Flying a RAAF AP-3C ISR mission Canada this year hosted the regular Fincastle anti-submarine competition between crews from Australia, Canada, New Zealand and the UK, providing valuable training in a friendly but competitive setting. The competition involves anti-submarine warfare (ASW) crews flying a series of complex missions that are critiqued and graded by a pair

Victoria’s regional airline secret Sharp Airlines, founded in 1990 in the late Sir Reginald Ansett’s launching pad of Hamilton in western Victoria, has surprised its owners with the rapid expansion of its business in the past two years. The prospects keep opening up for the regional airline, which had aimed to consolidate its operations in

RAAF airlift upsizes to the C-17 era The C-17 has certainly made a big impact in Australia since the first was delivered to the RAAF in December 2006. The Boeing airlifter has impressed not only for its sheer size and capability, but also for its very rapid and smooth introduction to service as it quickly

Development and growth at QantasLink QantasLink’s regional operations continue to play an important part of the Qantas Group’s success. Since it merged the Airlink, Sunstate, Eastern and Southern Australian Airlines brands in 2001, QantasLink has consolidated its fleet and operations, as well as some routes. Nevertheless, QantasLink continues to operate more flights across a wider