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Bombardier Jarrod Logan launches a Wasp AE from a paddock 20km south of Canberra to survey blazing scrub in the Orroral Valley. Photo by Corporal Julia Whitwell.

Wasp uses waterbomber downtime to help plan next attacks

14/02/2020 Posted by Brian Hartigan 2807 Views 0 Comments Operation Bushfire Assist 19-20

Bombardier Jarrod Logan launches a Wasp AE unmanned aircraft from a paddock 20km south of Canberra to survey blazing scrub in the Orroral Valley.

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Army helicopter started new fire bearing down on Canberra

28/01/202030/01/2020 Posted by Brian Hartigan 2930 Views 0 Comments Operation Bushfire Assist 19-20

An MRH-90 helicopter delivering firefighters to the Namadgi National Park west of Canberra accidentally started a new ‘Emergency Warning’ level bushfire.

Australian Army HX77 heavy rigid trucks loaded with fodder heading for Bonang in the north of Gippsland on Australia Day in support of Operation Bushfire Assist. Photo by Private Michael Currie.

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Op Bushfire Assist – 27 January UPDATE

28/01/2020 Posted by Brian Hartigan 2793 Views 0 Comments Operation Bushfire Assist 19-20

Update on ADF efforts in assisting state authorities to reopen roads, restore essential services and deliver emergency supplies to fire-affected communities

Sergeant Ian MacGregor refuels a Chinook helicopter at at RAAF Base East Sale in preparation for a mission during Operation Bushfire Assist. Photo by Corporal Kylie Gibson.

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Experience ensures quick pitstops for choppers

24/01/2020 Posted by Brian Hartigan 2245 Views 0 Comments Operation Bushfire Assist 19-20

‘Hot refuelling’ is a critical skill that quick turnarounds for cargo and passenger movements into and out of bushfire-affected areas is kept efficient.

Australian Army engineers were swiftly redeployed 100km north from Cooma to Canberra in response to the Canberra fires on January 23rd. following a call from the ACT’s Emergency Services Agency. A bulldozer, excavator and grader were quickly loaded onto trucks and sent forward to the emergency zone. in this photo, Sapper Mathias Beddie, from the 2nd Combat Engineer Task Group – NSW, pulls-down piles of burning mulch so that bulldozers and graders can spread it for firefighters to douse with water. The piles are too dense to extinguish without first being spread and would otherwise smoulder for weeks and remain a fire hazard. Photo by Major Cameron Jamieson.

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Op Bushfire Assist – 23 January UPDATE

24/01/202024/01/2020 Posted by Brian Hartigan 2172 Views 0 Comments Operation Bushfire Assist 19-20

Nearly 6400 ADF personnel are supporting Operation Bushfire Assist – approximately 3000 Reserves and 3400 full-time, plus more than 350 foreign troops.

An Australian Army Bushmaster protected mobility vehicle from the 3rd Combat Engineer Regiment, conducts a route reconnaissance near Swifts Creek, Victoria, in support of Operation Bushfire Assist. Photo by Private Madhur Chitnis.

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Op Bushfire Assist – 22 January UPDATE

23/01/2020 Posted by Brian Hartigan 2097 Views 0 Comments Operation Bushfire Assist 19-20

Updated at 9am 23 January 2020 CAPTION: An Australian Army Bushmaster protected mobility vehicle from the 3rd Combat Engineer Regiment,

Major Francis Fabilia, a Deputy Supply Officer from Port Moresby, says, “It’s a privilege to be given the opportunity to assist, especially as Australia is usually responding to our disasters. I’m honoured to come over here and return the favour”.

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Op Bushfire Assist – 20 January UPDATE

21/01/202021/01/2020 Posted by Brian Hartigan 2030 Views 0 Comments Operation Bushfire Assist 19-20

Updated at 8am 21 January 2020 CAPTION: Major Francis Fabilia, a Deputy Supply Officer from Port Moresby, says, “It’s a privilege

Lieutenant Matilda Connell and Corporal Trent Jones from the 3rd Combat Engineer Regiment conduct map reconnaissance with Deputy Incident Controller Emma Conway and Commander Mitch Simmons from the Country Fire Authority, to assess fire damage in Omeo, during Operation Bushfire Assist. Photo by Private Madhur Chitnis.

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Op Bushfire Assist – 19 January UPDATE

20/01/202007/02/2020 Posted by Brian Hartigan 2103 Views 0 Comments Operation Bushfire Assist 19-20

Updated 9am 20 January 2020 CAPTION: Lieutenant Matilda Connell and Corporal Trent Jones from the 3rd Combat Engineer Regiment conduct

Australian Army HX77 heavy rigid vehicles load up with fodder near Cooma, NSW, for delivery to fire-affected farms. Photo by Sergeant Brett Sherriff.

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Op Bushfire Assist – 18 January UPDATE

19/01/202019/01/2020 Posted by Brian Hartigan 4009 Views 0 Comments Operation Bushfire Assist 19-20

Updated at 9.30am 19 January 2020 CAPTION: Australian Army HX77 heavy rigid vehicles load up with fodder near Cooma, NSW,

Australian Army soldiers from 16 Regiment Emergency Support Force assist in flushing a contaminated water tank near Lobethal, South Australia.

