Today’s ‘Throwback Thursday’ feature from a past edition of Australian Aviation is this June 2013 article that looks at the options that never were to replace the RAAF’s fighter force. It is now history that, as a result of delays to the RAAF’s AIR 6000 New Air Combat Capability (NACC) project brought on by development
An Army CH-47F Chinook heavy lift helicopter has been embarked aboard the Navy’s landing ship HMAS Choules for the first time. The recently completed ‘first of class flight trials’ aboard the Choules, held in the Coral Sea off the coast Queensland, were to define ‘Ship Helicopter Operating Limits’ so that the CH-47F can operate from
The lead elements of the 2018 Marine Rotational Force-Darwin (MRF-D) will soon begin arriving in the Darwin to prepare for the seventh and largest rotation to date. The rotation will include 1,587 US Marines, eight MV-22 Osprey tilt-rotor aircraft and an artillery battery of six M777 Howitzers. Minister for Defence Senator Marise Payne welcomed the
The RAAF has declared initial operational capability (IOC) for the Boeing P-8A Poseidon, meaning the maritime intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance aircraft can now be tasked on operations. The milestone was announced by Defence Minister Senator Marise Payne at the RAAF’s 2018 Air Power Conference in Canberra on Tuesday. “The P-8A is a very capable and
The Army says its new CH-47F Chinook has “excelled” during its first overseas deployment, which has seen three ‘Foxtrot’ model heavylift helicopters deploy to Papua New Guinea to provide disaster relief flights in the wake of a magnitude-7.5 earthquake late last month. The quake, which struck PNG’s Highlands region on February 26, affected up to
Qatar has become the latest customer for the NH Industries NH90 helicopter, with an order for 28 of the type. The 28 machines will be split between 16 tactical transport helicopters (TTH), and 12 of the naval frigate helicopter (NFH) configuration. As part of the deal, Qatar also ordered 16 Airbus H125 light helicopters for
