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Australian Army soldier Bombardier Jordan Whicker with grandparents, Sue and Dean Wilkinson, in Townsville during a tour of a Patriot missile launcher in 2021. Story by Sergeant Matthew Bickerton.
ADF People Australian Army History Veterans 

Grandfather gunner inspires grandson gunner

01/02/202409/02/2024 Posted by Mike Hughes 3389 Views 0 Comments 16th Regiment Royal Australian Artillery

As 40mm shells arced into the sky, aimed at a balloon towed by an aircraft, the anti-aircraft gunner was confident

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Australian Army Medic, then Sergeant Joanne Cook, examines a little girl with malaria in February 1993. Story by Corporal Luke Bellman. Photo by Corporal Gary Ramage.
Australian Army Health and Wellbeing History News Overseas 

Citation for troops who risked their safety to help Somalis

01/02/202402/02/2024 Posted by Mike Hughes 2290 Views 0 Comments 1st Battalion Royal Australian Regiment, HMAS Tobruk, Meritorious Unit Citation, Operation Solace, Somalia

Meritorious Unit Citations (MUC) have been awarded to ADF units that served in Somalia between 1992 and 1995. CAPTION: Australian Army

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Members of the Australian Army's 2nd Commando Regiment conduct a free-fall parachute jump from a RAAF C-17A Globemaster III to commemorate the 80th anniversary of the Nadzab Landings in September 1943. Story by Flying Officer Aarron Dann. Photo by Senior Airman Mackenzie Cooper.
History News Royal Australian Air Force 

Free-falling into PNG

08/12/202311/12/2023 Posted by Mike Hughes 3017 Views 0 Comments 2nd Commando Regiment, C-17A Globemaster III, Exercise Global Dexterity, Nadzab Landings, No. 36 Squadron, PNGDF, RAF, US Air Force, WWII

Australian Army commandos from 2 Cdo Regt parachuted into Papua New Guinea to commemorate the 80th anniversary of the World

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Lieutenant Colonel Wendy Say with veteran and founder of the Kokoda Youth Foundation Doug Henderson in front of the new Canungra Vietnam Memorial at Kokoda Barracks in Queensland. Story by Major Carolyn Barnett. Photo by Private Andrew Shaw.
Australian Army History Lest We Forget News 

Kokoda Barracks unveils new Vietnam memorial

08/12/2023 Posted by Mike Hughes 2660 Views 0 Comments 6th Battalion RAR, Canungra, Kokoda Barracks, Kokoda Youth Foundation, Vietnam veterans

After two years of dedicated volunteer work and community collaboration, the new Canungra Vietnam Memorial opened to veterans, families and

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Two KA350 King Air's fly over a Colours consecration parade at RAAF Base East Sale, Victoria. Story by Squadron Leader Kate Davis and Flight Lieutenant Nick O’Connor. Photos by Leading Aircraftman Ryan Howell.
History News Royal Australian Air Force 

Colour parade marks milestone for flying-training schools

01/12/202310/12/2023 Posted by Mike Hughes 2023 Views 0 Comments KA350 King Air, No. 1 Flying Training School (1FTS), RAAF East Sale

1 Flying Training School (1FTS) and Air Mission Training School (AMTS) held a joint Colour Replacement Parade at RAAF Base

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Ex-United States Navy PBY5A Catalina 'Our Girl' is being restored by members and volunteers of the Rathmines Catalina Association in Beresfield, NSW. Story by FLTLT Karyn Markwell. Photos by SGT Craig Barrett.
History News Royal Australian Air Force 

PBY-5A Catalina ‘Our Girl’ to tell local story

01/12/202310/12/2023 Posted by Mike Hughes 1536 Views 0 Comments Catalina, Heritage – Air Force (HH-AF), RAAF Amberley Aviation Heritage Centre

An historic aircraft is being restored to its original wartime configuration after it was handed over to the Royal Australian

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Personnel from 453 Squadron with a Supermarine Spitfire Mk XVI from 100 Squadron at RAAF Base Williamtown, NSW. Image has been digitally manipulated, 453 Squadron sign added to ATC tower. Story by Flying Officer Kristi Adam. Photo by Leading Aircraftman Kurt Lewis.
History News Royal Australian Air Force 

