
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]