Australian Aviation

The airline is attempting to push back Nick Rohrlach’s start date after it emerged he accepted a job working for Qantas’ loyalty scheme before switching to the Virgin rival shortly afterwards.

RAAF’s command centres in the sky can communicate with up to 80 aircraft, ground and sea units over an eye-popping distance of 4 million square kilometres during a single mission.

For the last month, Australian Aviation has been opening our archive to show you our best pictures of RAAF aircraft during the organisation’s 100-year history. But then we thought, what’s the best?

The iconic Bell UH-1B was a coming-of-age moment for military helicopters and gave RAAF real rotor power when it was first introduced to No. 9 Squadron in 1962.

RAAF’s new fleet of Poseidons excel at anti-submarine warfare, anti-surface warfare, intelligence, surveillance, reconnaissance and search and rescue.

The superpowered EA-18G Growler can shutdown enemy defences if it senses they’re onto it or proactively jam them anyway using its radar, making it one of the most advanced aircraft ever made.