ADF deploys for five power exercises
The ADF has deployed 12 aircraft and two naval vessels to participate in Exercise Bersama Shield 2012 in southeast Asia. The exercise marks the 41st anniversary of the Five Power Defence Arrangements (FPDA), a series of bilateral agreements between the United Kingdom, Australia, New Zealand, Malayisa and Singapore. This year’s exercise, set to run through
Airservices announces scholarship winners
Airservices Australia has announced the winners of two sets of scholarships aimed at fostering the next generation of Australian pilots. The first, awarded in conjunction with the Australian Women Pilots’ Association, presented four winners with $6000 to subsidise the cost of obtaining a private or commercial pilot’s licences. An additional $2000 is awarded as a
Skyhawk returns home 18 years later
A former RAN TA-4G Skyhawk is returning to Australia nearly 20 years after it was sold to New Zealand, and will take up its new home at the Navy Fleet Air Arm Museum. The McDonnell Douglas built aircraft, serial No. N13-154911, served with the RAN’s No. 724 SQN from 1967 until 1984, when it was
Govt extends investor-friendly deeds to small airports
The federal government will extend tripartite deeds to all airports on public land in a bid to attract financing for future development. The deeds – deals between the government, airports and financiers – help attract investors by giving financiers a stake in case airports go out of business or lose their operating licence. The government
KC-30A sets new passenger record
An RAAF KC-30A has set a new ADF record by carrying 220 passengers and 14 crew, the largest number of people ever to take off on a single RAAF flight. The aircraft, belonging to 33SSQN, carried passengers from the Australian Defence Force Academy on a two hour flight from the Defence Establishment Fairbairn, Canberra last
Two F-35Cs fly together in program first
Two aircraft carrier-variant F-35C Joint Strike Fighters have flown together for the first time. The test aircraft, CF-1 and CF-2, flew in formation for more than an hour after taking off from Naval Air Station Patuxent River in Maryland, Lockheed Martin says. Three versions of the F-35 are being produced for the US military: the
