by admin | Jul 30, 2020 | Special Topics
Australian Flying Corps Memorial – RAAF Base Point Cook, VICTORIA RAAF Base Point Cook is the alma mater of numerous Air Force personnel and Navy and Army members who underwent their initial aviator training at the base. The large, main parade ground is a mute witness...
by admin | Jul 30, 2020 | Special Topics
BATTLE OF BRITAIN ‘LACE’ Between 1942 and 1947, Dobsons & M Browne & Co Ltd, a Nottingham lace curtain manufacturer, made thirty-eight lace panels commemorating the Battle of Britain of 1940. The lace panels measure 4.5 x 1.62 metres and depict scenes of the...
by admin | Jul 24, 2020 | Special Topics
C-BAND RADAR What is C band radar? C band radar uses microwave frequencies ranging from 4.0 to 8.0 (GHz). The C band is used for many satellite communications transmissions, some Wi-Fi devices and cordless telephones as well as some surveillance and weather radar...
by admin | Jul 24, 2020 | Special Topics
Jindalee Jindalee, Australia’s over the horizon radar (OTHR), comprises among other things three radar stations; one near Longreach in Queensland, another near Laverton in Western Australia, and a third that is mainly used as a backup at Alice Springs. The concept...
by admin | May 8, 2020 | Special Topics
Forward Air Controllers Thirty six RAAF pilots flew as FACs – Forward Air Controllers – in South Vietnam. They were selected from fighter pilots with at least two tours and served with the USAF for terms varying from six months to a year. As ‘on...
by admin | May 8, 2020 | Special Topics
F-4E Phantom The McDonnell Douglas PHANTOM II was the fighter aircraft of the 1960s and 1970s. Designed as a fighter aircraft for the US Navy, it was used in many roles: fighter, interceptor, fighter-bomber, reconnaissance, tanker, drone, defence suppression and laser...
