Third year for Heron UAV in Afghanistan
The Heron Remotely Piloted Aircraft (RPA) Detachment has just commenced its third year of operations in Afghanistan. The Heron is capable of flying continuously for up to 24 hours collecting…
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Third year for Heron UAV in Afghanistan
Search and Rescue for Super Hornet operations
The RAAF’s F/A18F Super Hornet Squadrons take to the air with the reassurance of a team of Search and Rescue (SAR) specialists on stand-by in the event of an aircraft accident.
CHC…
RAAF Amberley to be global airlift centre
RAAF Base Amberley is now
the hub of the RAAF’s heavy airlift capabilities, with Air Force moving its 86
Wing Headquarters to Queensland.
The Officer Commanding 86 Wing,
Group Captain…
Super Hornets in historic flypast
A rare flypast of 24
Australian F/A-18F Super Hornets has marked the delivery of the final four
aircraft from the United States.
Two squadrons of Super Hornets wowed southeast Queensland with a 20…
New squadron crews ready for takeoff
Over the past three years,
aircrews and ground crews have been training with QANTAS on the Airbus A-330,
the civilian equivalent of the RAAF’s new KC-30A Multi Role Tanker Transport
(MRTT). Now…
Bomber crews return to home base
Airmen of No 2 Squadron who
flew bombing missions during the Vietnam War more than 40
years ago returned to the Canberra Bomber’s home base at RAAF Amberley recently
for a memorial service and to…