A new class of F/A-18 Hornet pilots will be put through their final paces during two-plus weeks of exercises at RAAF Townsville. More than 150 RAAF personnel and as many as 12 F/A-18 Hornets will take part in Exercise High Sierra, which begins today and runs through December 8. The 2 Operational Conversion Unit (2OCU)
The United States will sell 24 refurbished F-16C/D fighter jets to Indonesia under a proposed deal announced Friday during the Asia-Pacific summit in Bali. Including equipment, parts, training and logistical support, the price tag on the deal comes to roughly US$750 million, according to a statement by the US Defense Security Cooperation Agency notifying Congress
The US Defense Security Cooperation Agency (DSCA) has notified congress of the possible sale of a sixth Boeing C-17 to Australia at an estimated cost of $300 million. The deal would include up to four Pratt & Whitney F117-PW-100 engines, one AN/AAQ-24V(13) Large Aircraft Infrared Countermeasures System, as well as spare parts, testing equipment and
Ghana’s Air Force has taken delivery of the first of two C295 transport planes on order form Airbus Military. Ghana will use the planes for domestic military transport and humanitarian relief missions. To date, Airbus Military has sold 85 of the twin turboprop C295s to 14 different operators.
A seat at the end of a giant robot arm is at the centre of what is being hailed as “the next big thing” in combat flight simulation. As this video at the end of this post makes clear, Deakin University’s new Universal Motion Simulator (UMS) is not for the weak of stomach. Capable of
‘Air Force One’, the US Air Force Boeing VC-25 carrying US President Barrack Obama, touched down at Canberra Airport this afternoon shortly after 3pm, at the start of the president’s brief Australian visit. The VC-25 (a development of the 747-200 airliner) was preceded by two USAF C-17 and one C-5 flights carrying the president’s motorcade
