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C-17A Globemaster

Royal Australian Air Force maintainers from No. 36 Squadron and practical engineering contractors, manoeuvre a tele-platform around a C-17A Globemaster aircraft.
Air Force

Telescopic docking capability for Air Force

A telescopic docking system for C-17A Globemasters has been successfully tested and commissioned at RAAF Base Amberley.  
A C-17A Globemaster III from No. 36 Squadron takes off on another mission during Exercise Mobility Guardian 17, while a United States Air Force C-17A Globemaster waits on the flightline at Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Washington.
Air Force International engagement

The value of teamwork

The United States and Australia have agreed to a cross-servicing arrangement for the repair and maintenance of C-17A Globemasters.
Royal Australian Air Force No. 35 Squadron and Australian Army 9th Force Support Battalion personnel load a C-27J Spartan aircraft before leaving RAAF Base Amberley for Richmond and Julia Creek in regional North Queensland.
Air Force Disaster relief & humanitarian assistance

Air Force provides urgent fuel stocks

The Royal Australian Air Force provided humanitarian aid and disaster relief to isolated regions of flood-affected Queensland.
Aircraft surface finisher Corporal Kelvin Green is all smiles as the tail art on a No. 37 squadron C-130H Hercules is unmasked.
Air Force Australia Day Honours

Perfected paint keeps aircraft flying

Corporal Green noticed paint was delaminating about three months and wrote a defect report including how to rectify the problem.

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