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Op Bushfire Assist – 17 January UPDATE

18/01/202018/01/2020 Posted by Brian Hartigan 2275 Views 0 Comments Operation Bushfire Assist 19-20

Australian Army soldiers from 16 Regiment Emergency Support Force assist in flushing a contaminated water tank near Lobethal, South Australia.

A graphic evidence of how close the bushfires came to HMAS Albatross on New Year's Day, even as military and civilian aircraft continued bushfire-support operations from the base.

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Bushfire threat to Albatross much worse than earlier report

17/01/202024/01/2020 Posted by Brian Hartigan 4125 Views 1 Comment Operation Bushfire Assist 19-20

For those at HMAS Albatross on NYE, the irony of launching helicopters to assist elsewhere while the base came under serious fire threat wasn’t lost.

Private Richard Crisp from the Australian Army's 2nd Combat Engineer Regiment conducts morning checks and prepares to refuel a NSW Bush Fire Service vehicle near Tumut, NSW. Photo by Lance Corporal Brodie Cross.

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Op Bushfire Assist – 16 January UPDATE

17/01/2020 Posted by Brian Hartigan 2847 Views 0 Comments Operation Bushfire Assist 19-20

More than 6500 full-time and reserve ADF are now providing direct support across fire-affected regions of Australia in support of Operation Bushfire Assist.

Australian Army CH-47 Chinook from Townsville-based 5th Aviation Regiment prepares to uplift hay bales to deliver to remote bushfire-affected farms on Kangaroo Island. Photo by Corporal Tristan Kennedy.

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Op Bushfire Assist – 15 January UPDATE

16/01/2020 Posted by Brian Hartigan 2148 Views 0 Comments Operation Bushfire Assist 19-20

Updated at 8am, 16 January 2020 More than 6000 full-time and reserve personnel are now providing direct support in the

A bulldozer is landed at HMAS Creswell, Jervis Bay, from HMAS Adelaide.

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Op Bushfire Assist – 14 January UPDATE

15/01/2020 Posted by Brian Hartigan 2652 Views 0 Comments Operation Bushfire Assist 19-20

Updated at 8am 15 January 2020 Watch Major General Jake Ellwood’s brief to media, 14 January 2020… MAIN PHOTO: A

An Australian Army CH-47F Chinook helicopter loads stores on the flight deck of HMAS Adelaide during Operation Bushfire Assist. Photo by Petty Officer Tom Gibson.

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Op Bushfire Assist – 13 January UPDATE

13/01/2020 Posted by Brian Hartigan 2355 Views 0 Comments Operation Bushfire Assist 19-20

Operation Bushfire Assist continues to grow, with more ADF members joining the operation, and 100 PNGDF engineers touching down in Melbourne this evening.

An Australian Army Heavy Recovery Vehicle is used to recover a NSW Rural Fire Service-contracted helicopter that ditched in the Ben Boyd Reservoir near Eden, NSW. Photo: Sergeant Bill Solomou.

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Op Bushfire Assist – 12 January UPDATE

12/01/2020 Posted by Brian Hartigan 5062 Views 0 Comments Operation Bushfire Assist 19-20

More than 5000 full-time and reserve personnel are now providing direct support in the field, at sea, in the air and

ADF medical personnel board a Singaporean Chinook at RAAF Base East Sale for a ferry flight to Mallacoota. Singapore Armed Forces photo.

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Singaporean Chooks join the fight from East Sale

11/01/202024/01/2020 Posted by Brian Hartigan 3433 Views 0 Comments Operation Bushfire Assist 19-20

Two Singapore Armed Forces CH-47 Chinooks have deployed to RAAF Base East Sale to support bushfire operations in Victoria.

Soldiers from the 7th Battalion, the Royal Australian Regiment, move a bale of hay for livestock delivered by an Australian Army CH-47F Chinook near Jackson’s Crossing, Victoria: Photo by Private Michael Currie.

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Op Bushfire Assist 11 January UPDATE

11/01/2020 Posted by Brian Hartigan 2815 Views 0 Comments Operation Bushfire Assist 19-20

Daily operations update 11 January 2020 by Major General Jake Ellwood CAPTION: Soldiers from the 7th Battalion, the Royal Australian

Australian Army soldiers from the 7th Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment, move on foot into the isolated community of Gipsy Point, north-west of Mallacoota, Victoria, to provide health support. Photo by Major Gavin Cole.

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Op Bushfire Assist 10 January UPDATE

10/01/202011/01/2020 Posted by Brian Hartigan 2449 Views 0 Comments Operation Bushfire Assist 19-20

Operation Bushfire Assist 10-20 is currently the Australian Defence Force’s main effort, with several thousand full-time and reserve personnel providing direct support.

An LCM8 transits from HMAS Choules to HMAS Cerberus to disembark evacuees from Mallacoota during Operation Bushfire Assist 19-20 as the ship takes on supplies via the ship's MRH-90 helicopter. Photo by Petty Officer Helen Frank.

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Second evacuation by “Mallacoota Ferry” complete

09/01/2020 Posted by Brian Hartigan 2051 Views 0 Comments Operation Bushfire Assist 19-20

HMAS Choules – now affectionately known as the “Mallacoota Ferry” – has conducted a second evacuation from Mallacoota in Victoria’s East Gippsland region.