PRESS RELEASE – The Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) No. 100 Squadron will be re-formed as the Air Force Heritage Squadron, operating from two locations RAAF Base Point Cook and Temora ahead of centenary commemorations […]
In an unusual deal, the Temora Aviation Museum (TAM) has gifted the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) with the ownership of eleven airworthy warbirds from their collection. The deal will help secure the continued operation […]
The Aircraft Research and Development Unit (ARDU) will celebrate 75 years of continuous service on December 1st, 2018. Since the establishment of No.1 Aircraft Performance Unit at RAAF Laverton in December 1943, ARDU has pioneered […]
The RAAF Amberley Heritage Centre took delivery of a new prize on August 28th with the arrival of a Commonwealth CA-19 Boomerang. Prior to her arrival the Boomer’ had been a fixture since 2007 at the Australian […]
By Phil Buckley and Nic Franklin. Photos by Nic Franklin The Royal Australian Air Force’s main flying training base is at RAAF Base East Sale in the fields of eastern Victoria about 130 miles east […]
Supermarine Spitfire Mk.Vc JG891 took to the skies again in England for the first time in some years on July 6th, with a successful hop at Duxford Airfield in Cambridgeshire. Regular WarbirdsNews contributor George Land […]
Winjeel ‘404 – A Home Coming and Return to Flight by Stephan Bowtell, Nathan Bowtell and Phil Buckley Rising like a young eagle to fly once more, a former Royal Australian Air Force CAC Winjeel A85-404 has […]
Update on the B-24 Liberator Restoration Fund’s Airspeed Oxford Replica Report Collated by Phil Buckley with much thanks to Judy Gilbert and the B-24 Liberator team. Most readers will have heard about the former Royal Australian Air […]
Australia’s Centenary Squadrons – A Celebration of 100 Years Defending The Country Words and Photography by Matt Savage On 28 October 2016, the Royal Australian Air Force marked the Centenary of Australia’s first flying squadrons, Numbers 1, […]
4 Squadron RAAF: Celebrating A Centenary 1916 – 2016 by Matt Savage On October 16, 2016, No. 4 Squadron of the Royal Australian Air Force celebrates the 100th Anniversary of its activation as a unit […]
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