This Australian Aviation feature from January-February 2017 looks at the arrival of the first RAAF Boeing P-8A Poseidon in November 2016.
A generational change in Australian airpower has been marked with the arrival of the first two RAAF F-35A Lightning II Joint Strike Fighters at RAAF Base Williamtown on Monday morning.
The Joint Strike Fighter Program Office has officially cleared the Lockheed Martin F-35 to begin initial operational test & evaluation, the milestone coming as the first two F-35As to be based in Australia arrive in-country.
Airbus has signed a MoU with Lockheed Martin to market the Airbus A330 MRTT - in service with the RAAF as the KC-30A – to potential US customers.
This feature from the April 2017 magazine edition of Australia Aviation looks at the Lockheed Martin F-35A's appearance at the 2017 Avalon Airshow.
The first two RAAF Lockheed Martin F-35As to be based in Australia have departed Luke AFB in Arizona, bound for RAAF Williamtown.