This weekend the Royal Australian Air Force will take to the skies above the Adelaide 500 with displays by the Roulettes and an F/A-18 Hornet. The Hornet display will be flown by “Traylz” from 2OCU based at RAAF Base Williamtown. If you are in Adelaide make sure you look up on Saturday and Sunday at 14:50 local time to take it
The United States Navy has awarded Boeing a US$73m (A$94m) contract to begin extending the service lives of its F/A-18E/F Super Hornet aircraft. The service life modification (SLM) upgrade is a key element of the emerging Super Hornet Block III enhancement package, and will see the aircraft’s airframe life extended from 6,000 hours to more
Welcome to our first ‘Throwback Thursday’ feature article from a past edition of Australian Aviation. Here in this March 2008 issue story we look at the ADF’s role in providing disaster relief in the wake of PNG’s devastating Cyclone Guba. The first major South Pacific cyclone of the 2007/08 season developed out of a tropical
In a potential thaw in relations between the Canadian government and Boeing, Canada’s Public Works and Government Services agency has approved the US aerospace giant as a potential bidder for its long-overdue CF-18 Hornet replacement fighter program. The program has been delayed several times after the Canadian government put on hold its commitment to the
Engine component failure has been identified as the most likely cause of the catastrophic engine failure and subsequent fire onboard an RAAF EA-18G Growler at Nellis AFB on January 28. The aircraft was taking off for a famil flight over the Nellis Test & Training Range in preparation for the commencement of Exercise Red Flag
Saab has taken the wraps of GlobalEye airborne early warning & control (AEW&C) aircraft for the United Arab Emirates at its Linköping facility in Sweden. Based on the Bombardier Global 6000 large cabin business jet, the GlobalEye has a Saab Erieye extended range radar mounted in a long narrow pod on the upper fuselage of
