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A member of the Narrabri Dirt Bike Club while growing up, Brody Peate developed an interest in challenging mechanical performance activities, leading eventually to a career in aviation maintenance.

At Number 9 in our countdown of the most iconic RAAF aircraft is the one that helped start it all, the S.E.5A.

When the Royal Australian Air Force was formed on 31 March 1921, the S.E.5A was part of Britain’s imperial gift to help establish our new organisation. As our first fighter aircraft, Australian aircrews flew the S.E.5A in combat during World War I before its transition into a crucial training platform during the 1920s.

Through to our Centenary each week we’ll be highlighting the aircraft that helped define us and the diverse roles each platform served over the decades. Stay tuned to hear insights and memories from our personnel and find out more about our technology, as we count down our final weeks of being only 99 years young!

Chantelle Bradford always had a desire to fly while growing up in Queensland, and her formative work years were spent as cabin crew with QANTAS, travelling Australia and the world.

As we approach our Centenary on 31 March, we’re counting down our 10 most iconic aircraft of the last 100 years, starting with Number 10: a true icon of our skies that's given us nearly 35 years of service, the F/A-18A/B “Classic” Hornet.

Through to our Centenary each week we’ll be highlighting the aircraft that helped define us and the diverse roles each platform served over the decades. Stay tuned to hear insights and memories from our personnel and find out more about our technology, as we count down our final weeks of being only 99 years young!

Gaining a Distinguished Graduate Certificate at the end of three months training at Oklahoma, USA, on the C-17A as a loadmaster, is just another moment in the remarkable story of our first female Warrant Officer Loadmaster Katrina Salvesen.

For a ten year old girl from the “Shire” to fall in love with flying during a school excursion is unremarkable, it’s what she did with that love, that is remarkable.

To welcome in the New Year, the Royal Australian Mint has unveiled the new theme for the 2021 Gallery Press and Mintmark Suite coins.

Growing up in Broken Hill Mel Hupfeld’s interest in flying started before he was born when his Dad took his Mum for a flight in a Tiger Moth, with Mel still in the womb.

“It’s not just a job, it’s an adventure” was a Defence Recruiting slogan that got the attention of a young man who decided that a career with the Australian Defence Force would help prove that he was more than just his school grades.