Controlled Airspace? This story emanates from the protracted war that raged on, largely unnoticed by the outside world, during the late 1960s and right through the 1970s in Rhodesia (now the independent state of Zimbabwe). Rhodesian Security Forces faced a mammoth task of combating the continued incursions into Rhodesia of ever-increasing numbers of heavily armed

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Phased Upgrade Programme Planned For Raaf’s F/A-18 Hornets A phased upgrade programme to maintain a technological edge in the region through until well into the 21st Century is planned for the Royal Australian Air Force’s 71 front line F/A-18 Hornet fighters. The Project, known as Air 5376, is moving ahead under the Five Year Defence

Air Nz’s Profit Soars On the day Air New Zealand announced a record net profit of $NZ190.66m for the year to June 30, the airline’s 1200 engineers filed two weeks notice of industrial action over a pay claim. The airline’s profit was 36% higher than the previous year, when the profit was $NZ139.5m and $NZ115.1m