Category: RAAF

Defence

The Royal Australian Air Force will deploy four EA-18G Growlers to Red Flag 18-1 at Nellis AFB in Las Vegas, the first overseas exercise deployment for the new electronic attack aircraft. The Growlers, from Amberley-based 6SQN, will be joined from January 29 to February 16 by an E-7A Wedgetail AEW&C aircraft and an AP-3C Orion,

Defence

Royal Australian Air Force fighters have flown their last missions over Iraq, with two 1 Squadron F/A-18F Super Hornets completing the Australian Air Task Group’s final “strike mission” as part of Operation Okra on Sunday, Defence has announced. The RAAF has maintained a continuous deployment of six F/A-18 fighters, either single-seat F/A-18A ‘classic’ Hornets and dual-seat F/A-18F

Defence

Success in any field is not merely dependent upon having the best assets. Be they hardware, software, experience or the human element, time and again it has been proven that the best results can be achieved when there is coordination, consultation and integration between all parties. Only then can the stakeholders maximise their potential. As

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Heralded in by the arrival of the new Pilatus PC-21, a change is coming in the way that future generations of Australian Defence Force pilots will earn their wings. The new process extends, literally, from the ground up, and exciting times are ahead. The home of pilot standards The halls of the Central Flying School

Defence

Air combat operations against ISIS by the Royal Australian Air Force’s Air Task Group (ATG) under Operation Okra have ended, with the strike element of the ATG to return home to Australia in January, Defence Minister Senator Marise Payne announced on Friday. The current rotation of six F/A-18F Super Hornets, one E-7A Wedgetail and a KC-30A

Defence

Lockheed Martin says it has delivered the 66th F-35 Lightning II aircraft for 2017, thereby meeting its delivery target for this year. To date, more than 265 of the fighters have been delivered to US and international customers, the company stated, and the F-35 fleet had surpassed 115,000 cumulative flight hours. This content is available

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