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Classic Hornet fighter transferred to Australian War Memorial
The aircraft will be joined by a damaged Australian Army Bushmaster protected mobility vehicle (previously gifted to Ukraine) ...
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RAAF fighter jet turns heads as it travels through the streets of Canberra
This is certainly not something you see every day – but earlier this week an RAAF Classic Hornet jet made its way through the ...
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Combat Veteran Avro Lancaster ‘G for George' Prepares for New Home at the Australian War Memorial
Source: Australian War Memorial. In 1945, the aircraft toured the eastern states of Australia as part of the Third Victory Loan campaign. Ultimately, it was declared surplus and transferred to the ...
Mystery Of Missing World War II Bomber Attacked By Nazis Solved After 82 Years
Baltimore FW282, operated by RAAF's No 454 Squadron, was returning from a mission over the Aegean Sea when it was ambushed.
F/A-18A Classic Hornet touches down at Australian War Memorial
It boasted a top speed of almost 2000km/h, but an iconic Australian military jet travelled at a snail’s pace this week as it ...
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Australian WWII plane wreck discovered off the coast of Greece
The wreck of the RAAF plane Baltimore FW282, which was shot down by the Nazis in December 1943, was found in the Aegean Sea ...
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After 82 years, wreckage of Australian World War II bomber found in Greece
RAAF aircraft disappeared in 1943 over the Aegean Sea and the discovery was made by Greek technical divers, ending decades of ...
Defence commemorates Operation Babylift, 5 decades on
Announced on 2 April, 1975, the first two RAAF C-130 Hercules flights left Saigon on 4 April, bringing 194 children to Bangkok, where they were put on a specially-chartered Qantas Boeing 747 to ...