Major General David Hafner AM CSC

Commander, Aviation Command Australian Army

Major General David Hafner joined the Australian Army in 1991, and was commissioned into the Australian Army Aviation Corps. Over the course of his career, he has fulfilled a variety of command, staff and flying appointments at Squadron, Regiment and Brigade level. Major General Hafner’s overseas operational service has included deployments to Timor Leste, the Solomon Islands, Pakistan, Afghanistan and Iraq. He has also been involved in numerous domestic relief efforts including cyclone, flood and bushfire responses. Major General Hafner is a graduate of the Australian Defence Force Academy, the Royal Military College – Duntroon, the Defence Services Staff College India, and a distinguished graduate of the United States Army War College. In November 2024, Major General Hafner assumed command of the Australian Army’s Aviation Command.

DAY TWO | WEDNESDAY 25 FEBRUARY 2026

15:30 BUILDING A MODERNISED FLEET PREPARED FOR UNCREWED AVIATION

Priorities for achieving IOC for the Apache fleet in 2028
Plans for integrating future drone and loitering munition capabilities
Streamlining training and sustainment for the Black Hawk fleet

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