ADF supports Australia Day in Sydney
Royal Australian Navy frigate HMAS Parramatta sails past Australia Day crowds in Sydney. Photo: Leading Seaman Matthew Lyall. Australian Defence Force
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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 performed admirably between 1939 and 1959. While CAC built more than 750 Wirraways at their factory in F...
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.