New chief executive Jason Harfield has been with Airservices since joining as a trainee air traffic controller at the age of 18, and so, as he puts it, “knows where the skeletons” are The fact that seeing someone who has an operational background, has worked in the organisation and is part of their profession is

As the US Air Force prepares for initial operational capability with the F-35A later this year, progress on the Joint Strike Fighter development program continues to attract scrutiny. It’s my pink body on the line at the end of the day,” says Squadron Leader Andrew Jackson, Australia’s first F-35 pilot, on the capabilities of the

Rescuing  SriLankan from a “bottomless pit” The world’s worst managed airline? There would be a fair few candidates here and there around the globe but very rarely would their owners admit it. Not so with state-owned SriLankan Airlines. According to Sri Lanka’s Minister of Special Assignments, Dr Sarath Amunugama, speaking at a conference in Colombo

The RAAF and the age of air power When the RAAF’s first F-35As arrive in Australia in 2018 they will represent a profound capability and technology leap. A similar kind of step-change occurred between 1970 and 1973 when Australia leased 24 F-4E Phantoms, pending the arrival of the long-delayed F-111C. Many pilots, engineers and defence