Tag: RAAF
Ambition to pilot becomes reality
GROWING up with her booster seat secured into the back of an aircraft, recent 1 Flying Training School pilot graduate Pilot Officer Freya Swinbourne...
Celebrating the latest cohort of East Sale RAAF Base pilots
Few graduation ceremonies are as exciting as last Thursday’s at RAAF Base East Sale.
Air Force Roulettes and a RAAF F/A-18F Super Hornet aircraft from...
Roulettes rolling and looping at Singapore Airshow
AS the six Pilatus PC-21 aircraft of the Air Force Roulettes rolled and looped over the Singaporean landscape, children could be heard cheering in...
RAAF column: December 52023
ON November 14, the Defence Member and Family Support (DMFS) Branch hosted an event to present the Child of the ADF Medallion to a...
Royal Australian Air Force updates
Driver training courses in Gippsland
If you’ve noticed an increased presence of ‘Army’ vehicles on the roads throughout Gippsland, they are likely 30 Squadron vehicles...
RAAF column
End of an era for ‘Golf Ball’ Radome
Installed in 1989 by Selenia (Italy) and Ansett Technologies (Australia), the Alenia Radar, affectionately known to locals...
RAAF News – August 2023
No cause for alarm
DURING the first week of July, Number 30 (City of Sale) Squadron ran a Defence Emergency Vehicle course, the first of...
RAAF News – July 2023
National Families Week event
TO celebrate National Families Week last month, Defence Member and Family Support (DMFS) hosted an event for Australian Defence Force members...
Sale’s elite squadron: The Roulettes
Tom Parry
ON any given day, the sound of aircraft can be heard buzzing in the skies above Sale.
Chances are, more often than not, these...
RAAF news – June, 2023
Australian Air Force Cadets Number 409 (City of Sale) Squadron
The RAAF Base welcomes the newly-appointed Commanding Officer of Australian Air Force Cadets No. 409...
Flying high, painting the sky
Flight Lieutenant Aimee McCartney's contemporary Aboriginal artistic creations are turning heads, not only because of their wonderful use of colour and style, but also...
RAAF Base East Sale Column – April 2023
On February 1 2023, Headquarters Air Academy (HQ AirA) personnel gathered at the RAAF Base East Sale Yarning Circle to celebrate the significant contributions...
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Milestone for PC-21 fleet
The Royal Australian Air Force’s PC-21 trainer aircraft fleet recently surpassed 100,000 flight hours for the Australian Defence Force (ADF) Pilot Training System.
The achievement...
