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11 July, 2025

Black Hawks arrive

Three Sikorsky UH 60 Black Hawk helicopters have arrived at Oakey’s Army Aviation Training Centre, the first group of what is set to be a fleet of 18 based in the town by the end of the decade.


Lieutenant Colonel Duncan Flindle (Commandant, Swartz Barracks Oakey Army Aviation Training Centre), Major General David Hafner AM CSC (Commander, Australian Army Aviation), Major General Jeremy King (Head, Joint Aviation Systems Division CASG), Rodahn Gibbon (Program Manager, Black Hawk Support, Lockheed Martin Australia) stand in front of the aircraft they worked hard to bring to Oakey.
Lieutenant Colonel Duncan Flindle (Commandant, Swartz Barracks Oakey Army Aviation Training Centre), Major General David Hafner AM CSC (Commander, Australian Army Aviation), Major General Jeremy King (Head, Joint Aviation Systems Division CASG), Rodahn Gibbon (Program Manager, Black Hawk Support, Lockheed Martin Australia) stand in front of the aircraft they worked hard to bring to Oakey.

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