Air Force Centenary

Air Force Centenary - Spectacular Flypast

The Royal Australian Air Force will mark its 100^th anniversary with a mass flypast over Canberra – a rare and exciting opportunity to see a wide range of current and historic military aircraft.

On Wednesday 31 March 2021 Air Force is marking is 100th anniversary with a mass flypast over Canberra of current and historic military aircraft, which will be live-streamed on the Air Force Facebook page here and via ABC TV + iview from 10.00am local time.

More than 60 aircraft will fly in waves over Lake Burley Griffin from 10:30am. This spectacular flypast will culminate with a full display by the Air Force Roulettes
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For full info on the Air Force 2021 website here: https://airforce2021.airforce.gov.au/…/spectacular..

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