Boeing and Saab have been awarded the United States Air Force (USAF) new training aircraft contract worth up to US$9.2 billion.
To mark 27 years of operational service, 30 CT-4 training aircraft have conducted a mass display over their home base at Tamworth in northern NSW.
Hawker Pacific has been named as the prime contractor to develop the Australian Defence Force's Air Combat Officer (ACO) Training System.
Defence has begun the process of acquiring new light helicopters for special forces support with the release of a request for information (RFI).
The ADF’s new Joint Helicopter School has graduated its first course of Australian Navy and Army pilots, aviation warfare officers and helicopter aircrew. Set within the Navy’s 723 Squadron at HMAS Albatross, Nowra, the Joint Helicopter School has been established to train Navy and Army helicopter pilots and aircrew using 15 Airbus Helicopters EC135 T2
The RAAF has taken delivery of its ninth F-35A Joint Strike Fighter and the first to be taken on strength by its first operational flying unit to fly the jet, No 3 Squadron.
