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Monday, July 1, 2019

Royal Australian Air Force Challenger departs

With the introduction of the Falcon 7X to the Royal Australian Air Force inventory, the disposal of their Challenger 604 fleet has commenced with A37-001 departing the region in recent days.

As "Ausy 316" the 17 year old Bombardier departed from RAAF Fairbarn/Canberra, home of the VIP 34 Squadron, on 22 June 2019 destined for Apia. It then continued to Honolulu 23 June 2019 before continuing to Burbank/CA the next day. It was subsequently registered to SPA Leasing of Sydney as VH-OFA on 24 June 2019. 
A37-001 at Auckland back in October 2013 - J Rankin Snr photo.

34 Squadron took delivery of their second Falcon 7X, A56-002, on 04 June 2019.