The RAAF has temporarily suspended flying its 33 BAE Systems Hawk lead-in fighters after a 79SQN aircraft experienced an as yet undisclosed technical problem on Monday. According to a Department of Defence media statement issued on October 13, a “Hawk aircraft at RAAF Base Pearce experienced a technical fault while taxiing before takeoff on Monday 11
Chief of Air Force Air Marshal Mark Binskin has announced that the RAAF will celebrate its 90th anniversary at the 2011 Australian International Airshow at Avalon in March. “The airshow will coincide with RAAF’s 90th Anniversary. So the 90th will be a key theme for this world class event which is run by Air Shows
Airbus Military has completed its third RAAF KC-30A (A330 MRTT) tanker transport conversion, the second to be undertaken in Brisbane by Qantas Defence Services (QDS), with the aircraft recently completing its post conversion test flight. After completing its four hour ‘production flight’ test flight, during which it reached an altitude of 41,000ft and various handling
The Israeli Ministry of Defence has signed a Letter of Offer and Acceptance for the procurement of the F-35A JSF, making it the first nation for formally order the aircraft through the US FMS process. “We’re very pleased with the Government of Israel’s decision to move forward with the US government’s Letter of Offer and
The US Government Accountability Office has denied a protest by US Aerospace after the USAF refused to accept the company’s bid for the KC-X program because it was delivered to program officials five minutes late. The company’s bid, based on a modified Antonov An-70 airframe with twin turbofan engines and renamed An-112KC, was revealed just
The fleet of seven F-35 JSF test aircraft has been cleared to return to flight following a week long grounding because of a fuel pump sequencing software issue. The lifting of the suspension comes after a software patch was developed and uploaded to the jets, five of which are at Pax River in Maryland and
