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Australian Air Force AP-3C Orions - 7 years of continuous Middle East operations

Defence MEDIA RELEASE
Source: Australian Government Dept of Defence
01February2010

Air Force AP-3C Orions have achieved an extraordinary seven years of continuous Middle East operations, providing crucial support to Australian and coalition forces.

Chief of Air Force, Air Marshal (AIRMSHL) Mark Binskin said the [...]

Australia Awards Wedgetail Support Contract

Source: Air Force Technology

Australia’s Defence Materiel Organisation has awarded an in-service support contract, worth $600m, to Boeing for Project Wedgetail 737 airborne early warning and control (AEW&C) programme.

Under the five-year contract, Boeing will provide acquisition, programme management, integration and engineering [...]

Australia gives green light for F-35s

by Staff Writers
Melbourne (UPI) Dec 3, 2009
Source: Space War

Australia has given its final approval for the first group of Joint Strike Fighters, worth $3 billion for 14 aircraft to be delivered in 2014.
The Ministry of Defense said the F-35 aircraft [...]

Boeing Delivers 2 Wedgetail AEW&C Aircraft to Royal Australian Air Force

News Release

RAAF BASE WILLIAMTOWN, New South Wales, Nov. 26, 2009 — The Boeing Company [NYSE: BA] today delivered the first two Project Wedgetail 737 Airborne Early Warning and Control (AEW&C) aircraft to the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF).

Flight of [...]

RAAF’s Caribou Aircraft Retire from Service

27 November 2009
Source: Air Force Technology

The Royal Australian Air Force’s two Caribou aircraft have retired from service, and will be replaced by the King Air aircraft as an interim measure.

The entire fleet received by ADF between 1964 and 1971 is [...]

Boeing Delivers Final Deeper Maintenance Program F-111 to Royal Australian Air Force

Press Release

AMBERLEY, Queensland, Nov. 4, 2009 — Boeing [NYSE: BA] today delivered F-111 A08-135 to the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) at a ceremony at RAAF Base Amberley. The jet is the 28th and final F-111 serviced by Boeing under [...]