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An Exercise Pitch Black multi-national formation with French Air and Space Force Rafale B; Republic of Singapore Air Force (RSAF) F-16C Fighting Falcon; Italian Air Force Eurofighter Typhoon; and RSAF F-15SG Eagle. Photo by Flying Officer Ben Dunleavy.

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Italian fighter jet crashes in NT outback

24/07/202425/07/2024 Posted by Brian Hartigan 3025 Views 0 Comments Exercise Pitch Black

A Eurofighter Typhoon F-2000 from the Italian air force crashed in remote bushland in the Northern Territory while participating in

Italian Air Force (Aeronautica Militare, or AM) Eurofighter Typhoons taxi at RAAF Base Darwin, followed by an AM KC-767A tanker transport, on arrival for Exercise Pitch Black 24. Photo by Flight Lieutenant Claire Campbell.

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Exercise Pitch Black 24 – biggest ever

11/07/2024 Posted by Brian Hartigan 1548 Views 1 Comment Exercise Pitch Black

Australia’s biggest international air combat training activity – Exercise Pitch Black – will begin tomorrow, 12 July and run until

No. 36 Squadron Loadmaster Corporal Deon Jones watches as palletised cargo rolls off the ramp of a Royal Australian Air Force C-17A Globemaster III during an airdrop of supplies to Mawson Research Station, Antarctica. Photo by Petty Officer Bradley Darvill.

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RAAF air-drops essential supplies to Mawson Station

03/06/2024 Posted by Brian Hartigan 1106 Views 0 Comments Australian Antarctic Program, Mawson Station

Royal Australian Air Force and Australian Army personnel combined forces to resupply the Australian Antarctic Division (AAD) from the air,

Vietnam’s President Võ Văn Thưởng with peacekeepers from the Vietnam People's Army Level Two Field Hospital contingent - Rotation Five, alongside a Royal Australian Air Force C-17A Globemaster during a farewell ceremony from Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, to South Sudan. Photo by Corporal Dan Pinhorn.

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RAAF flies Vietnamese peacekeepers to South Sudan

08/07/202308/07/2023 Posted by Brian Hartigan 4615 Views 2 Comments South Sudan, united Nations, UNMISS, Vietnam

A Royal Australian Air Force C-17A Globemaster has transported more than 60 Vietnamese military personnel deploying to the United Nations

Evacuees from Port Sudan on board buses after departing the Royal Australian Air Force C-130J Hercules aircraft at Cyprus. Photo by Sergeant Jarrod McAneney.

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Operation Carnelian – military-assisted evacuation from Sudan

05/05/202305/05/2023 Posted by Brian Hartigan 11679 Views 1 Comment Operation Carnelian

In followup to our story of of 3 May, the ADF has now released more details of the evacuation mission

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RAAF rescues Aussies from Port Sudan

03/05/202305/05/2023 Posted by Brian Hartigan 4262 Views 0 Comments Operation Carnelian, Sudan

Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade Penny Wong said on Twitter this morning that a Royal Australian Air Force aircraft

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Piercings, long hair, facial tattoos allowed under new Canadian Armed Forces dress rules

18/07/2022 Posted by Brian Hartigan 6649 Views 7 Comments Canadian Armed Forces

In a bid to open up recruiting to a wider cross-section of society, the Canadian Armed Forces have completed a

President of Vietnam Nguyễn Xuân Phúc (centre), and Australian Ambassador to Vietnam Robyn Mudie (centre right), farewell Vietnamese peacekeepers in Hanoi, deploying to the United Nations mission in South Sudan on a Royal Australian Air Force C-17A Globemaster III. Photo supplied. Left to right: Ms Caitlin Wiesen-Antin (white scarf), United Nations Acting Resident Coordinator for Vietnam; Senior General Phan Văn Giang, Vietnam’s Minister for National Defence; President Nguyễn Xuân Phúc; Ms Mudie.

