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Author: Mike Hughes

Air Force personnel remove flood-damaged items from local homes and streets in Port Macquarie during Operation NSW Flood Assist. Photo by Private Jacob Hilton.
News Royal Australian Air Force 

Air Force grounded for flood clean-up

09/04/2021 Mike Hughes 76 Views 0 Comments

With tasks piling up in regional NSW following the one-in-100-year flooding, 51 members of the Air Force were called in

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Soldiers remove debris from a flood-damaged property in Taree. Photo by Corporal Sagi Biderman .
Australian Army News Videos 

Hard work recognised

09/04/202109/04/2021 Mike Hughes 71 Views 0 Comments

The commander of the ADF’s support to the flood recovery efforts in NSW, Brigadier Mick Garraway, has praised the work

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Captain Mark Beretta, left, Major Cameron Stephenson and Lieutenant Colonel Reg Crawford (retd) took part in this year’s Tour de Cure cancer charity ride.
Australian Army News 

Soldiers up to Tour de Cure challenge

09/04/2021 Mike Hughes 80 Views 0 Comments

Two serving Army officers and a retired officer rode their bicycles 1000km in seven days to raise money for cancer

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Lance Corporal Rebecca Baxter from the 4th/19th Prince of Wales Light Horse Regiment adjusts the prototype female heavy-webbing harness and belt on Private Jessica Russell from the 8th/7th Battalion, Royal Victoria Regiment. Photo by Captain Kristen Cleland.
Australian Army 

Women fitted to fight

09/04/2021 Mike Hughes 234 Views 0 Comments

Women’s roles in combat are taking another step forward with the development and trialling of combat equipment and uniforms designed

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Corporal James Milne from the 8th/9th Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment, right, with Republic of Fiji Military Forces’ Private Seruwaia Kovakova, front, and Lance Corporal Apimeleki Nabati during urban training. Photo by Corporal Nicole Dorrett.
Australian Army News Pacific 

Fijians join Aussie soldiers for urban training

09/04/2021 Mike Hughes 113 Views 0 Comments

Soldiers from the Republic of Fiji Military Forces (RFMF) have joined Australian infantry soldiers from Army’s 7th Combat Brigade for

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Private Sireli Levukaiciwa from the Republic of Fiji Military Forces gives Kava to the Commanding Officer of 8th/9th Battalion, the Royal Australian Regiment, Lieutenant Colonel John Eccleston. Photo by Private Jacob Hilton.
Australian Army News Pacific 

Ceremony welcomes Fijian soldiers

09/04/2021 Mike Hughes 108 Views 0 Comments

Welcomes don’t come much warmer than the one given by the 7th Combat Brigade to 37 soldiers and officers from

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Sailors with Neil and Gwen Mcleod after clearing debris from their flood-damaged property in Scotts Head, NSW. Photo by Corporal Robert Whitmore.
News Royal Australian Navy 

Fighting and winning ashore

09/04/202112/04/2021 Mike Hughes 97 Views 2 Comments

From the first response with aircraft flying from HMAS Albatross to personnel on the ground in the NSW mid-north coast,

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Members of HMAS Sirius’ ship's company wave to the crew of Royal Malaysian Navy ship KD Lekir in the Andaman Sea. Photo by Leading Seaman Thomas Sawtell.
Asia News Royal Australian Navy 

Malaysia and Australia replenish relationship

09/04/2021 Mike Hughes 88 Views 0 Comments

HMAS Sirius conducted a series of exercises with the Royal Malaysian Navy corvette KD Lekir in the Andaman Sea, and

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HMAS Sirius sails in company with frigates INS Kiltan of the Indian Navy and FS Surcouf of the French Navy, in the Bay of Bengal during Exercise La Perouse.
News Royal Australian Navy 

Aussie ships impress on French-led exercise

09/04/202110/04/2021 Mike Hughes 202 Views 0 Comments

HMA Ships Anzac and Sirius made an immediate impact with their international counterparts in the French-led Exercise La Perouse in

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HMAS Sirius conducts a replenishment at sea with USS Theodore Roosevelt. Photo by Leading Seaman Thomas Sawtell.
News Royal Australian Navy 

