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Exercise Wantok Warrior

Soldiers from 3rd Battalion, the Royal Australian Regiment, and the PNG Defence Force board a CH-47 Chinook from 5th Aviation Regiment during Exercise Wantok Warrior. Story by Captain Brittany Evans. Photo by Corporal Brandon Grey.
Australian Army News Overseas 

Ex Wantok Warrior taken up a notch

10/12/2024 Posted by Mike Hughes 2062 Views 0 Comments 2nd Cavalry Regiment, 3rd Battalion RAR, 3rd Brigade, 3rd Combat Engineer Regiment, 5th Aviation Regiment, CH-47F Chinook, Exercise Wantok Warrior, PNGDF

The Australian Army and Papua New Guinea Defence Force (PNGDF) partnered in a series of training activities in Wewak on

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A CH-47F Chinook from 5th Aviation Regiment flies over Karkar Island during Exercise Helicon Luk in PNG. Story by Major Carolyn Barnett. Photos by Warrant Officer Class Two Miranda Buckley.
Australian Army News Overseas 

PNG terrain tests flying skills

05/11/202410/11/2024 Posted by Mike Hughes 2539 Views 0 Comments 3rd Brigade, 5th Aviation Regiment, CH-47F Chinook, Exercise Helicon Luk, Exercise Wantok Warrior, PNG

CH-47F Chinooks of 5th Aviation Regiment took to the skies over the Papua New Guinea highlands for high-density altitude training

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