A US Air Force Reserve Lockheed HC-130 crashed into the Pacific Ocean off the Northern California coast on 22 November. One of the 11 people on board was rescued after it went down with engine trouble during a training mission. The aircraft's home base was Portland, Oregon.
Source: Flight International
Papua New Guinea has underlined its close defence relationship with Australia by sending a single NZAero 750XL to the Avalon air show.
Australia led the world in fielding the Boeing E-7 Wedgetail, blazing a trail for heavyweights including the US Air Force, UK Royal Air Force and NATO headquarters to procure the airborne early warning and control jet.
Australia has taken delivery of its first US-made High Mobility Artillery Rocket Systems (HIMARS), two years after it announced plans to obtain the advanced strike system.
