All the hard work put in during the heavy exercise schedule undergone by Royal Australian Air Force E-7A Wedgetail crews has been reflected in the aircraft’s impressive performance under Operation OKRA, according to the detachment commander of the first Wedgetail rotation. Executive officer of No 42 Wing and formerly commanding officer of No 2 Squadron
Pratt & Whitney has issued a purchase order to South Australian firm Levett Engineering to make F135 engine components for the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter (JSF). The purchase order covers the manufacture, development and delivery of F135 engine main bearing housings, supports and oil flow manifolds for the global JSF engine fleet. Vice-president military engines
Joint Strike Fighter Program Executive Officer Lieutenant-General Christopher Bogdan says the JSF program continues to make “good, slow and steady progress” towards a number of key milestones. Speaking at the Avalon International Airshow, LtGen Bogdan says the program continues to hold to its 2010/11 re-baselined schedule, and that since that time, no milestones have shifted
The RAAF’s fleet of eight King Air 350 air combat officer (ACO) training aircraft, operated by 32 Squadron at RAAF Base East Sale, Victoria, recently chalked up 50,000 flying hours in service. Supplied and supported by Hawker Pacific, the fleet has been operational since 2003, providing the airborne platform for air combat officer and Royal
Avalon 2015 crowds are being treated to seeing a real, live, operational Global Hawk in the flesh. But what’s involved in flying the world’s largest UAV halfway across the Pacific? “A lot,” answers Major Devon Fitts, chief planner for UAVs with the USAF’s PACAF in Hawaii. Following an official request, planning for Global Hawk’s debut
The RAAF has unveiled its ‘Worimi’ Hornet, an F/A-18 fighter painted to demonstrate Air Force’s “commitment to indigenous men and women who have served and continue to serve, in the Australian Defence Force”. The aircraft, which features Aboriginal artwork in honour of the Worimi people, the traditional owners of the land on which RAAF Base Williamtown now sits, was unveiled at Avalon
