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Royal Australian Air Force officer Squadron Leader Kylie Breheny conducts user acceptance testing with the Australian Defence Force Cyber Gap Program’s new partner Cybermerc in Canberra. Story by Bernadette Wright. Photo by Jay Cronan.

ADF Cyber Gap Program partners with industry

10/04/2022 Posted by Mike Hughes 1570 Views 1 Comment

The Australian Defence Force Cyber Gap Program (ADFCGP) has partnered with Cybermerc to help grow Australia’s sovereign cyber workforce. CAPTION:

A Bushmaster protected mobility vehicle ambulance variant awaiting loading onto a C-17 Globemaster at RAAF Base Amberley in Queensland. Photo by Kym Smith.

Australian Europe News

First of 20 Bushmasters leave for Ukraine

08/04/202209/04/2022 Posted by Brian Hartigan 4687 Views 0 Comments Ukraine

The Australian government has provided further support to the government of Ukraine by gifting 20 Bushmaster protected mobility vehicles, including

2018 Promotion Courses end of course parade at RAAF Edinburgh. These residential leadership training courses give Cadets skills in leadership and decision-making, initiative, self-discipline, time-management, public speaking, management and administration, and operational planning. Photo by Flying Officer (AAFC) Paul Rosenzweig.

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$1billion for Reserves and Cadets – Cosgrove first Cadets Patron

08/04/202208/04/2022 Posted by Brian Hartigan 3808 Views 0 Comments ADF Cadets

The government has announced it will invest more than $1billion to upgrade 73 Australian Defence Force Reserve and Cadet facilities

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MQ-9B SkyGuardian cancelled

04/04/2022 Posted by Brian Hartigan 5513 Views 0 Comments MQ-9B Sky Guardian

What some people at first thought was an April fools’ joke, has now been confirmed by Defence – the project

HMNZS Aotearoa on her first Antarctic mission. NZDF photo.

New Zealand News

New Zealand Defence Force’s Antarctic season 2022 wrapped up

04/04/2022 Posted by Brian Hartigan 2151 Views 0 Comments

The New Zealand Defence Force (NZDF) completed its Antarctica support for the 2021/22 season with a final flight to the

Pallets of Australian-supplied defensive military assistance supplies are off-loaded from an RAAF C-17A Globemaster III strategic airlift aircraft at a base 'somewhere in Europe' for on-forwarding to Ukraine. US Air Force photo.

Europe News

Symposium on lesson from the first six weeks of Ukraine invasion

03/04/202203/04/2022 Posted by Brian Hartigan 2421 Views 1 Comment

Supplied by the University of New South Wales Canberra From the resistance of the Ukrainians and the Kremlin’s failures to

Air Force Heritage Flight aircraft the Spitfire (bottom of photo) and Avenger (top) flying in formation with Texans from the Central Flying School at Ohakea. NZDF photo.

New Zealand News

New Zealand launches Air Force Heritage Flight

03/04/2022 Posted by Brian Hartigan 3483 Views 0 Comments

New Zealand’s military aviation heritage will now be on regular display throughout the country with the establishment of the four

A Bushmaster protected mobility vehicle is loaded onto a Royal Australian Air Force C-17 Globemaster in Kabul, Afghanistan. Photo by Corporal Tristan Kennedy.

Australian Europe News

Australia sending Bushmasters to Ukraine

03/04/2022 Posted by Brian Hartigan 4832 Views 7 Comments Ukraine

Australia will send Bushmaster protected mobility vehicles to Ukraine after President Zelenskyy specifically requested them in an address to Australia’s

Chief of the Defence Force General Angus Campbell announces the findings of the Inspector-General of the Australian Defence Force Afghanistan Inquiry at Russell Offices in Canberra. Photo by Jay Cronan.

ADF News

CDF and Secretary test COVID positive

03/04/2022 Posted by Brian Hartigan 2437 Views 2 Comments

Secretary for the Department of Defence Greg Moriarty and the Chief of the Defence Force General Angus Campbell have tested

Royal Australian Air Force airfield defence guards from No. 1 Security Forces Squadron conduct an assault as part of Exercise Pacific Defender 2022 at Andersen Air Force Base, Guam. Story by Flight Lieutenant Pierce Dilettoso. Photo by Airman 1st Class Breanna Gossett.

