Australia ends training mission at Taji Military Complex
Australia has successfully completed its training mission at Taji Military Complex in Iraq where, since 2015, they have trained more than 47,000 Iraqis.
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Middle East
Raytheon expands Afghan Air Force pilot training
The US Army Contracting Command has Raytheon Technologies to train Afghanistan Air Force pilots under a three-year contract valued up to $145 million.
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OMAR wins $6million contract to re-clear NZ’s cleared Afghan ranges
NZDF has signed a contractor to carry out additional clearance of five firing ranges used by its Provincial Reconstruction Team in Bamyan, Afghanistan.
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Five ADF members test positive for COVID-19 in Middle East – now home
Five ADF personnel have tested positive to COVID-19 in the Middle East and have since been flown home to Australia for treatment and/or case management.
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NZDF Taji crew home after COVID-19 isolation
A group of NZDF personnel who returned recently from Iraq have finished their two-week COVID-19 isolation and are now on their way home to their families.
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HMAS Toowoomba nabs 3 tonne of narcotics
HMAS Toowoomba interdicted more than 3000 kilograms of illegal narcotics including hashish and heroin in the Gulf of Aden on 19 March.
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Kiwis end Taji mission – home to quarantine
NZDF’s contribution to train Iraqi Security Forces to combat ISIS is at an end and the first troops from the final contingent are home – in quarantine.
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ADF adjusting posture in Middle East because of COVID-19
The Australian Defence Force is temporarily relocating non-essential personnel from Iraq and Afghanistan as a result of COVID-19.
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Politicians get a taste of deployment in Middle East
Three Australian politicians recently experienced what life is like for deployed Australian Defence Force personnel in the Middle East.
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Second attack on Camp Taji
ADF has confirmed that a rocket attack occurred at the Taji Military Complex on today at about midday local time – around 6pm Australian eastern time.
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RAAF airlifts Fijians to Middle East
Australia’s relationship with Fiji has strengthened with two sustainment missions for 2020 transporting Fijian peacekeepers to the Middle East in March.
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Rocket attack on Australian camp in Iraq
Defence has confirmed a rocket attack occurred at the Taji Military Camp north of Baghdad on the evening of 11 March 2020 (local time).
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Force Protection Element 12 farewelled from Afghanistan
FPE-12 has ended a 6-month deployment to Camp Qargha, Kabul, where they provided force protection to coalition advisors on a train, advise, assist mission.
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Rule change forces NZDF tender for range clearances in Afghanistan
NZDF has been forced by rule changes to carry out new clearances of firing ranges used by its PRT in the Bamyan province Afghanistan earlier this century.
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HMAS Toowoomba begins operations in Middle East
HMAS Toowoomba and her ship’s company of around 190 personnel arrived in Bahrain to commence operations in the Middle East
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Farewell parade for deploying troops
Friends and family of more than 200 ADF personnel about to deploy to the Middle East said their goodbyes today during a parade at Robertson Barracks.
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Bookworm keeps lines of communication open
Self-proclaimed bookworm Sig Jacob Gatehouse has gone from reading military history to creating a chapter of his own while deployed to Iraq.
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Artist sees through Iraq deployment
Imagery is so much part of one officer’s life that when the X-rays of his ‘day job’ get put to bed, the brush and paints of his passion come out to play.
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Aussie commitment in Afghanistan cut
Around 100 of the current 300 Australian Defence Force troops deployed on a training mission in Afghanistan are about to be brought home.
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Pilot honoured two years after Hercules near disaster
The safe resolution of an in-flight emergency over Iraq has led Flight Lieutenant Brendon Carraro to be recognised in the 2020 Australia Day Honours list.
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