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A FORMER RAF engineer and instructor who worked on Spitfires and Lancaster bombers has celebrated his 101st birthday at a Hampshire care home.

A dozen Marine Corps F-35B Lightning IIs flying from this Outback base are the first of the U.S. military’s latest stealth jets to operate from Australian soil.

THIS is the story of a Llandeilo Second World War pilot’s fatal crash on an RAF test flight.

Australia, South Korea and Japan are operational with their F-35s, while U.S. forces have significant numbers deployed in-theater.

Australia, South Korea and Japan are operational with their F-35s, while U.S. forces have significant numbers deployed in-theater.

Royal Australian Navy frigate HMAS Parramatta sails past Australia Day crowds in Sydney. Photo: Leading Seaman Matthew Lyall. Australian Defence Force

Australian Defence Force closely working with industry to ensure Tindal will serve as an effective base for the F-35A.

As many readers will know, Australia's Commonwealth Aircraft Corporation (CAC) designed and built a number of different airframes based upon the North American Aviation NA-16, a trainer which eventually evolved into the legendary T-6 Texan/Harvard. The Wirraway was one of CAC's more successful designs. A number of different Wirraway variants evolved, some of them armed, but the type primarily served in the training role within Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF), a function which it perf...

Air Force aviators form a guard of honour for Air Commodore (retd) Lyall Klaffer at his funeral service in Adelaide. Photo: Leading Aircraftman Sam

After over 35 years the Boeing F/A-18A/B fighter has bowed out of RAAF service, leaving the F/A-18F Super Hornet and F-35A to provide Australia’s airpower.