CAE is to provide a turnkey training capability to support the Royal Australian Air Force’s five Airbus A330 multi-role tanker transports under an A$46 million ($34 million) contract. The Canadian company will provide a full flight and mission simulator, mission systems trainer, a training facility and five years of support. The simulator will be delivered in 2008.
Source: Flight International
Ottawa will station a portion of its new Airbus A330-based aerial refuelling fleet at Edmonton International airport in Alberta province, expanding upon the existing tanker base in Trenton, Ontario.
The twin-engined turboprop is replacing the aged Beechcraft T-44C used by the navy as a training platform for multi-engined and tiltrotor pilot candidates.
Lockheed Martin F-35C fighters from the US Marine Corps took part in recent US strikes against targets in Yemen, marking the first known combat flight for the carrier-based variant of the stealth fighter.
