
A RAAF C-130J Hercules has been able to put its newly-fitted external fuel tanks to good use during its participation in Exercise Christmas Drop, a US Air Force exercise to airdrop Christmas packages to remote Pacific Island communities.

A generational change in Australian airpower has been marked with the arrival of the first two RAAF F-35A Lightning II Joint Strike Fighters at RAAF Base Williamtown on Monday morning.

This feature from the April 2017 magazine edition of Australia Aviation looks at the Lockheed Martin F-35A's appearance at the 2017 Avalon Airshow.

The first two RAAF Lockheed Martin F-35As to be based in Australia have departed Luke AFB in Arizona, bound for RAAF Williamtown.

This feature from the October 2018 magazine edition of Australian Aviation is the story of a search and rescue mission carried out by an RAAF Orion in 2011.

The RAAF Aircraft Research & Development Unit is commemorating the 75th anniversary of its establishment with a series of social and formal events in Adelaide in November and December.