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Qantas CEO Alan Joyce has told a press briefing at the airline’s Mascot headquarters that its fleet of Airbus A380s will remain grounded for at least another 72 hours, while he has confirmed that oil leaks have been found on three engines on two A380s. Joyce clarified earlier comments on oil leaks in the A380’s

The Department of Defence has released a tender for the disposal of the RAAF’s now retired Caribou fleet and associated spares, although at least two aircraft and numerous parts will be made available to various historical organisations. “The Caribou has had a long and distinguished history with the Australian Defence Force,” said Minister for Defence

The first F-15Cs to be upgraded with the AN/APG-63(V)3 Active Electronically Scanned Array (AESA) radar were deployed to Kadena AFB on the Japanese island of Okinawa in late October. The aircraft are the first of 27 USAF and 18 Air National Guard F-15C/Ds currently under contract to receive the upgrade. Longer term plans call for

Lockheed Martin CEO Bob Stevens has admitted that more money and time will be needed to complete the F-35 JSF program in the wake of news reports claiming the program is headed for further delays and cost escalations of up to three years and US$5 billion. Speaking to US finance media on November 4, Stevens

Qantas’s fleet of Airbus A380s remain grounded after last week’s QF32 uncontained engine failure, with the airline confirming that “anomalies” have been found on three engines on two A380s after inspections. Two Rolls-Royce Trent 900 engines have been removed from A380 VH-OQC in Sydney, with a third removed from a Qantas A380 in Los Angeles,

News of two further inflight incidents overshadowed Qantas’s 90th anniversary celebrations for staff at its Sydney Jet Base on Saturday. Six minutes after takeoff from Singapore on Friday evening passengers and crew on 747-400 VH-OJD operating QF6 bound for Sydney heard a bang and saw sparks emit from the aircraft’s number 1 RB211 engine. The