Exercise Diamond Shield 2022
The Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) has commenced the 2022 Diamond series of exercises for the third biennial Air Warfare Instructor Course (AWIC). Exercise Diamond Shield is the second of the AWIC training exercises occurring off the east coast of Australia, operating out of RAAF Base Williamtown and RAAF Base Amberley. As part of Exercise […]
RATs in Western Australia
The Rapid Antigen Test (RAT) has now become part of our daily lives. Initially expensive and hard to find, RATs are now becoming cheaper and more accessible. This is due to special freight flights, chartered by the government, bringing in…
Europe Aiding Ukraine
On the 4th March 2022 two Antonov An-32s and one Antonov An-26 from the Ukrainian Ministry of Emergency visited Stuttgart.
Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha’apai: Tonga Calls For Aid
After the devastating eruption of Hunga Tonga–Hunga Haʻapai and subsequent tsunami, several countries have provided aid including New Zealand, Japan and Australia. Before aircraft could be dispatched to assist the Polynesian kingdom, assessment of critical infrastructure such as ports and airfields was…
The Honeywell B757 visits Europe
The Honeywell B757 visited Stuttgart on the 15th of November and stayed until the 17th of November 2021. It arrived at Stuttgart after participating in the Dubai airshow and left Stuttgart for Madrid where it flew several missions. But what…