A Royal Saudi Air Force A330 MRTT tanker has supported a trans-Atlantic deployment of RSAF F-15s to Las Vegas to Red Flag exercises earlier this year. The aircraft staged through Moron AFB in Spain and McGuire AFB in New Jersey, and covered 16,000km each way. A release from Airbus Defence and Space congratulating the RSAF
Airbus Defence and Space has sought to reinforce the message that the former Airbus and EADS military divisions are now gathered under the one banner and offer a family of products that spans air superiority fighters, transports, multi-role tankers and unmanned aerial systems (UAS), plus the services required for both initial and ongoing support. The
An exercise designed to strengthen the ties between the Five Power Defence Agreement (FPDA) nations of Australia, the UK, Malaysia, Singapore and New Zealand has wrapped up in and around the Malay Peninsula. The exercise involved ships, submarines, and 53 aircraft from the five nations which flew 750 missions, including two RAAF AP-3C Orions, an
The first USAF JSF squadron has received its 26th and final F-35A following the delivery of aircraft AF-45. The 58th Fighter Squadron (FS) at Eglin AFB in Florida is the USAF element of the 33rd Fighter Wing’s F-35 integrated training center, and is tasked for training USAF instructor pilots and maintainers on the aircraft. “We’ve been
Chief of Air Force Air Marshal Geoff Brown has launched an ambitious plan to achieve new levels of efficiency and operational flexibility in the RAAF and broader ADF to maximise the potential offered by the fifth generation F-35 and other new capabilities into the future. In a speech at a Williams Foundation dinner attended by high-level
The DMO has released an invitation to register interest for a Navy Unmanned Aerial System (NUAS) to operate from the RAN’s Armidale class patrol boats. The tender (DMOMSD/ITR0001/2014) states “The Commonwealth requires a fully integrated Naval Unmanned Aerial System (NUAS) capability on the Armidale Class Patrol Boat (ACPB)”, and suggests a fixed-wing type such as
