News and events
News
Industry collaboration enhances C-130J Hercules fleet
12 November 2020Collaboration with industry has improved the availability of Air Force’s C-130J Hercules transport fleet by one additional aircraft on average over an 18 month period....
Woomera Prohibited Area – Important information about Stuart Hwy access and Green Zone closure in December
10 November 2020Access to the Woomera Prohibited Area (WPA) in South Australia is subject to exclusion periods during which the Department of Defence may undertake war materiel testing....
AP-3C Orion finds new home at RAAF Base Edinburgh
5 November 2020In recognition of the AP-3C Orion’s distinguished Service history in the Royal Australian Air Force, a decommissioned and refurbished AP-3C (tail no. A09-658) was...
Bringing home Tanker Element a mammoth undertaking
28 October 2020The job of packing up a six-year deployment in the Middle East Region has proven a massive test for No. 33 Squadron - in more ways than one. Almost 70 tonnes of...
Air Force tree planting project for koalas grows
22 September 2020The Williamtown Koala Feed Community Project is on track to deliver more trees to safeguard native koalas. With the original goal of planting 5000 trees representing...
Events
Air Force training at RAAF Base Learmonth
14 October 202079SQN and 2FTS from RAAF Base Pearce located in Perth, will deploy personnel and aircraft to RAAF Base Learmonth for four weeks of training exercises. The...
C-27J Spartan participating in RAAF Base Townsville exercise
8 September 2020The Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) will deploy C-27J Spartan aircraft and personnel from RAAF Base Amberley near Brisbane QLD, to participate in Exercise Ready Spartan...
Historic RAAF aircraft commence journey to Townsville
29 July 2020Two restored Royal Australian Air Force aircraft veterans - a Mirage fighter jet A3-55 and a Winjeel Trainer A85-403 – will arrive back in Townsville on Sunday 02 August...
Exercise Pitch Black 2020 Online
23 July 2020We know that two years is a long time to wait for Pitch Black so we have decided to run a Pitch Black retrospective on our digital channels from 27 July to 7 August 2020...
RAAF Learmonth base activation for dual exercises
17 July 2020Both 79SQN and 2FTS have deployed their pilots and aircraft from RAAF Base Pearce to RAAF Base Learmonth to participate in a four-week-long flight training exercise...
