{"id":409902,"date":"2026-04-20T11:46:23","date_gmt":"2026-04-20T01:46:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/australianaviation.com.au\/?p=1431617"},"modified":"2026-04-20T11:46:23","modified_gmt":"2026-04-20T01:46:23","slug":"defence-to-retire-tiger-helicopters-by-end-of-this-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/?p=409902","title":{"rendered":"Defence to retire Tiger helicopters by end of this year"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciIHdpZHRoPSI2NDAiIGhlaWdodD0iMzYwIj48cmVjdCB3aWR0aD0iMTAwJSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxMDAlIj48YW5pbWF0ZSBhdHRyaWJ1dGVOYW1lPSJmaWxsIiB2YWx1ZXM9InJnYmEoMTUzLDE1MywxNTMsMC41KTtyZ2JhKDE1MywxNTMsMTUzLDAuMSk7cmdiYSgxNTMsMTUzLDE1MywwLjUpIiBkdXI9IjJzIiByZXBlYXRDb3VudD0iaW5kZWZpbml0ZSIgLz48L3JlY3Q+PC9zdmc+\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-post-image wp-image-1431618 wp-post-1431617\" alt=\"\" style=\"float:left; margin:0 15px 15px 0;\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" data-public-id=\"20120601raaf8540618_0024_HDR_lkq7cz_67c12b\/20120601raaf8540618_0024_HDR_lkq7cz_67c12b.jpg\" data-format=\"jpg\" data-transformations=\"f_auto\" data-version=\"1776649193\" data-seo=\"1\" data-responsive=\"1\" data-size=\"640 360\" data-delivery=\"upload\" onload=\";window.CLDBind?CLDBind(this):null;\" data-cloudinary=\"lazy\" \/>The two-seater Tiger attack helicopters were originally introduced into service with the ADF in 2004, and were expected to be retired from service in 2027\u201328 but will now be withdrawn in 2026.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The two-seater Tiger attack helicopters were originally introduced into service with the ADF in 2004, and were expected to be retired from service in 2027\u201328 but will now be withdrawn in 2026.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[273,312,470,474,471],"tags":[472],"class_list":["post-409902","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-australia","category-aviation","category-defence","category-helicopters","category-news","tag-australian"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/409902","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/13"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=409902"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/409902\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":409903,"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/409902\/revisions\/409903"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=409902"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=409902"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=409902"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}