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Flight Lieutenant Joy Clarke, right, takes part in the SheSails Discover Sailing Day run by the ADF Sailing Association in Canberra. Photo by Leading Aircraftwoman Jacqueline Forrester.

Female personnel take a new tack

18/02/2022 Posted by Mike Hughes 1616 Views 0 Comments

The ADF Sailing Association (ADFSA) held its third SheSails Discover Sailing Day in Canberra on February 6. CAPTION: Flight Lieutenant

A Royal Australian Navy deployable geospatial support team survey the seabed surrounding Pangaimotu Island in Tonga during Operation Tonga Assist 2022. Story by Captain Zoe Griffyn. Photo by Petty Officer Jake Badior.

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Navy team surveys Tonga below the waterline

18/02/2022 Posted by Mike Hughes 2109 Views 0 Comments HMAS Adelaide, Operation Tonga Assist 2022

A Navy hydrographic team is surveying Tonga’s islands from under the waterline to ensure humanitarian efforts go unhindered. CAPTION: A Royal

Republic of Fiji Military Forces engineer Sapper Saimoni Kamikamica (right) and Australian Army soldier Lance Corporal Kobie Rogers work together to clear a fallen tree on Atata Island during Operation Tonga Assist 2022. Story by Lieutenant Brendan Trembath. Photo by Corporal Robert Whitmore.

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Oz and Fiji military work together in Tonga

18/02/202218/02/2022 Posted by Mike Hughes 2471 Views 0 Comments 2nd Combat Engineer Regiment, CH-47F Chinook, HMAS Adelaide, Operation Tonga Assist 2022, Republic of Fiji Military Forces

Australian Defence Force and Republic of Fiji Military Forces personnel are working side-by-side on Atata Island in Tonga to clear

Australian Army soldiers conduct clean-up operations on Atata Island as part of Operation Tonga Assist 2022. Story by Captain Zoe Griffyn. Photo by Corporal Robert Whitmore.

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Army engineers start clean-up in Tonga

18/02/202218/02/2022 Posted by Mike Hughes 2137 Views 0 Comments 2nd Combat Engineer Regiment, CH-47F Chinook, HMAS Adelaide, Operation Tonga Assist 2022

Army engineers from Brisbane’s 2nd Combat Engineer Regiment have started clean-up operations on Atata Island in Tonga after a tsunami swept through

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Federal govt concerned about items in militaria auction

18/02/202218/02/2022 Posted by Brian Hartigan 3414 Views 3 Comments

Just days before more than 10,000 militaria pieces went under the hammer, the Australian government has declared items within the

Australia's first two F-35As to be based on home soil – A35-009 and A35-010 – arrive at RAAF Base Williamtown. Photo by Brian Hartigan.

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RAAF denies problems with F-35 Joint Strike Fighter

17/02/2022 Posted by Brian Hartigan 2975 Views 3 Comments F-35A Lightning II

Australia’s Chief of Air Force Air Marshal Mel Hupfeld has released a formal statement in response to media reports claiming that

Royal Australian Air Force air movements personnel assist Republic of Fiji Military Forces engineers and medical personnel bound for Tonga to a C-130J Hercules aircraft at RAAF Base Amberley in Queensland. Story by Flying Officer Robert Hodgson. Photo by Leading Aircraftwoman Kate Czerny.

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Fijians in Tonga after COVID isolation in Australia

15/02/202219/02/2022 Posted by Mike Hughes 2120 Views 0 Comments 2nd Combat Engineer Regiment, C-130J Hercules, COVID-19 Assist, No. 37 Squadron, Operation Tonga Assist 2022, Republic of Fiji Military Forces

The first element of Republic of Fiji Military Forces (RFMF) have arrived in Tonga to provide humanitarian assistance and disaster

Minister for Defence, Peter Dutton, tours the Australian Hypersonic Research Precinct with Professor Tanya Monro (right), Chief Defence Scientist. Photo by Leading Aircraftwoman Kate Czerny.

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Hypersonic precinct to supercharge research

15/02/2022 Posted by Mike Hughes 2667 Views 0 Comments Defence Science and Technology Group, University of Queensland

Minister for Defence Peter Dutton officially opened a new $14 million purpose-built hypersonic research and collaboration facility in Brisbane on

HMAS Supply (left) and HMAS Adelaide conduct a replenishment at sea during Operation Tonga Assist 2022. Story by Captain Zoe Griffyn. Photo by Corporal Robert Whitmore.

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HMAS Supply on Operation Tonga Assist 2022

15/02/202218/02/2022 Posted by Mike Hughes 2936 Views 0 Comments HMAS Adelaide, HMAS Supply, MRH-90 Taipan, Operation Tonga Assist 2022

Navy auxiliary oiler replenishment ship HMAS Supply arrived in Tongan waters as part of Operation Tonga Assist 2022 on February 12. CAPTION:

Leading Seaman Nathan Bob, left, directs Able Seaman Bradley Hocking as he fires an F89 Minimi on the flight deck of HMAS Arunta in the lead-up to the ship's regional presence deployment. Story and photo by Leading Seaman Sittichai Sakonpoonpol.

