Featured in Royal Australian Air ForceBYThomas NewdickFeb 22, 2022ShareBeijing Scorns Australia’s Claim That P-8 Patrol Plane Was Targeted By Chinese Warship’s Laser (Updated)China now blames Australia for the lasing incident involving two Chinese warships and an Aussie P-8 Poseidon. BYThomas NewdickFeb 22, 2022ShareBYThomas NewdickNov 30, 2021ShareAustralia Says Farewell To The F/A-18 Legacy Hornet As Its Final Flight Looms (Updated)With its plan to introduce the F-35A well underway, the Royal Australian Air Force is finally retiring the last of its F/A-18A/B Hornets. BYThomas NewdickNov 30, 2021ShareBYTyler RogowayOct 5, 2021ShareThese Images Of Aussie C-17s Flying Among Skyscrapers In Brisbane Are The Best We’ve Ever SeenOne photographer has captured the Royal Australian Air Force’s low-flying action for the Riverfire festival like no other. BYTyler RogowayOct 5, 2021ShareBYThomas Newdick and Joseph TrevithickSep 24, 2021ShareTop Air Force General In The Pacific Wants E-7 Wedgetails To Replace E-3 Radar PlanesThe E-3 Sentries are becoming harder to operate and maintain amid growing demand for the capabilities they offer in the Indo-Pacific region. BYThomas Newdick and Joseph TrevithickSep 24, 2021ShareBYThomas NewdickMar 26, 2021ShareThe “Birth” Of A Chinook Is The Weirdest Helicopter Display You Will Ever SeeAustralian air shows did things differently back in 1981, as evidenced by this bizarre video. BYThomas NewdickMar 26, 2021ShareBYThomas Newdick and Joseph TrevithickMar 2, 2021ShareBoeing Is Adapting Its Australian Combat Drone For The U.S. Air Force’s Skyborg ProgramAs Australia signs up for more of the Airpower Teaming System drones, Boeing confirms it will use the design as the basis for its Skyborg offering. BYThomas Newdick and Joseph TrevithickMar 2, 2021ShareBYThomas NewdickDec 9, 2020ShareWatch Crew Eject From An Australian Super Hornet After An Aborted TakeoffBoth pilots ejected successfully before the fighter jet ended up nose-down in the grass alongside the runway. BYThomas NewdickDec 9, 2020ShareBYThomas NewdickDec 2, 2020ShareThe Untold Story Of How Indonesian And Australian Jets Nearly Came To Blows Over East TimorAmid rising tensions, one Indonesian Air Force Hawk pilot had an intense aerial encounter with an Australian Hornet. BYThomas NewdickDec 2, 2020ShareBYThomas NewdickNov 30, 2020ShareAustralia Teams Up With U.S. To Get Hypersonic Missiles For Its Super Hornets In Five YearsPlans call for the rapid prototyping of a new air-breathing long-range missile for the Royal Australian Air Force. BYThomas NewdickNov 30, 2020ShareBYJamie HunterJul 24, 2020ShareHuge Pacific Exercise Centered On Guam Brings Allies Together Amid Growing China ThreatAustralian, Japanese and U.S. forces combine to demonstrate an impressive show of integrated air and sea power in the tense Pacific. BYJamie HunterJul 24, 2020ShareBYJamie HunterJul 14, 2020ShareSouth Korea Has Already Started A Search For New Airborne Early Warning Radar PlanesAustralia has also signaled that it wants to look for a new platform to replace or at least augment its 737-based E-7 radar jets. BYJamie HunterJul 14, 2020ShareBYTyler RogowayJul 5, 2020ShareAustralia Set To Become One Of The World’s Top Aerial Electronic Warfare PowersAlong with Growlers and other capabilities, five Gulfstream jets fitted with the latest electronic warfare and surveillance gear are being ordered by the RAAF. BYTyler RogowayJul 5, 2020ShareBYTyler RogowayMay 4, 2020ShareEverything We Learned From Boeing About Its Potentially Game-Changing Loyal Wingman DroneThe stealthy Airpower Teaming System drone has a snap-on nose that can accommodate a huge variety of payloads and can be swapped quickly in the field. BYTyler RogowayMay 4, 2020ShareBYTyler RogowayNov 26, 2019ShareAustralia Buying B-21 Raider Stealth Bombers Is A Fantasy But Other Options ExistThe chances of Australia being allowed or actually wanting to buy B-21s is next to none, but it doesn’t need them to chuck missiles far from home. BYTyler RogowayNov 26, 2019ShareBYTyler RogowaySep 30, 2019ShareThis Cockpit Video Of An Aussie C-17 Dodging Skyscrapers Is A Must WatchWe finally get to see what rocketing at low-level through Brisbane for its annual Rivefire celebration looks like from inside a C-17A Globemaster III. BYTyler RogowaySep 30, 2019ShareBYTyler RogowayDec 10, 2018ShareRAAF Hornet Escorts Pull Off Jaw-Dropping Overhead Break To Welcome Home First Aussie F-35AsRegardless of how the RAAF ends of leveraging the F-35’s special talents, you have to hand it to them, they sure know how to make an entrance! BYTyler RogowayDec 10, 2018Share12
