Boeing has celebrated the 20th anniversary of the first flight of its C-17 Globemaster III. Test aircraft T-1 first flew on September 15 1991, completing a two hour test flight from Boeing’s Long Beach site. Interestingly, the C-17 achieved no fewer than 33 world records during initial flight testing from Edwards Air Force Base. “There
The Airbus Military KC-30A Multi-Role Tanker Transport (MRTT) has completed its first flight in RAAF service, after undertaking a two hour, 45 minute sortie from RAAF Amberley on September 16. KC-30A A39-002 departed Amberley at approximately 10:40am on Friday, flying over Roma and the Sunshine Coast before returning later that afternoon. Eight personnel were on
The ADF’s delayed MRH 90 helicopter will undergo a second ‘diagnostic review’ from next week, Minister for Defence Materiel Jason Clare has announced. The announcement follows the completion of a first diagnostic review earlier this year, which in April recommended a second review be conducted to assess the effectiveness of the remediation plan for the
The RAF’s Airbus Military A330 MRTT Future Strategic Transport Aircraft (FSTA) has obtained military certification from Spain’s Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Aerospacial (INTA), following civil certification by EASA earlier in July. With the final approvals from both military and civilian regulators, Airbus hopes to make its first aircraft delivery to the RAF “in the coming
RAAF Caribous are set to return to the skies with Defence announcing that two of the aircraft are being acquired by HARS (the Historical Aircraft Restoration Society), and seven going to Brisbane based Amrock Aviation. The Illawarra based HARS will preserve its two Caribou in flying condition, with the support of Australian Aerospace, which provided
The RAAF has officially taken delivery of its fifth Boeing C-17 Globemaster III, A41-210, in a ceremony held at the manufacturer’s final assembly facility in Long Beach, California on September 14. The delivery ceremony for A41-210 was attended by Minister for Defence Stephen Smith, Chief of the Defence Force GEN David Hurley, secretary of the