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Crew trains hard in lead-up to deployment

15/02/2022 Posted by Mike Hughes 2123 Views 0 Comments HMAS Arunta, MH-60R Seahawk

HMAS Arunta’s ship’s company has been busy maintaining and enhancing their skills since departing their home port of Sydney last

Royal Australian Navy destroyer HMAS Hobart prepares to berth in Hobart, Tasmania, in support of the 184th Royal Hobart Regatta. Story by Lieutenant Nancy Cotton. Photo by Leading Seaman Daniel Goodman.

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HMAS Hobart at home for regatta

15/02/202218/02/2022 Posted by Mike Hughes 2047 Views 0 Comments HMAS Hobart

Royal Australian Navy guided-missile destroyer HMAS Hobart provided an impressive backdrop in the Derwent River for the 184th Royal Hobart Regatta

Australian Army officer Captain Jyra Blake-Waller, left, and PNGDF officer Captain Charles Namuesh, right, deliver a solar-powered vaccination fridge to Mumeng Health Centre, Morobe Province, PNG. Photo by Captain Nathanael Kennedy.

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Working with PNG on COVID response

15/02/202218/02/2022 Posted by Mike Hughes 1974 Views 0 Comments COVID-19 Assist, Papua New Guinea, PNGDF

Australian Defence Force and Papua New Guinea Defence Force personnel are working closely together to assist Papua New Guinea with

An Australian Army CH-47F Chinook helicopter returns to HMAS Adelaide after air-lifting disaster relief stores to Atata Island in Tonga during Operation Tonga Assist 2022. Story by Lieutenant Brendan Trembath. Photo by Corporal Robert Whitmore.

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ADF troops land on vacated Tongan island

15/02/202218/02/2022 Posted by Mike Hughes 2046 Views 0 Comments 2nd Battalion Royal Australian Regiment, 2nd Combat Engineer Regiment, CH-47F Chinook, HMAS Adelaide, Operation Tonga Assist 2022

Australian personnel from HMAS Adelaide stepped ashore for the first time on 4 February to survey damage caused by the volcanic

(l-r) Aircraftwoman Kate Ogilvie, Leading Aircraftwoman Laura Devine and Aircraftwoman Taryn Worby, Medical Technicians from 1 Expeditionary Health Squadron at an aged care facility in Victoria, prepare to provide support to staff as part of Operation COVID-19 Assist. Photo by Leading Aircraftwoman Jacqueline Forrester.

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ADF surges aged-care support

15/02/2022 Posted by Mike Hughes 4088 Views 0 Comments COVID-19 Assist

Australian Defence Force personnel across Australia are gearing up to further support the aged-care sector, following a request from Emergency

Corporal Tiana Heap enjoys the views of northern NSW during the first all-female crewed C-27J Spartan aircraft from No. 35 Squadron, based at RAAF Base Amberley. Story by Flight Lieutenant Tanya Carter. Photo by Leading Aircraftwoman Kate Czerny.

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All female crew fly into history books

15/02/202226/02/2022 Posted by Mike Hughes 2567 Views 0 Comments C-27J Spartan, No. 35 Squadron, RAAF Amberley

An all-female crew has flown a C-27J Spartan transport aircraft into the history books at the Royal Australian Air Force’s

Royal Australian Air Force officer Air Commodore Nick Osborne, outgoing Commander of Surveillance & Response Group, returns the salute during the transfer of command ceremony at RAAF Base Williamtown, near Newcastle, NSW. Story by Flight Lieutenant Claire Burnet. Photo by Leading Aircraftman Samuel Miller.

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Surveillance and Response Group changes command

15/02/202215/02/2022 Posted by Mike Hughes 3253 Views 0 Comments No. 2 Squadron, RAAF Williamtown

The Royal Australian Air Force has a new commander to lead its Surveillance and Response Group, with command passing from

Sergeant Amy Hestermann-Crane, left, Phoebe Budd, Chaplain Nikki Coleman and Squadron Leader Mel Vreugdenburg at the Bush Capital Lodge in Canberra for the YMCA Space Squad camp. Story by Flight Lieutenant Jessica Winnall. Photos by Leading Aircraftman Adam Abela.

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Space Squad: The next generation

15/02/202216/02/2022 Posted by Mike Hughes 2776 Views 0 Comments Space, STEM

Royal Australian* Air Force mentors met the next generation of leaders in the space sector at the YMCA ‘Space Squad’

Lieutenant-General Arthur Ernest Percival, led by a Japanese officer, walks under a flag of truce to negotiate the capitulation of Allied forces in Singapore, on 15 February 1942. It was the largest surrender of British-led forces in history.

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80 years since the Fall of Singapore

15/02/2022 Posted by Brian Hartigan 1978 Views 0 Comments

Today we commemorate the 80th anniversary of the Fall of Singapore, one of the most significant military defeats in British

Davo, John S, Wooly, John L, me, Killer and Digger – 5 Section, 2 Platoon, 2RAR on Route 2, Phuoc Tuy Province, Vietnam.

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Remembering our Nashos – National Servicemen’s Day

14/02/2022 Posted by Brian Hartigan 2584 Views 0 Comments

Monday 14th February marks National Servicemen’s Day, when we honour the hundreds of thousands of young Australian men who served

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DVA to give first evidence at Suicide Royal Commission

14/02/2022 Posted by Brian Hartigan 1733 Views 0 Comments Suicide Royal Commission

Members of the Department of Veterans Affairs will give evidence publicly for the first time during the second hearing of