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Next-generation AWACS – Boeing’s E-7 Wedgetail
By Jon Lake
… and Wedgetail (an indigenous Australian Eagle) became the RAAF’s preferred name. The aircraft is based on the Boeing … Grumman and Raytheon E-Systems were selected after an RAAF evaluation of the responses to an Invitation to Register … North) was delivered to the Turkish Air Force at Konya Air Base, the fleet’s main operating base, on February 21 2014, …
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Australian Wedgetail touches down at RAF Lossiemouth
By Dino Carrara
… early warning and control aircraft is operated by 2 Sqn at RAAF Base Williamtown. The Wegdetail arrived from Ramstein Air Base in …
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USMC's 'Black Knights' carry out first trans-Pacific F-35C deployment
By Tom Kaminski
… integrated training with the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF). The four fifth-generation multi-role stealth fighters … June 17 and, after making four stopovers, arrived at RAAF Base Williamtown in New South Wales, Australia , on June 22. The …
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Everything you need to know about Australia’s F-35s
By Nigel Pittaway
… throughout the course of 2023, at which point the RAAF plans to declare Final Operational Capability (FOC) for … international F-35 training programme at Luke Air Force Base in Arizona, where training of initial Australian crews … 10, 2018, when A35-009 and A35-010 arrived at RAAF Williamtown north of Sydney on their trans-Pacific delivery …
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Australia to send E-7A Wedgetail to support Ukraine supply effort
By Khalem Chapman
… The Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) will deploy a single Boeing E-7A Wedgetail airborne … total, with the aircraft employed by No 2 Squadron at RAAF Base Williamtown in New South Wales. … Australia to send E-7A …
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Ukraine eyes retired Australian F/A-18s to help boost war effort
By Khalem Chapman
… transfer of up to 41 ex- Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) -operated Boeing F/A-18A/B Hornet multi-role fighters … legacy Hornets that are currently in storage at RAAF Base Williamtown , New South Wales, after the fleet was withdrawn …
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Hornet completes long road journey to Perth
By Steve Beebee
… Australia, the retired jet has reached its new home Former RAAF McDonnell Douglas F/A-18B Hornet A21-101 has arrived at … in 1985. During its service career it had been based at Williamtown Air Force Base and in 2018 it participated in exercise Pitch Black, …
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Australia enhances Air Force, Navy integration in Tasman Shield 23
By Khalem Chapman
… that tested the ability of the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) and Royal Australian Navy (RAN) to work together on … force. A variety of RAAF aircraft operating from RAAF Base Amberley, Queensland; RAAF Base Edinburgh, South Australia; and RAAF Base Williamtown, New South Wales, worked closely with the …
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Return of the Hawker Sea Fury to Australian skies
By Gavin Conroy and Paul Bennet
… if all was going well. If not perfect I would head to RAAF Williamtown, an air force base that operates F-35B Lightning IIs – it is ten miles east …
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Supermarine's superior Southampton flying boat
By JAMES KIGHTLY
… II S1149 airborne from Mount Batten, the RAF flying boat base on Plymouth Sound, in August 1935. AEROPLANE The … a seaplane hangar being erected specifically for them at RAAF Point Cook on Port Philip Bay. Initially retaining their … were too rough to land back home, forcing a diversion to Williamtown. Finally the Southampton arrived in triumph the …
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Australia now fields almost 60 F-35As in-country
By Khalem Chapman
… A further five Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) -operated Lockheed Martin F-35A Lightning IIs have arrived at RAAF Base Williamtown in New South Wales, bringing the total number in …
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Countering China - Australia and New Zealand ponder future forces
By Tim Fish
… military, writes Tim Fish The Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) and Royal New Zealand Air Force (RNZAF) are in the … will be declared. Most F-35s are based out of RAAF Williamtown operated by No 3 and No 77 Squadrons, and the No … were assigned to No 75 Squadron operating out of RAAF Base Tindal in its Northern Territory to cover the northern …
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More than 50 F-35As now in Australian service
By Dave Allport
… have been delivered to the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) , bringing the total number in service to 54 aircraft … on September 23, with the aircraft being delivered to RAAF Base Williamtown in New South Wales between August 30 and …
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New colours for Australian Hunter
By Jamie Ewan
… Collection (HFC) from the Fighter World collection at RAAF Base Williamtown, the jet now wears representative 20 Squadron …
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RAAF bids farewell to the Classic Hornet
By Josef Campion
… half decades of service, t he Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) has farewelled the F/A-18A/B Hornet via an end of era event hosted on November 29. Taking place at RAAF Base Williamtown, New South Wales, Australia, the farewell event …