Raaf in a sentence

The combined air components departed RAAF Base Darwin and moved to RAAF Bases Curtin and Tindal, where the operations and support teams generated large force movements enabling agile operations in airspace across the north and west of Australia.

The RAF would have transferred several V-bombers, including Vulcans, for interim use by the RAAF if they had purchased the TSR-2, but the RAAF selected the F-111C.

An RAAF F-35A fighter during its air display at Avalon 2023.

Attendees will include Wing Commander Rob Gill, the commanding officer at RAAF Base Point Cook, and representatives of the Air Force Association and the Kilmore Wallan RSL.

But the RAAF’s ability to host the aircraft and train alongside them will mark an important milestone toward the integration of the two air forces.

Cast adrift in the Southern Ocean by a tug in October 1952, she then came under a heavy attack for more target practice involving rockets, bombs and machine gun fire from RAAF Mustangs.

Commencing in 1929, the desert was formally defined through aerial surveys directed by Geologist Cecil Madigan and supported by the RAAF.

Flight Commander No. 453 Squadron, Williamtown Flight, Squadron Leader Colin Haywood (r) shows Minister for Defence Industry Pat Conroy the view of RAAF Base Williamtown from the air traffic control tower during a recent visit.

It was hard to top the high flying thrills that soared over Newcaste’s beaches yesterday… but thousands poured through the gates for the Williamtown RAAF Base open day.

Stationed at RAAF Butterworth but living in Penang, the family thrived in their new setting.

The application from Maas Group Properties is for a childcare centre at 2 Spitfire Drive at the former RAAF Base.

The DH 100 Vampire was a single-seat fighter bomber that entered RAAF service in 1949 - so how did this one end up in Forbes?

The spy craft has been under construction for the RAAF inside Northrop Grumann's facility at Palmdale in the California desert.

The two Chinooks and three MRH90 helicopters from the Australian Army's 5th Aviation Regiment made a brief stop at Katherine's RAAF Base Tindal in the Northern Territory while transiting to their flood recovery work.

With the US Navy taking the lead on the Triton’s introduction to service, the RAAF has slowed its own acquisition process while the US stabilises its budget and conducts operational testing of the system.

BAE Systems Australia currently maintains and repairs the RAAF’s fleet of F-35 and Hawk Lead-In Fighter aircraft.

The works at Kapooka will commence in early 2025, while the works at the RAAF will towards the end of 2024.

The RAAF can learn to build, operate and sustain these systems to help redress the imbalance in capabilities it could face.

Group Captain Glen Beck has been a fighter pilot all his adult life and is now director of the RAAF’s Air Combat Transition Office.

Pearce RAAF Base also broke its former November record of 41.6 degrees, with the mercury reaching a scorching 42.9 degrees at 2pm.