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At least 20 U.S. Air Force tanker aircraft, 10 KC-46s and an equal number of KC-135s, supported the first day of the latest Bamboo Eagle exercise off the California Coast, according to online flight tracking data.
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Tankers Flood Airspace Off The California Coast For China-Focused Air Combat Exercise

By Joseph Trevithick

Posted on Feb 11, 2025

The Royal Australian Air Force, or RAAF has experimented with a new rapidly laid temporary surface, making it easier to conduct expeditionary aircraft operations, something that is of increasing relevance across the Indo-Pacific region. The trial, which used a temporary surface known as Dura-Base, involved an RAAF F-35A stealth fighter at RAAF Base Tindal, in Australia’s Northern Territory.
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Australian F-35 Tests Expeditionary Base Concept

By Thomas Newdick

Posted on Nov 27, 2024

A B-2 Spirit from the 509th Bomb Wing, 13th Bomb Squadron Whiteman Air Force Base, Miss., prepares to be refueled by a KC-135R Stratotanker from the 434th Air Refueling Wing at Grissom Air Reserve Base, Ind. during a nighttime aerial refueling mission.
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Questions Linger Over Australia’s Role In B-2 Spirit Strikes On Yemen

By Thomas Newdick

Posted on Oct 18, 2024

Royal Australian Air Force F/A-18F Super Hornets will be used to launch prototypes of the US Air Force's Hypersonic Attack Cruise Missile.
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Australian F/A-18F Super Hornets To Test Launch U.S. Air Force’s Hypersonic Cruise Missiles

By Joseph Trevithick

Posted on Jun 18, 2024

Boeing has announced plans to establish a new production facility for the MQ-28 Ghost Bat drone in Australia.
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Boeing’s MQ-28 Ghost Bat Getting Facility To Ramp-Up Production In Australia

By Joseph Trevithick

Posted on Mar 28, 2024

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Ukraine Studying Condition Of Australian F/A-18 Hornets

By Howard Altman, Tyler Rogoway

Posted on Jun 15, 2023

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Australia’s Mothballed F/A-18 Hornets Should Be Given To Ukraine

By Tyler Rogoway

Posted on Apr 19, 2023

Cruise Missiles Could Get Added To MQ-9’s Arsenal
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Cruise Missiles Could Get Added To MQ-9’s Arsenal

By Joseph Trevithick

Posted on Mar 1, 2023

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Australian Airbase Gets Upgrades For American Bomber Deployments

By Thomas Newdick

Posted on Oct 31, 2022

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Air Force Acquires Australia’s MQ-28 Ghost Bat Drone For Testing

By Joseph Trevithick

Posted on Oct 6, 2022

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Chinese Spy Ship Makes First Appearance Near Australian Submarine Communications Base

By Thomas Newdick

Posted on May 13, 2022

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Australia’s New MC-55 Peregrine Electronic Warfare Jet Breaks Cover (Updated)

By Dan Parsons, Tyler Rogoway

Posted on May 11, 2022

Australia Says Farewell To The F/A-18 Legacy Hornet As Its Final Flight Looms (Updated)
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Australia Says Farewell To The F/A-18 Legacy Hornet As Its Final Flight Looms (Updated)

By Thomas Newdick

Updated on Nov 30, 2021

These Images Of Aussie C-17s Flying Among Skyscrapers In Brisbane Are The Best We’ve Ever Seen
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These Images Of Aussie C-17s Flying Among Skyscrapers In Brisbane Are The Best We’ve Ever Seen

By Tyler Rogoway

Posted on Oct 5, 2021

Top Air Force General In The Pacific Wants E-7 Wedgetails To Replace E-3 Radar Planes
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Top Air Force General In The Pacific Wants E-7 Wedgetails To Replace E-3 Radar Planes

By Thomas Newdick and Joseph Trevithick

Updated on Sep 24, 2021

The “Birth” Of A Chinook Is The Weirdest Helicopter Display You Will Ever See
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The “Birth” Of A Chinook Is The Weirdest Helicopter Display You Will Ever See

By Thomas Newdick

Posted on Mar 26, 2021