Pilots and crews from the Royal Saudi Air Force (RSAF) have commenced training on their A330 Multi Role Tanker Transports (MRTT) at Getafe in Spain. The training will be conducted by Airbus Military instructors, and will include training for air logistic transport and air-to-air refuelling operators. The RSAF will take delivery of its first MRTT
Just five weeks after returning to flight following a four month grounding, the USAF has again grounded some of its F-22 Raptors because of an onboard oxygen system issue. F-22s based at the 1st Fighter Wing at JB Langley-Eustis in Virginia were grounded on October 20 after a pilot experienced hypoxia like symptoms while on
Two former RAAF Boeing 707 tanker transports have departed Richmond where they have been laid up for over three years, bound for a new home in the US with Omega Air Services. The aircraft – N624RH which was formerly A20-624, and N629RH which was A20-629 – departed Richmond about 20 minutes apart on October 23
The final four aircraft of an order of 24 Boeing F/A-18F Super Hornets for the RAAF arrived at their Amberley home base west of Brisbane on Friday. The four aircraft completed the final leg of their trans-Pacific delivery flight, which originated at Naval Air Station Lemoore in California on October 13. The aircraft were supported
The federal government has confirmed it has requested pricing and availability of 10 Alenia C-27J tactical transport aircraft for the RAAF. The Air 8000 Phase 2 Battlefield Airlifter (BFA) project aims to replace the tactical airlift capability left vacant by the retirement of the RAAF’s DHC Caribou in December 2009, and has been put off
Defence Minister Stephen Smith has confirmed the federal government is considering the acquisition of an electronic attack capability through the modification of up to 12 of the RAAF’s Boeing F/A-18F+ Super Hornets. Speaking to SKY News on October 19, Mr Smith said “we are now starting the process of looking very closely and carefully at
