Red Flag 15-1 Since 1975, the USAF’s Red Flag exercise has provided America and its allies with the most realistic combat training environment in the world. Taking place four to six times a year at Nellis AFB, Nevada, Red Flag has evolved over the journey to reflect the importance of EW, cyber and asymmetric threats

Business jets out in force at Avalon Business jet manufacturers were out in force at this year’s Avalon Airshow in a display of confidence in the Australian market despite the local economy’s well-documented slowdown as the resources sector goes through a period of transition and amid a weaker Australian dollar. Both France-based Dassault and Brazilian

Showing Australian aviation innovation While the pictures that were beamed around the world from the recently-concluded Avalon Airshow undoubtedly focused on the spectacular flying displays, there was just as much action happening away from the flight line. The Australian International Airshow and Aerospace and Defence Exposition draws big crowds because of the array of historic,

Qantas’s first 747-400 makes the short hop into a long retirement While Qantas has handed the “keys” to VH-OJA over to the Historical Aircraft Restoration Society (HARS), the record-breaking Boeing 747-400 will be surrounded by a lot of familiar faces as it settles into a new home at Illawarra Airport. That’s because, as Qantas Captain