Sirius has a day to remember

09/04/2021 Mike Hughes 97 Views 0 Comments

HMAS Sirius has completed one of its biggest ever Replenishment at Sea (RAS) with the 100,000-ton Nimitz-class aircraft carrier, USS

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HMAS Melville departing her home port of Cairns to conduct hydrographic survey work in the Bass Strait.
News Royal Australian Navy 

Survey work to make navigation safer

09/04/2021 Mike Hughes 76 Views 0 Comments

HMAS Melville has returned to her home port of Cairns after a six-week deployment completing survey work in poorly surveyed

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Lieutenant Kurt O’Neill, attached to the 2nd Combat Engineer Regiment, with his platoon help residents clean up after the flood at Laurieton.
ADF People 

Flood clean-up work is ‘rewarding’

09/04/2021 Mike Hughes 23 Views 0 Comments

Lieutenant Kurt O’Neill understands the power of water. CAPTION: Lieutenant Kurt O’Neill, attached to the 2nd Combat Engineer Regiment, with

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A Lancaster bomber of 463 or 467 Squadron RAAF over England in 1945. File photo.
History Royal Australian Air Force Videos 

Top 10 Iconic RAAF Aircraft – 8: Avro Lancaster

08/04/202109/04/2021 Mike Hughes 145 Views 0 Comments

As the Royal Australian Air Force celebrated its Centenary on 31 March 2021, they have compiled their Top Ten most

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Claire Withrington at her Royal Military College - Duntroon appointment ceremony in Brisbane.
ADF People History 

The road to leadership

08/04/2021 Mike Hughes 67 Views 0 Comments

Wynnum local Claire Withrington is following a well-worn path to lead others in the Australian Army. CAPTION: Claire Withrington at

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The RAAF Roulettes fly under the sun. Photo: Mike Hughes.
Personal stories 

RAAF Centenary airshow – a locals viewpoint

06/04/2021 Mike Hughes 217 Views 0 Comments

Organising and then running an airshow is a daunting and frustrating task and if the stars align and the wind

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Corporal Kate Fox, left, Sergeant Fiona Jackson and Flight Lieutenant Susan Coretti treat a simulated patient during an Aeromedical Evacuation Training Exercise on board a C-17 Globemaster III. Photo by Leading Aircraftwoman Emma Schwenke.
News Royal Australian Air Force 

Saving lives in the sky

06/04/2021 Mike Hughes 206 Views 0 Comments

A simulated medical emergency played out thousands of feet above Queensland in a C-17A Globemaster III has tested the expertise

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The Gallipoli Barracks Garrison Family Day will have various entertainment options for Defence members and their families. Photo by Corporal Nicole Dorrett.
Australian Army News 

Gallipoli Barracks Garrison Day to thank families

06/04/2021 Mike Hughes 166 Views 0 Comments

Gallipoli Barracks will hold a Garrison Family Day on Sunday April 18 to thank loved ones of Defence members and help

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Soldiers from the 3rd Combat Engineer Regiment prepare to enter a compound during Exercise Dingo Fury at Townsville Field Training Area. Photo by Corporal Brendon Grey.
Australian Army News Videos 

Sappers tackle technical training

06/04/2021 Mike Hughes 240 Views 0 Comments

Sappers from the 3rd Combat Engineer Regiment have tested their technical skills in the field environment during Exercise Dingo Fury in

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Alan and Janice Hunt stand in front of flood damaged possessions in Lower MacDonald, NSW. Photo by Corporal Sagi Biderman.
ADF 

Flood-affected couple thankful for support

06/04/2021 Mike Hughes 147 Views 0 Comments

For elderly Lower MacDonald residents, Alan Hunt, 86, and Janice Hunt, 79, seeing members of the ADF assist with removing

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Corporal Daniel Loane has been awarded the Air Vice Marshal B.A. Eaton Award, Air Force Airman of the Year for 2020. Photo by Sergeant Pete Gammie.
ADF People 

Airman of The Year 2020

06/04/202110/04/2021 Mike Hughes 216 Views 2 Comments

Recognised for service excellence, Communication Electronic Technician Corporal Daniel Loane has been named the Air Force Airman of the Year for 2020.

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