Exercise Northern Shield 2015
About 1000 military personnel, with airplane, helicopter, boat and vehicle support deployed to the north west of Western Australia in
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Videos
1st Brigade Ex Predators Run
1st Brigade Exercise Predators Run in Cultana, South Australia.
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Military Funeral of Major General Digger James
Major General William Brian ‘Digger’ James was laid to rest with full military honours in the ANZAC section of Pinaroo
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2 Cav deck shoot on HMAS Canberra
Six ASLAVs from the Townsville-based 2nd Cavalry Regiment conducted a live-fire shoot on the flight deck of HMAS Canberra on
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Wedgetail mission
Two-minute overview of a ‘typical’ E-7A Wedgetail mission, including in-air refuelling.
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First Australian to fly the F-35A
Royal Australian Air Force pilot Squadron Leader Andrew Jackson made history at Eglin Air Force Base, Florida, on 18 March
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ANZAC Day 2015
A slideshow of the Australian Defence Force’s global photographic coverage of Anzac Day Commemorations around the world. Duration 31 minutes.
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Operation Slipper Welcome Home Parades
On 21 March 2015, every Australian capital city plus Townsville held an Operation Slipper Welcome Home Parade for our soldiers,
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Overview of Wedgetail in the Middle East
An overview of Australia’s E7 Wedgetail command and control aircraft in Iraq.
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USAF Joint Forced Entry Exercise
$8billion worth of the US Air Force assets participated in Joint Forced Entry Exercise 14b in December 2014.
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HMAS Canberra Commissioning
28 November 2014 HMAS Canberra was formally commissioned into the Royal Australian Navy on 28 November 2014 when the Australian
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iFly Downunder preview flight
16 April 2014 iFLY Downunder is Australia’s first indoor skydiving centre – and on 16 April, I gave it a
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Shadow UAV in Afghanistan
September 2012 CONTACT Managing Editor Brian Hartigan saw a Shadow 200 UAV launch in Tarin Kot, Afghanistan, in September 2012
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Aussie Twenty20 team visit troops in Middle East
In September 2012, not long after five Australian soldiers had been killed in two separate incidents, Australia’s Twenty20 Cricket Team
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Treating a gunshot wound
October 2012 Private Craig Hicks, an Australian medic at Forward Operating Base Hadrian, talks us through his actions when an
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Interview with Sapper Andrew Main and Sprocket
1 October 2012 Sapper Andrew Main explains how he an his explosive detection dog, Sprocket, go about their dangerous job
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Bombadier Damien Mott and the Giraffe radar
1 October 2012 Bombardier Damien Mott explains his job, looking after the Giraffe C-RAM (counter rocket, artillery, mortar) radar in
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Bombardier Damien Mott introduces SX45 truck in Afghanistan
1 October 2012 CONTACT FIRST TO SEE SX45 – Tarin Kot, Afghanistan CONTACT magazine was the first Australian media outlet
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