Personnel who flew, maintained and supported Australia’s long serving F-111 fighters have been honoured at a ceremony marking the one year anniversary of the last flight of the iconic jet. A memorial to service members who were part of the program was unveiled today at RAAF Amberly as part of the ceremony. “Needless to say,
Australian Aerospace has handed over the last of the Army’s ARH Tiger helicopters, marking the end of a production run hit by several significant delays. The Australian ARH development of the Eurocopter Tiger is configured as an armed reconnaissance platform carrying a 30mm nose-mounted cannon, 70mm rockets and Hellfire air-to-ground missiles. Defence ordered 22 Tigers
The mining boom is driving strong growth in passenger travel to and from Perth even as more popular east coast routes show sluggish or negative growth. Overall passenger numbers through the Western Australia capital were up 9.5 per cent to 11.45 million for the year ending September 30, according to figures released by the Bureau
Following in the footsteps of other major US carriers, American Airlines has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection as it seeks to restructure operations and cut labour costs. American said the filing would have no immediate impact on flight schedules and would not affect its frequent flyer program. A “modest” reduction in flights and a
A KC-30A MRTT of the RAAF’s 33SQN commenced air-to-air refuelling trials with an F/A-18B Hornet from the Edinburgh based Aircraft Research and Development Unit (ARDU) on October 18. The trials, including wet and dry hook ups, took place between KC-30A A39-003 and ARDU’s resident F/A-18B A21-101 test aircraft, and saw the start of trials which
The Government has given first pass approval for Phase 1A of the Air 5438 Lead-In Fighter Capability Assurance Program (CAP). This first phase will identify the requirements for the upgrade the RAAF’s Hawk 127 lead in fighter capability, so that it may continue to produce aircrew with the necessary skills to operate current RAAF combat