BYThomas NewdickFeb 22, 2022ShareBeijing Scorns Australia’s Claim That P-8 Patrol Plane Was Targeted By Chinese Warship’s Laser (Updated)China now blames Australia for the lasing incident involving two Chinese warships and an Aussie P-8 Poseidon. BYThomas NewdickFeb 22, 2022Share
BYThomas NewdickNov 30, 2021ShareAustralia Says Farewell To The F/A-18 Legacy Hornet As Its Final Flight Looms (Updated)With its plan to introduce the F-35A well underway, the Royal Australian Air Force is finally retiring the last of its F/A-18A/B Hornets. BYThomas NewdickNov 30, 2021Share
BYTyler RogowayOct 5, 2021ShareThese Images Of Aussie C-17s Flying Among Skyscrapers In Brisbane Are The Best We’ve Ever SeenOne photographer has captured the Royal Australian Air Force’s low-flying action for the Riverfire festival like no other. BYTyler RogowayOct 5, 2021Share
BYThomas Newdick and Joseph TrevithickSep 24, 2021ShareTop Air Force General In The Pacific Wants E-7 Wedgetails To Replace E-3 Radar PlanesThe E-3 Sentries are becoming harder to operate and maintain amid growing demand for the capabilities they offer in the Indo-Pacific region. BYThomas Newdick and Joseph TrevithickSep 24, 2021Share
BYThomas NewdickMar 26, 2021ShareThe “Birth” Of A Chinook Is The Weirdest Helicopter Display You Will Ever SeeAustralian air shows did things differently back in 1981, as evidenced by this bizarre video. BYThomas NewdickMar 26, 2021Share
BYThomas Newdick and Joseph TrevithickMar 2, 2021ShareBoeing Is Adapting Its Australian Combat Drone For The U.S. Air Force’s Skyborg ProgramAs Australia signs up for more of the Airpower Teaming System drones, Boeing confirms it will use the design as the basis for its Skyborg offering. BYThomas Newdick and Joseph TrevithickMar 2, 2021Share
BYThomas NewdickDec 9, 2020ShareWatch Crew Eject From An Australian Super Hornet After An Aborted TakeoffBoth pilots ejected successfully before the fighter jet ended up nose-down in the grass alongside the runway. BYThomas NewdickDec 9, 2020Share
BYThomas NewdickDec 2, 2020ShareThe Untold Story Of How Indonesian And Australian Jets Nearly Came To Blows Over East TimorAmid rising tensions, one Indonesian Air Force Hawk pilot had an intense aerial encounter with an Australian Hornet. BYThomas NewdickDec 2, 2020Share
BYThomas NewdickNov 30, 2020ShareAustralia Teams Up With U.S. To Get Hypersonic Missiles For Its Super Hornets In Five YearsPlans call for the rapid prototyping of a new air-breathing long-range missile for the Royal Australian Air Force. BYThomas NewdickNov 30, 2020Share
BYJamie HunterJul 24, 2020ShareHuge Pacific Exercise Centered On Guam Brings Allies Together Amid Growing China ThreatAustralian, Japanese and U.S. forces combine to demonstrate an impressive show of integrated air and sea power in the tense Pacific. BYJamie HunterJul 24, 2020Share
BYJamie HunterJul 14, 2020ShareSouth Korea Has Already Started A Search For New Airborne Early Warning Radar PlanesAustralia has also signaled that it wants to look for a new platform to replace or at least augment its 737-based E-7 radar jets. BYJamie HunterJul 14, 2020Share
BYTyler RogowayJul 5, 2020ShareAustralia Set To Become One Of The World’s Top Aerial Electronic Warfare PowersAlong with Growlers and other capabilities, five Gulfstream jets fitted with the latest electronic warfare and surveillance gear are being ordered by the RAAF. BYTyler RogowayJul 5, 2020Share
BYTyler RogowayMay 4, 2020ShareEverything We Learned From Boeing About Its Potentially Game-Changing Loyal Wingman DroneThe stealthy Airpower Teaming System drone has a snap-on nose that can accommodate a huge variety of payloads and can be swapped quickly in the field. BYTyler RogowayMay 4, 2020Share
BYTyler RogowayNov 26, 2019ShareAustralia Buying B-21 Raider Stealth Bombers Is A Fantasy But Other Options ExistThe chances of Australia being allowed or actually wanting to buy B-21s is next to none, but it doesn’t need them to chuck missiles far from home. BYTyler RogowayNov 26, 2019Share
BYTyler RogowaySep 30, 2019ShareThis Cockpit Video Of An Aussie C-17 Dodging Skyscrapers Is A Must WatchWe finally get to see what rocketing at low-level through Brisbane for its annual Rivefire celebration looks like from inside a C-17A Globemaster III. BYTyler RogowaySep 30, 2019Share
BYTyler RogowayDec 10, 2018ShareRAAF Hornet Escorts Pull Off Jaw-Dropping Overhead Break To Welcome Home First Aussie F-35AsRegardless of how the RAAF ends of leveraging the F-35’s special talents, you have to hand it to them, they sure know how to make an entrance! BYTyler RogowayDec 10, 2018Share