Marc Joel Atrero
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September 1, 2025 0 commentAustralian Aviation’s Craig Murray shot this US Air Force KC- 46A Pegasus arriving in Brisbane in April. The next-generation aircraft is primarily used as a refueller, but also has greater cargo and aeromedical evacuation capabilities compared to the ageing KC-135 Stratotanker. First delivered in 2019, the US Air Force intends to acquire a final fleet
Read moreRegister #398 | A painfully slow quarter
September 1, 2025 0 commentAll the changes from CASA’s aircraft register, as analysed by Hannah Dowling. This quarter, Qantas Group and Virgin add new planes and farewell old ones.
Read moreTraffic #398 | New planes and aerobridge prangs
August 28, 2025 1 commentKey aircraft movements from across the region. Qantas and Virgin get new domestic jets, and planes around the country get battered by rogue aerobridges.
Read moreExercise Talisman Sabre 25 in pictures
August 28, 2025 0 commentInside the largest defence exercise ever conducted in Australia.
Read moreOpinion and comments
August 28, 2025 0 commentIn this section of the magazine, we give industry figures and thought leaders from all across our great sector the opportunity to talk about the topics that matter the most to them. In this edition, Adam Thorn discusses Qantas’ latest ‘crisis’, Jake Nelson asks whether we should be overanalysing tragedies so early, Stephen Kuper makes
Read moreLocked On #397 | The best of aviation photography
June 13, 2025 0 commentThis issue, a rare overhead photo shows two US Air Force pilots in the cockpit of an F-15E Strike Eagle and a KC- 46A Pegasus arriving in Brisbane.
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