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Richmond Base 75-YEAR COMMEMORATION RAAF’S FIRST HOME in NSW Defencebank.Com.Au 1800 033 139 SPRING 2019 WINGS 71 NO.3 VOLUME MILITARY AVIATION EVOLUTION A glimpse at the Mirage era of transition THE GREAT ESCAPE richmond base 75-YEAR COMMEMORATION RAAF’S FIRST HOME IN NSW defencebank.com.au 1800 033 139 Everything a cadet needs, and then some. Created especially for cadets - our Cadet Saver is fee free. • Your choice of camo Visa Debit card. • Visa payWave. • Apple Pay, Google Pay™, Samsung Pay. Fitbit Pay and Garmin Pay. • Online banking. • Award-winning app. Then, on top of all that, a healthy interest rate on your savings. .00 p.a.% 2 Variable rate.* Talk to us today to find out more. *Terms and conditions, fees and charges may apply in certain situations. Interest rate is current as at 27 April 2017 and is subject to change without notice. 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One of my objectives as Wings CONTENTS Manager is to provide the opportunity for our serving men and women to foster a WINGS WINTER volume 71 / NO.3 sense of ownership of the magazine. In my 25 years in the RAAF, I became aware 4 FROM THE CAF that the Service enlists quite a number of 5 FROM THE PRESIDENT budding authors, cartoonists, jokesters and “yarnsters”. As we all know, once 6 LETTERS TO THE EDITOR we become comfortable with the 8 MILITARY AVIATION challenges of our work environment and 14 INDUSTRY NEWS with our colleagues, we develop a sense Everything a cadet needs, of passion for our vocation and the tools 20 COVER STORY and machinery we work with. Truckies Air power evolution – the RAAF love their rigs, pilots love their aircraft, Mirage project gunnies love making things go bang etc. 26 HALFWAY HOME It’s that passion that spawns the stories and then some. 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