-218 antenna/tactical jamming system receiver, and the AN/ALQ-227 communication countermeasures set/electronic attack unit. This content is

A draft report from the Pentagon’s Director of Operational test & Evaluation (DOT&E), Dr Michael Gilmore has warned that continuing software and hardware development issues on the F-35 JSF program could delay the US Marine Corps’ efforts to achieve initial operational capability (IOC) in 2015. The 25-page draft report is a detailed critique of the