The six-person MTT-C team is embedded with PNGDF counterparts on three-month rotations, three times a year. Their focus spans training, flight operations, aircraft maintenance, logistics and personnel management, areas critical to building a capable and self-reliant air force in the near region.
The B-52 with new radar, delivered to 412th Test Wing at Edwards Air Force Base in California, is designed to advance platform capabilities into the 2050s by improving situational awareness, target prosecution and aircrew survivability.
At RAAF Base Williamtown, No. 2 Squadron designed a limited, special edition pink patch for Breast Cancer Awareness Month in October, while in November, many Aircraftmen participated in Movember, a campaign dedicated to raising awareness for some of the struggles Australian men face the most.
An exclusive Foo Fighters concert, to be held at University of Tasmania Stadium on 24 January, will see around 6,700 passengers travel through Launceston the day before, with Qantas, Virgin and Jetstar all putting on extra flights to meet the anticipated demand.
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The note, signed by Allied nations aviators, is believed to be from approximately 1 to 19 July 1942, and holds up to 30 signatures from RAAF and US Air Force personnel.