Image Gallery: November 2009
23 November 2009
Army King Air handover to Air Force
Army's fleet of three Hawker Pacific King Air light transports have been handed over to Air Force's No. 38 Squadron. The aircraft will serve as a interim replacement for the venerable Caribou, and the handover ends more than 40 years of consecutive Army fixed-wing aviation.
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A King Air aircraft recently transferred from the Army to the RAAF’s No. 38 Squadron (38SQN) sits parked on the RAAF Townsville apron.
(Date taken: 20 November 2009)
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A King Air aircraft recently acquired by No. 38 Squadron (38SQN) sits alongside a retired 38SQN Caribou on the RAAF Townsville apron.
(Date taken: 20 November 2009)
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A No. 38 Squadron (38SQN) Caribou taxis past a King Air, the aircraft that will soon be replacing it.
(Date taken: 20 November 2009)
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A No. 38 Squadron (38SQN) Caribou taxis past a King Air, the aircraft that will soon be replacing it.
(Date taken: 20 November 2009)
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(L-R) Commander Air Lift Group, Air Commodore John Oddie, AM, CSC, watches on as Brigadier Shayne Elder signs the handover paperwork to transfer Army King Air Aircraft to the RAAF’s No. 38 Squadron (38SQN).
(Date taken: 20 November 2009)
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(L-R) Commander Air Lift Group, Air Commodore John Oddie, AM, CSC and Brigadier Shayne Elder observe as Chief of Air Force, Air Marshal Mark Binskin, AM, signs the handover paperwork which sees Army King Air aircraft transferred to the RAAF’s No. 38 Squadron (38SQN).
(Date taken: 20 November 2009)
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King Air aircraft flank a No. 38 Squadron (38SQN) Caribou, the aircraft they will soon be replacing.
(Date taken: 20 November 2009)
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