His Majesty’s Australian Submarine AE1 was launched in the yard of Vickers Ltd at Barrow-in-Furness, England on 22 May 1913. She commissioned at Portsmouth on 28 February 1914 under the command of Lieutenant Commander Thomas Fleming Besant, RN. She was the first of two E Class submarines built for the fledgling Royal Australian…
Aircrew from No. 1 Squadron, will be providing a quick reaction force as part of the Australian Defence Force (ADF) support to the Queensland Government for the 2018 Gold Coast Commonwealth Games. F/A-18F Super Hornet aircraft will be on alert to respond to any incursion of the airspace for the…
On 8 December 2017 ten F/A-18A/B Hornets, flown by No 3 Squadron pilots, form up in the shape of a number 3 to mark the final large formation of the classic jet under the No 3 Squadron color. [maxgallery id="115507"] No 3 Squadron are set to change over to the…
Luke Days demonstrates the Air Force’s continuing progress in building the future of airpower with military and civilian air acts including the U.S. Navy Blue Angels, F-35 and F-22 static displays, science, technology, engineering, and math exhibits, and military operations demonstrations. [maxgallery id="115693"] LUKE AIR FORCE BASE, AZ, UNITED STATES…
Two submarines, 12 ships and embarked aircraft took part in one of the largest fleet concentration activities, Exercise OCEAN EXPLORER 2018submarines. OCEAN EXPLORER was carried out over a three week period off the east coast of Australia, including the Bass Straight, Jervis Bay, Maitland Bay and adjacent sea and air…
Chief of Air Force, Air Marshal Leo Davies, AO, CSC, accompanied by his wife Rhonda, visited RAAF Base Williamtown on the 7th March 2018. The visit included elements from Air Combat Group, Surveillance and Response Group, Combat Support Group, Air Warfare Centre as well as infrastructure projects on the base…
Prior to its deployment to Nellis, the RAAF issued this article on its participation on RF 2018-1.From 29 January–16 February 2018 around 340 Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) personnel will deploy to Nevada to train in the world’s most complex air combat environment during Exercise Red Flag 18-1. The RAAF…
03/03/18: AV-8B Harrier’s with the 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit’s Aviation Combat Element and F/A-18E/F Super Hornet from nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson’s (CVN 70) perform a fly over above the amphibious assault ship USS America (LHA 6), Jan. 20, 2018. [maxgallery id="104127"] The 15th MEU and America Amphibious Ready…
