CONTACT Air Land and Sea, the Australian Military Magazine
CONTACT Air Land and
Sea - - ISSUE #22 in newsagents from 29 May!
This
issue features:
COVER STORY: FIGHTING - for a fair go in Afghanistan
Avalon Air Show - gave me a BOne
Corporal Mathew Hopkins - RIP
Sergeant Brett Till - RIP
Chief of Army's Cadet Challenge
Disaster at Sea - Navy rescues burn victims
Combat Tracking - the course
Inferno - Victorian bushfire assistance
Canberra Calling - missing bomber found
SECDET XIV
Somalia Part XXII - "We were winning when I left"
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much more...
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'World Bushmaster' unveilled
Thales’s World Bushmaster has made its international debut at DVD 2009 – one of the
United Kingdom’s largest defence industry events.
The World Bushmaster variant is designed as a response to export opportunities, as well as
potential customers’ evolving requirements resulting from the Bushmaster’s success on
operations.
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Soldier killed in Puckapunyal training accident
An Australian soldier was tragically killed in a training accident at Puckapunyal, Victoria,
earlier today.
At approximately 11am, a single M113A1 Armoured Personnel Carrier holding four troops rolled
while taking part in a training exercise.
Posted by Brian on Friday, June 26 @ 21:32:45 EST (46 reads)
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Tactical Payment Scheme authorised
Greg Combet, Minister for Defence Personnel, Materiel and Science, has welcomed the royal assent of the Defence Legislation Amendment Bill (No.1) 2009 that introduced a Tactical Payment Scheme.
“The Tactical Payment Scheme will provide a means for making no-liability payments to people adversely affected by Australian Defence Force activities abroad,” Mr Combet said.
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Inovation rewarded
Greg Combet, Minister for Defence Personnel, Materiel and Science, today announced that new technology that promises to significantly reduce the risks for Navy divers is among seven technology proposals to be funded by Defence.
“I congratulate the seven companies for their innovative proposals which will be developed under the Capability & Technology Demonstrator (CTD) Program managed by the Defence Science and Technology Organisation,” Mr Combet said.
Posted by Brian on Friday, June 26 @ 21:29:23 EST (8 reads)
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Weapon-locating radar fully operational
Greg Combet, Minister for Defence Personnel, Materiel and Science, today announced that the project to upgrade Army’s Weapon Locating Radar has now achieved initial operational capability.
“The Australian AN/TPQ-36 Weapon Locating Radar capability provides the Australian Defence Force (ADF) with the ability to locate enemy mortars, guns and rockets, enabling early warning for ground forces,” said Mr Combet.
Posted by Brian on Thursday, June 25 @ 21:28:58 EST (16 reads)
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Third KC-30 arrives in Australia
Greg Combet, Minister for Defence Personnel, Materiel and Science, today announced that the next commercial Airbus A330-200 aircraft has arrived at Brisbane airport for its conversion into a multi role tanker transport (KC-30 Tanker) for use by the Royal Australian Air Force.
This aircraft is being acquired under Project Air 5402. Under this project five air to air refuelling aircraft are being purchased from Spanish company EADS CASA (now known as Airbus Military). This involves the conversion of commercial A330-200 Airbus into military air to air refuellers (KC 30 Tankers).
Posted by Brian on Thursday, June 25 @ 21:27:39 EST (14 reads)
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Aussies on US Pacific mission
Lending a helping hand to Australia’s neighbours is all part of the job for Australian Defence Force engineers and medical personnel joining the multinational PACIFIC PARTNERSHIP 2009 team in the South West Pacific from 30 June to 18 September 2009.
PACIFIC PARTNERSHIP is an annual U.S sponsored Humanitarian Civic Assistance mission aimed at strengthening international relationships and interoperability for disaster relief throughout Oceania and Southeast Asia.
Posted by Brian on Thursday, June 25 @ 21:25:28 EST (11 reads)
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4RAR name change
Army’s 4th Battalion (Commando), The Royal Australian Regiment (4 RAR (Cdo)) was today renamed 2nd Commando Regiment (2 Cdo Regt) during a ceremony at Tobruk Lines, Holsworthy.
The ceremony, reviewed by Chief of Army Lieutenant General Ken Gillespie, saw the march-off of the 4 RAR colours and the unfurling of the new 2 Cdo Regt flag.
Posted by Brian on Friday, June 19 @ 18:11:06 EST (29 reads)
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Dutch order more Bushmasters
In a further boost for Bushmaster exports, the Netherlands Ministry of Defence has
ordered 14 new vehicles.
The contract will take the total of Bushmasters supplied to the Netherlands to 72.
Production work on the new vehicles has already begun, with delivery to the
customer to be completed later this year.
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Combined operation in Afghanistan
The Commanding Officer of the first Australian Mentoring and Reconstruction Task Force (MRTF
– 1), Lieutenant Colonel Shane Gabriel, has praised the growing capability of Afghan
soldiers following the successful completion of a combined Afghan-Australian
cordon-and-search operation.
Lieutenant Colonel Gabriel said the Afghan and Australian forces recently completed
‘Operation Zamarai Lor’ (Tiger Scythe) in the Miribad region of Oruzgan Province, to the
east of the MRTF’s main base at Tarin Kowt.
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