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First Australian-made rocket crashes after 14 seconds, fails to reach orbit

The first Australian-made rocket to attempt to reach orbit from the country’s soil crashed after 14 seconds of flight on Wednesday. The rocket Eris, launched by Gilmour Space Technologies, was the ...
The Aviationist

First Australian Military Pilot Flies Boeing’s MQ-28A Ghost Bat

The first RAAF pilot has completed the training to be certified as launch and recovery operator for the MQ-28, becoming the first non-Boeing pilot on the program. Boeing’s MQ-28A Ghost Bat program ...
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Travis Bazzana Becomes First Australian Player Ever Drafted No. 1 Overall by MLB

Bazzana, who was picked by the Cleveland Guardians, is also the first second baseman to be selected first in the MLB draft Jeff Moreland/Icon Sportswire via Getty History has been made in Major League ...
The Aviationist

Australia’s First AH-64E Apache is Under Assembly

Australia announced the AH-64E Apache acquisition in 2021 to replace the ageing Tigers, which have long been afflicted by maintainability and sustainment issues. The first AH-64E Apache attack ...
Navy Times

First Australian officers graduate from U.S. Navy nuclear power school

Royal Australian Navy Lt. Cmdr. Adam Klyne, left, Lt. Cmdr. James Heydon and Lt. William Hall became the first Aussie officers to graduate from the U.S. Navy's nuclear power school earlier this month.