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ADGies show agile and lethal capabilities in Guam

31/03/202203/04/2022 Posted by Mike Hughes 3462 Views 0 Comments Andersen AFB, Exercise Pacific Defender, No. 1 Security Forces Squadron., US Air Force

Aviators from Royal Australian Air Force’s No. 1 Security Forces Squadron participated in Exercise Pacific Defender earlier this year at

A RAAF P-8A Poseidon from No. 11 Squadron prepares to be refuelled by a United States Air Force KC-135 Stratotanker during a training mission near the Philippine Sea. Story by Bettina Mears. Photo by Airman 1st Class Kaitlyn Preston.

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RAAF and USAF air-to-air refuelling training

31/03/202203/04/2022 Posted by Mike Hughes 1763 Views 0 Comments No. 11 Squadron, P-8A Poseidon, US Air Force

Maintaining the capability edge, Royal Australian Air Force P-8A Poseidon aircraft and crews from No. 11 Squadron forward-deployed to RAAF

Wing Commander Shane Smith lays a wreath during the bombing of Katherine commemoration ceremony at Katherine, Northern Territory. Story by Flight Lieutenant Dee Irwin. Photo by Sergeant Pete Gammie.

History News Royal Australian Air Force

Remembering the war, 80 years on

31/03/2022 Posted by Mike Hughes 1845 Views 0 Comments RAAF Tindal

Residents, local government officials and aviators from RAAF Base Tindal recently stopped to remember a dark day in Australia’s history:

Head of Information Warfare Major General Susan Coyle meets Australian Defence Force Cyber Gap Program participant Shobita during the 2021 'capture the flag' cyber skills challenge in Canberra. Story by Bernadette Wright. Photo by Corporal Julia Whitwell.

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ADF Cyber Gap participants become mentors

31/03/2022 Posted by Mike Hughes 2175 Views 0 Comments cyber warfare

Participation in the Australian Defence Force Cyber Gap Program (ADFCGP) doesn’t have to stop when your program ends, with two

Cape Ottway, the first Evolved Cape-class patrol boat ready for launch at the shipyard in Henderson. Image courtesy of Austal.

News Royal Australian Navy Sovereign industry

First Cape-class accepted by Navy – names still a mystery

31/03/202201/04/2022 Posted by Mike Hughes 2837 Views 0 Comments Australian Defence Vessel Cape Otway, Cape-class Patrol Boat, HMAS Cairns

The acceptance of Defence’s first evolved Cape-class patrol boat will strengthen Australia’s naval capability while providing greater reliability and effectiveness to the

Soldiers deployed on Operation Flood Assist 2022 in Lismore, New South Wales, are making preparations to support local communities by door knocking, sandbagging and assisting with the relocation of residents. Story by Flight Lieutenant Dee Irwin. Photo by Corporal Jonathan Goedhart.

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ADF continues to stand beside flood-ravaged NSW communities

31/03/202201/04/2022 Posted by Mike Hughes 1887 Views 0 Comments Operation Flood Assist 2022

As flood-affected communities in northern New South Wales are again being lashed by severe weather, Australian Defence Force personnel deployed on

HMAS Canberra returns to her home port in Sydney, after deploying on Operation Tonga Assist 2022. Story by Lieutenant Brendan Trembath. Photo by Leading Seaman David Cox.

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HMAS Canberra home from Tonga

31/03/202201/04/2022 Posted by Mike Hughes 2260 Views 0 Comments 2nd Battalion Royal Australian Regiment, HMAS Canberra, Operation Tonga Assist 2022

HMAS Canberra sailed back into Sydney Harbour on March 29 after completing the Australian Defence Force’s ship-based support to Tonga.

An Australian Army Bushmaster protected mobility vehicle moves through floodwaters while on standby to conduct evacuation tasks with the local SES in Lismore, New South Wales, in support of Operation Flood Assist 2022. Photo by Corporal Jonathan Goedhart.

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Operation Flood Assist 2022 – Update 31 March 2022

31/03/202203/04/2022 Posted by Mike Hughes 6343 Views 0 Comments Operation Flood Assist 2022

CAPTION: An Australian Army Bushmaster protected mobility vehicle moves through floodwaters while on standby to conduct evacuation tasks with the

Australian Army soldiers and Defence civilian staff from Puckapunyal and Defence Plaza Melbourne participate in a Welcome to Country. Story by Major Peta Langbehn.

Australian Army News

Indigenous welcome to Puckapunyal

31/03/2022 Posted by Mike Hughes 2404 Views 0 Comments Indigenous, Puckapunyal

Puckapunyal military area in Victoria recently conducted a smoking ceremony to welcome newly arrived Indigenous military and Australian Public Service personnel to