F/A-18 flight commemorates war dead
AAP
September 2, 2009
A Royal Australian Air Force F/A-18 fighter jet has soared through Sydney skies today to commemorate all who served and died in the defence of Australia in 1942 and 1943.
Curious onlookers saw the aircraft zoom over Garden Island and Woolloomooloo, in Sydney's east, just after 11am.
It then performed a maximum power vertical climb over the Cenotaph in Martin Place.
The Battle for Australia Day is each year acknowledged on the first Wednesday in September.
It commemorates all actions taken in the Pacific Region to defend Australia against the Japanese military force