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Dr Lacy Pejcinovic welcomes guests to the Profession of Arms Seminar at the Australian Defence College, Weston Creek, Canberra. Story by Sofija Brown. Photo by Grace Costa Banson.

Defence industry invited to join courses

01/02/2022 Posted by Mike Hughes 1762 Views 0 Comments Australian Defence College

The Australian Defence CollegeAustralian Defence CollegeAus is inviting defence industry partners to join Australian Defence Force, Australian Public Service and international students

Air Force Aviators load supplies onto a C-27J Spartan aircraft tasked to fly to isolated Coober Pedy, South Australia. Photo by Leading Aircraftman Stewart Gould.

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Critical supplies delivered to Coober Pedy

01/02/202201/02/2022 Posted by Mike Hughes 2282 Views 0 Comments C-27J Spartan, No. 35 Squadron, RAAF Amberley, RAAF Edinburgh

The Australian Defence Force is delivering urgent supplies to Coober Pedy and Prominent Hill airfields in support of the South

Army soldier Private Mathew Dowthwaite behind the wheel of an ambulance during driver training at the Ambulance Victoria Training Centre in Sunshine, Victoria. Story by Captain Martin Hadley. Photo by Leading Seaman James McDougall.

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ADF driving support to Victoria

01/02/2022 Posted by Mike Hughes 1973 Views 0 Comments COVID-19 Assist

The Australian Defence Force is assisting the Victorian Government with ambulance drivers and planners as part of Operation COVID-19 Assist.

Air Force officer Flight Lieutenant Tjapukai Shaw plays the didgeridoo during the new Australian national anthem recording at Alan Eaton Studios in Melbourne, Victoria. Story by Leading Seaman Kylie Jagiello. Photo by Petty Officer Nina Fogliani.

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New instrumental national anthem features Indigenous instruments

01/02/202203/02/2022 Posted by Mike Hughes 3816 Views 0 Comments Air Force Band, Indigenous

The Royal Australian Air Force Band and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander musicians from across the Australian Defence Force have

Australian Army soldiers from the ADF Parachuting School's Red Berets parachute display team drop into Sydney's Australia Day festivities. Story by Major Dan Mazurek. Photo: by Corporal Sagi Biderman.

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Red Berets thrill Sydney’s Australia Day crowds

01/02/202202/02/2022 Posted by Mike Hughes 2314 Views 0 Comments ADF Red Berets, Australia Day

The Australian Defence Force’s Red Berets parachute display team thrilled spectators celebrating Australia Day as they soared over the Sydney

Australian soldiers and sailors inspect the three Army CH-47F Chinook helicopters embarked on HMAS Adelaide. Photo by an unnamed DFAT staffer.

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HMAS Adelaide hit by significant power problems

31/01/202219/02/2022 Posted by Brian Hartigan 4580 Views 5 Comments HMAS Adelaide, Operation Tonga Assist 2022

ABC today reported that “A massive electrical power failure has crippled the Australian Navy’s largest warship as it completes its

Local contractors conduct a battlefield clearance on a former New Zealand firing range in Bamyan Provence, Afghanistan.

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New Zealand’s Afghan range clearance (almost) finished

28/01/2022 Posted by Brian Hartigan 2350 Views 1 Comment

Additional clearance of five firing ranges used by the New Zealand Defence Force in the Bamyan province in Afghanistan has

At the official opening of the Australian Hypersonic Research Precinct (left to right) are Air Vice Marshall Robert Denney, Former Chief Weapons and Combat Systems Dr Shane Canney, Chief of Defence Force General Angus Campbell, Defence Minister Peter Dutton, Chief Defence Scientist Professor Tanya Monro and Defence Scientist Hans Alesi. Photo by Leading Aircraft Woman Kate Czerny.

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Australian Hypersonics Research Precinct officially opened

27/01/2022 Posted by Brian Hartigan 2779 Views 0 Comments Australian Hypersonics Research Precinct

Defence has officially opened a state-of-the-art, purpose-built Australian Hypersonics Research Precinct at Eagle Farm in Brisbane. CAPTION: At the official

A WWII-era Australian Bren Gun Carrier available to buy at auction. Image supplied by Lloyds Auctions and Valuers.

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Rare military collection goes to deceased-estate auction

27/01/2022 Posted by Brian Hartigan 5688 Views 0 Comments

Some of the rarest items ever offered to the public have been discovered in Australia in shipping containers and storage

A No. 2 Squadron E-7A Wedgetail taxis out to the Andersen Air Force Base runway during Exercise Cope North 20 in Guam. Photo by Corporal David Said.

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RAAF heading for Guam and Ex Cope North 2022

27/01/2022 Posted by Brian Hartigan 1998 Views 0 Comments Exercise Cope North

The Royal Australian Air Force will deploy aircraft and personnel to Guam and the Commonwealth of Northern Mariana Islands to

Humanitarian assistance and disaster relief stores are prepared for offloading as HMAS Adelaide sails into Tonga during Operation Tonga Assist 22. Photo by Corporal Robert Whitmore.

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Outbreak of COVID on HMAS Adelaide on Tonga mission

27/01/202219/02/2022 Posted by Brian Hartigan 1589 Views 0 Comments Operation Tonga Assist 2022

Department of Defence reported 23 positive COVID-19 cases on board HMAS Adelaide on Tuesday, while the ship was in transit

Minister for Defence the Hon Peter Dutton MP and Deputy Chief of the Royal Australian Navy Rear Admiral Christopher Smith CSM RAN, board HMAS Leeuwin during their visit to HMAS Cairns, Queensland. Photo by Leading Seaman Shane Cameron.

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Contract to support Navy’s survey vessels extended

26/01/2022 Posted by Mike Hughes 1889 Views 0 Comments BAE Systems, HMAS Cairns, HMAS Leeuwin

BAE Systems Australia’s in-service support arrangements for the Royal Australian Navy’s hydrographic platforms in Cairns have been extended. CAPTION: Minister