Red Flag 20-1: Who you got, Red or Blue Air?
Training a new breed of fighters Red Flag is an exercise held at Nellis Air Force Base & Eielson Air Force Base. Each year 4-6 of these exercises are held in Nevada, while up to another 4 of these can be held at Eielson AFB in Alaska. Red Flag 20-1 ran from the 27th of […]
Counting Down to Exercise Talisman Sabre 2021
Preparation for Exercise Talisman Sabre 2021 is well underway, with up to 1,800 foreign military personnel arriving in Australia from the United States, Canada, Japan, Republic of Korea, New Zealand, and the United Kingdom throughout June and July. France, India…
Loyal Wingman Takes Flight
Boeing’s Loyal Wingman has taken flight for the first time. Built and developed in Queensland by Boeing Australia with the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF), Loyal Wingman has soared into the skies for the first time over RAAF Base Woomera.…
Wings Over Wairarapa Sees KC-135s Deploy From Brisbane
The Wings over Wairarapa Air Festival, held at Hood Aerodrome in Masterton, north of Wellington, has this year included a USAF B-52H Stratofortress on its public display schedule. In a show of global presence, the long-range, strategic bomber flew direct…
Insight into Coulson Aviation’s LAT Operations and Behind the Scenes Preparations
Have you ever wondered who flies these massive firefighting aircraft and how they operate? Already this year, since January 2nd the Large Air Tankers (LAT) have conducted 23 drops in Western Australia. This is a total of 346,000 litres of…