Australian Aviation

The 360-degree, 4k footage was recorded while the RAAF aircraft rehearsed for this month’s Riverfire festival.

Richard Goyder said executive pay had been “constrained” during the pandemic and argued the airline’s “underlying strength” was an “absolute credit” to Joyce and his team.

Her Majesty was known as a strong advocate of the RAAF. In March last year, she made only her third public appearance since the start of the COVID pandemic to honour the Air Force’s centenary.

Australian Aviation’s eagle-eyed photographer Nic Hope snapped these pictures from the desert storage facility, which includes a two-year-old MAX registered as SP-LVN.

The three-level, $260 million project doubles the building’s capacity and offers “spectacular” views of both the surrounding area as well the northern NSW hinterland.

The training program, which began on 19 August, featured 100 aircraft and 2,500 military personnel from 17 different nations.