Exercise High Sierra 2019: The Final Classic Hornet OPCON Course
Exercise High Sierra 2019 has kicked off at RAAF Base Townsville as up to 14 F/A-18A & F/A-18B Classic Hornets descend on the base for the annual No. 2 Operational Conversion Unit (2OCU) operational conversion (OPCON) course. The three-week exercise is the accumulation of the six month long transition for fighter pilots from the Hawk […]
U2 kicks off their ‘The Joshua Tree’ World Tour
Irish rock band U2 have kicked off their ‘The Joshua Tree’ World Tour, arriving in Brisbane on Sunday 10th November in advance of their show at Suncorp Stadium on Tuesday. The show in Brisbane is the second of the tour,…
Edinburgh Airshow: The RAAF In The Defence State
This past weekend, the first Edinburgh Airshow was hosted since 2007. Despite the 12 year wait, more than 60,000 enthusiastic attendees descended on the military base in Adelaide’s far north, for the simple pleasure of looking at planes. Aerial &…
Low Level Moose Flying: RAAF And USAF C-17s Hone Their Interoperability
Three Boeing C-17A Globemaster IIIs have been operating out of RAAF Base Amberley as part of Exercise Global Dexterity, an annual exercise to improve C-17 interoperability between the armed forces of Australia and the United States. As part of the…
Qatar Airways Commences A350-1000 Operations into Australia
On Thursday, October 31, Qatar Airways commenced A350-1000 operations into Australia. Operating as QR906, this is a daily service operated by the Doha-based carrier flying from the Qatari capital city to Canberra via Sydney. It returns to Doha via its…