Australian Aviation

Announced on 2 April, 1975, the first two RAAF C-130 Hercules flights left Saigon on 4 April, bringing 194 children to Bangkok, where they were put on a specially-chartered Qantas Boeing 747 to Australia. Two more flights followed on 17 April.

Defence has selected Northrop Grumman to install the AN/ALQ-251 system that can offer radar warning and precision direction-finding of radio frequency threats.

Election 2025 will bring together leading policymakers, national security experts and thought leaders who will analyse our defence and national security capabilities.

Captain Danniel Lyon, Lieutenant Maxwell Nugent, Warrant Officer Class 2 Joseph ‘Phillip’ Laycock and Corporal Alexander Naggs lost their lives during the accident, which occurred on 28 July 2023 during Exercise Talisman Sabre.

On the ground at the 2025 Avalon Airshow, Adam and Jake get an up-close look at some military hardware as they discuss the news of the previous week.

Flight JQ136 from Christchurch touched down in Cairns at around 10:40am on Wednesday aboard the A320-200 VH-VQL. The flights will operate three times per week, adding an estimated 70,000 trans-Tasman seats.