Connections take flight in Newcastle

30/11/2023 Posted by Mike Hughes 1490 Views 0 Comments Air Show, No. 100 Squadron, No. 453 Squadron, RAAF Point Cook, RAAF Williamtown

The Newcastle Williamtown Air Show and open day, held over November 18-19, gave 2 and 453 Squadrons an opportunity to

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From left, Officer Commanding 17th Construction Squadron Major Lincoln Barbare, flag orderly Sapper Jack Miles, Major General Stephen Day and Squadron Sergeant Major 17th Construction Squadron Warrant Officer Class Two Taj Whelan with the returned flag at RAAF Base Amberley, Queensland. Story by Captain Evita Ryan. Photo by Warrant Officer Class Two Kim Allen.
Australian Army History News 

Flag flies again after 55 years

30/11/2023 Posted by Mike Hughes 1450 Views 0 Comments 17th Construction Squadron, Vietnam War

Fifty-five years after a 17th Construction Squadron flag supposedly ‘blew off’ a flag pole in Nui Dat, at the 1st

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Squadron Leader Mark Lees works on a CT4A as the 100 Squadron senior engineering officer at RAAF Base Point Cook in 2022. Story by Leading Aircraftwoman Casey-Lee Rebellato. Photo by David Jones.
ADF People History 

Back to where it all began

30/11/2023 Posted by Mike Hughes 1070 Views 0 Comments No. 1 Flying Training School (1FTS), No. 100 Squadron

Since starting his career as an engine fitter at RAAF Base Point Cook circa 1989, Geelong Squadron Leader Mark Lees

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Garry Cooper and Commanding Officer 4 Squadron Wing Commander Steven Duffy unveil a painting commissioned by aviation artist Ivan Berryman at 4 Squadron, RAAF Base Williamtown, NSW. Story by Flying Officer Jamie Wallace. Photos: Leading Aircraftman Kurt Lewis.
History News Royal Australian Air Force 

Painting immortalises historic action

30/11/2023 Posted by Mike Hughes 1532 Views 0 Comments Forward Air Controllers, No. 4 Squadron, RAAF Williamtown, WWII

Taking pride of place in 4 Squadron headquarters at RAAF Base Williamtown is a new painting commemorating an important event

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A RAAF Boeing P-8 Poseidon (left) taxis past two E-7A Wedgetails at RAAF Base Williamtown in readiness for the Air Force Newcastle Williamtown Air Show 2023. Story by Flying Officer Jamie Wallace. Photo by Leading Aircraftman Kurt Lewis.
History News Royal Australian Air Force Videos 

Newcastle Williamtown Air Show inspires

24/11/2023 Posted by Mike Hughes 3637 Views 0 Comments Air Show, RAAF Williamtown

The latest and greatest in Defence capability thrilled almost 85,000 people on November 18 and 19 during the Newcastle Williamtown

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Centenarian and Bomber Command Veteran Angus Hughes cuts his birthday cake with veterans, Group Captain Greg Weller and members of 462 Squadron at RAAF Base Edinburgh. Story by Pilot Officer Shanea Zeegers. by Sergeant David Cotton.
ADF People History Veterans 

Bomber Command veteran turns 100

24/11/2023 Posted by Mike Hughes 3132 Views 0 Comments No. 462 Squadron, RAAF Edinburgh, WWII

World War II Bomber Command veteran Angus Hughes recently celebrated his 100th birthday at RAAF Base Edinburgh. CAPTION: Centenarian and Bomber

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The bronze statue honouring Sister Greta Towner's service in Blackall’s Memorial Park, Queensland. Story by Captain Cath Batch. Photos by Major Edward Dahlheimer.
ADF People Health and Wellbeing History Lest We Forget 

Nursing service wrought in bronze

17/11/2023 Posted by Mike Hughes 1256 Views 0 Comments Service Nurses, WWI

Once just a name on the Blackall State School honour roll in Queensland, Sister Greta Towner (1891-1961), who served as

