Category: RAAF

Eight USN Super Hornets and supporting aircraft arrived in Townsville recently to participate in the two-week exercise Black Dagger as part of the qualification of joint terminal attack controllers. Regular photo contributor to Australian Aviation, Dave Parer, took these images at the aircraft arrived in Townsville. This content is available exclusively to Australian Aviation members.

Minister for Defence Stephen Smith and Minister for Defence Materiel Mike Kelly announced on Tuesday that the Vigilare air defence command-and-control system has achieved final operational capability (FOC). Vigilare has been installed at RAAF Base Williamtown and RAAF Base Tindal, giving the ADF enhanced surveillance and communications capabilities. The system fuses surveillance data from multiple

CAE Australia has completed a comprehensive visual system upgrade for the Royal Australian Air Force’s (RAAF) C-130J full-flight and mission simulator (FFMS) located at RAAF Base Richmond. The simulator re-entered service ahead of schedule last month and is providing the RAAF with an enhanced and more realistic virtual environment to conduct flight and mission training.

A brace of USAF F-16 fighters has arrived at RAAF Base Williamtown to participate in the RAAF’s Fighter Combat Instructors’ (FCI) course. The aircraft, which are based at Eielson AFB in Alaska, are painted in dissimilar combat markings and its pilots are trained to mimic those tactics used by potential adversaries. This content is available