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RAAF C-17 takes another Vietnamese peacekeeping rotation to Africa

28/04/2022 Posted by Brian Hartigan 3355 Views 0 Comments Vietnam

A Royal Australian Air Force C-17A Globemaster will transport Vietnam People’s Army personnel, equipment and medical supplies to and from

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Airbus recruiting 6000 new staff

22/01/202222/01/2022 Posted by Brian Hartigan 2142 Views 0 Comments

As the aerospace industry shows strong signs of recovery post-COVID, and while Airbus continues to prepare the future of aviation

Vietnamese peacekeepers preparing to deploy to South Sudan on RAAF C-17A Globemaster III from Ho Chi Minh City. Photo by Cần Thơ Kỷ Yếu.

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RAAF takes Vietnamese peacekeepers to Africa

04/05/202104/05/2021 Posted by Brian Hartigan 2216 Views 0 Comments

Australia has supported Vietnam’s contribution to the UN Mission in South Sudan by airlifting Vietnamese military personnel and equipment.

A member of the New Zealand Defence Force at the militarised border between North and South Korea. NZDF photo.

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NZDF postpones o/s troop rotations – deployed pers left in place

16/04/2020 Posted by Brian Hartigan 2063 Views 0 Comments COVID-19

The New Zealand Defence Force has postponed routine rotations of personnel on international missions because of COVID-19 travel restrictions.

Algorithms can interpret human actions to detect coughing ands sneezing. Heartrate and temperature can also be extracted from drone video footage.

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UniSA working on ‘pandemic drone’ to detect coronavirus

26/03/202026/03/2020 Posted by Brian Hartigan 2450 Views 0 Comments COVID-19

A ‘pandemic drone’ to remotely monitor people with infectious respiratory conditions is being developed by the UniSA in partnership with a Canadian company.

Governor-General, General (Retd) David Hurley, addresses the congregation at the National Commemorative Service for the 25th anniversary of the UN Assistance Mission in Rwanda, at the Australian Peacekeeping Memorial, Canberra. Photo by Lauren Larking.

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Australia’s Rwanda Peacekeepers remembered

22/02/202022/02/2020 Posted by Brian Hartigan 3072 Views 0 Comments Operation Tamar

The service and sacrifice of Australia’s Rwanda peacekeeping veterans was remembered this morning at a service at the Australian Peacekeeping Memorial.

Captain Levi, of the PNG Defence Force, and Lieutenant Scott Bowers in a meeting with members of Victoria Police at the Swift Creek Incident Control Centre during Operation Bushfire Assist. Photo by Private Madhur Chitnis.

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Dingos thrive in multi-agency setting

06/02/202014/02/2020 Posted by Brian Hartigan 2086 Views 0 Comments Operation Bushfire Assist 19-20

Staff from many different agencies at the Swift’s Creek Incident Control Centre include several Australian Army and Papua New Guinean Defence Force officers

A Royal Canadian Air Force CC-177A sits on the RAAF Base Richmond flightline after delivering fire retardant from the USA to replenish Australian stocks. Photo by Corporal David Said.

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Canadians lend a hand delivering fire retardant

03/02/2020 Posted by Brian Hartigan 1670 Views 0 Comments Operation Bushfire Assist 19-20

Approximately 29 tonnes of fire retardant was delivered to RAAF Base Richmond from the USA on 1 February by a Royal Canadian Air Force CC-177A Globemaster.

A Royal Australian Air Force C-17A Globemaster airdrops a Joint Precision Aerial Delivery System (JPADS) load near Casey Station in Antarctica for Operation Southern Discovery.

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New air-drop gear successful in Antarctica

31/01/202007/02/2020 Posted by Brian Hartigan 3570 Views 0 Comments

A RAAF 36 Squadron C-17A Globemaster transport aircraft used new airdrop technologies to deliver payloads to Casey Station in Antarctica on 27 January 2020.