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Corporal Stacey Kitcher from Army History Unit places a Victoria Cross and medal set into the display case at the Australian Army Infantry Museum, Singleton. Story and photos by Corporal Melina Young.
ADF People History Lest We Forget 

Rare exhibit of VCs at Singleton

16/11/2023 Posted by Mike Hughes 1087 Views 0 Comments School of Infantry, Victoria Cross

There were no comfort breaks for Major Steve Muir on a flight from Perth to Sydney with a collection of

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Chief of Army Lieutenant General Simon Stuart attended the interment ceremony for Olwyn Green, former wife to Lieutenant Charles Green, at the United Nations Memorial Cemetery in Busan, South Korea. Story by Captain Katy Manning. Photos by Private Graeme Bray.
ADF People History Lest We Forget 

Soldier pays respects in South Korea

07/11/2023 Posted by Mike Hughes 1206 Views 0 Comments 3rd Battalion RAR, 41st Battalion Royal New South Wales Regiment, Chief of Army, Chief of Defence Force, Korean War, WWII

A part-time Australian Army soldier from the 41st Battalion, the Royal New South Wales Regiment (41RNSWR), Private Graeme Bray, had

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Commander 1st (Australian) Division Major General Scott Winter with participants of Exercise Beach Heads 23 at one of the significant World War 2 sites in Papua New Guinea. Story and photos by Major Mark Vele.
Australian Army History Lest We Forget News 

Walking in the footsteps of history

03/11/2023 Posted by Mike Hughes 19828 Views 2 Comments Exercise Beach Heads, Headquarters 1st (Australian) Division, Papua New Guinea, WWII

A contingent of junior officers and non-commissioned officers have discovered the World War 2 battlefields of Papua New Guinea provide

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Master Corporal James Gendron, from the Canadian Armed Forces, was gifted Hoppy the koala by the Australian Army in 2009, as a thank you for piping at a ramp ceremony for serviceman Andrew Hopkins following his death in Afghanistan. Story by Belinda Barker. Photo by Chief Petty Officer Andrew Dakin.
ADF People Health and Wellbeing History Lest We Forget Veterans Videos 

Fallen Australian inspires Team Canada

27/10/2023 Posted by Mike Hughes 3829 Views 1 Comment 7th Battalion RAR, Afghanistan, Invictus Games

Corporal Mathew Ricky Andrew Hopkins of the 7th Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment, was killed in action in Afghanistan in 2009

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Australian Army Reserve Trooper Liam Lamb from 12th/16th Hunter River Lancers cavalry regiment prepares for the freedom of entry to Armidale on October 28 alongside his parents Professor David Lamb and Jane Lamb. Story by Lieutenant John Cranley.
ADF People History 

Long connection between community, service and family

27/10/2023 Posted by Mike Hughes 1223 Views 1 Comment 12/16 Hunter River Lancers, Army Reserve, Freedom of Entry

On October 28, a grand parade will wind its way through the heart of Armidale, NSW, to celebrate the 12/16

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Then Chief of Air Force Air Marshal Leo Davies, left, presents Warrant Officer Wayne Newman with his second clasp to the Federation Star for 45 years’ service in the RAAF in 2016. Story by Corporal Madhur Chitnis. Photo by Corporal David Cotton.
ADF People History 

Serenity now: it’s all about attitude

27/10/2023 Posted by Mike Hughes 1011 Views 0 Comments Chief of Air Force

A lecture from his mother about not cleaning people’s toilets forever prompted 15-year-old Wayne, then an apprentice plumber, to join

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A DHC-4 Caribou aircraft, left, sits beside a C-27J Spartan aircraft from 35 Squadron at RAAF Base Amberley, Queensland. Story and photo by Flight Lieutenant Karyn Markwell
History News Royal Australian Air Force 

Yesterday’s Caribou meets today’s Spartan

27/10/2023 Posted by Mike Hughes 1501 Views 0 Comments C-27J Spartan, DHC-4 Caribou, RAAF Amberley, RAAF Amberley Aviation Heritage Centre

In a unique event, historical aircraft DHC-4 Caribou A4-236 was displayed beside a C-27J Spartan from 35 Squadron during a

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