Category: RAAF

Defence

The Department of the Environment has approved the final environmental impact statement for F-35 flying operations from RAAF bases Williamtown and Tindal and over the Salt Ash air weapons range. The EIS approval, published on July 10, is subject to the RAAF meeting 15 conditions, “to minimise impacts to listed threatned species and communities…, wetlands of

Defence

Two separate contracts signed in recent days show how the RAAF’s acquisition of the P-8A Poseidon is gathering pace. On June 30 a US Department of Defence statement detailed that Boeing has been awarded a contract for the procurement of long-lead items for the manufacture of the P-8A Poseidon that includes four RAAF aircraft. The

Air Traffic Management

Airservices has for the first time guided a Royal Australian Air Force remotely piloted aircraft (RPA) through civilian airspace. The Heron took off from Rockhampton Airport on June 24 ahead of Exercise Talisman Sabre. Shortly after departure, air traffic control of the aircraft was transferred over to controllers located at Brisbane Airport for onwards clearances

Defence

Air Marshal Gavin ‘Leo’ Davies has assumed command of the Royal Australian Air Force, taking over from outgoing Chief of Air Force Air Marshal Geoff Brown in a ceremony in Canberra on Friday morning. AIRMSHL Davies, formerly Deputy Chief of Air Force and a one time F-111 pilot, formally began his tenure as CAF during the change

Defence

The federal government will invest $274 million in the redevelopment of facilities at RAAF Base Williamtown, Prime Minister Tony Abbott has announced. The upgrade is part of the $1.2 billion investment in facilities that is being made to prepare Williamtown for the arrival of the F-35A Lightning II. Construction work is due to start in

Defence

Australia is to acquire two further Airbus KC-30A tanker-transports, taking the RAAF’s fleet to seven, Defence Minister Kevin Andrews has announced. “The two additional KC-30A aircraft will be delivered in 2018 and provide a substantial increase to the air-to-air refuelling capacity of the RAAF,” Andrews said in a statement on Wednesday. This content is available

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