Air Force Events ·🇦🇺 Australia

Australia Air Force Losses, Crashes & Deliveries

Recorded aircraft losses, crashes, shoot-downs and deliveries for the Australia air force, each with a date and source. See the Australia air force overview.

Events at a glance

Events per year 2022–2026

2026 is a partial year: the bars run to 30 Sep 2026.

By event type 11 events logged · 1 airframe lost

Crash 1
Delivered 8
Ordered 1
Retired 1

These totals count what GlobalMilitary.net has logged from public reports since 2022, not a complete register: an event we have not recorded is not an event that did not happen. Coverage of the tracked wars is much denser than coverage of peacetime events, so the two do not compare directly.

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Australia air force losses, crashes & deliveries

Aircraft Country

SEP 242026 22× Tiger Retired 🇦🇺 Australia · Final Tiger ARH flights at Darwin end 22 years of Army service; fleet withdrawn on 30 September, replaced by AH-64E Apache.
JUN 122026 G550 Delivered 🇦🇺 Australia · Third MC-55A Peregrine arrives at RAAF Base Edinburgh from Greenville, Texas, for No. 10 Squadron.
MAY 262026 P-8A Poseidon Delivered 🇦🇺 Australia · Fourteenth and final RAAF P-8A Poseidon arrives at RAAF Base Edinburgh, completing the maritime patrol fleet.
MAY 182026 2× AH-64E Delivered 🇦🇺 Australia · Fifth and sixth AH-64E Apaches airlifted by RAAF C-17A to Townsville, bringing the Army fleet to six.
MAR 252026 G550 Delivered 🇦🇺 Australia · Second MC-55A Peregrine formally delivered after arriving at RAAF Base Edinburgh on 12 March.
JAN 222026 G550 Delivered 🇦🇺 Australia · First MC-55A Peregrine arrives at RAAF Base Edinburgh for No. 10 Squadron.
OCT 32025 2× AH-64E Delivered 🇦🇺 Australia · Australian Army received its first two AH-64E attack helicopters at RAAF Townsville.
MAY 12025 2× MQ-4C Triton Delivered 🇦🇺 Australia · Second and third RAAF Tritons arrived at RAAF Base Tindal in May 2025, flown remotely from Patuxent River.
JUN 162024 MQ-4C Triton Delivered 🇦🇺 Australia · First RAAF MQ-4C Triton, A57-001, arrived at RAAF Base Tindal after a trans-Pacific flight from California.
JUL 282023 NH90 (TTH) Crash 🇦🇺 Australia · Crashed into the sea off Hamilton Island during Exercise Talisman Sabre; all four crew members were killed.
JAN 182023 40× S-70/UH-60M Ordered 🇦🇺 Australia · Australia confirmed the acquisition of 40 UH-60M Black Hawk helicopters.