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VETERANS HEALTH WEEK WOMENS EVENT

08/07/202108/07/2021 Anna Maria Lang 1361 Views 0 Comments

Get Moving – Physical Activity for Women Veterans This year for Veterans’ Health Week, Women Veterans United are hosting a

The Australian women’s rowing team visits No. 37 Squadron at RAAF Base Richmond. Story by Eamon Hamilton. Photo by Corporal Dan Pinhorn.

Rowing Australia shares tips with 37 Squadron

07/07/202115/07/2021 Posted by Mike Hughes 2171 Views 0 Comments

As the Tokyo Olympics approaches, members of the Australian women’s rowing team have shared their fitness practices and experiences with

Wing Commander Jonathan Lilley (left), Flight Lieutenant (FLTLT) Grace Casey-Maughan (centre) and FLTLT Tjapukai Shaw join members from No. 37 Squadron in Gilgandra, as part of an Indigenous community engagement visit. Story by Pilot Officer Olivia Tiele. Photo by Corporal Casey Forster.

History News Royal Australian Air Force Videos

Standing together for NAIDOC Week

07/07/202107/07/2021 Posted by Mike Hughes 2244 Views 0 Comments

Throughout NAIDOC Week, the RAAF will participate in events across Australia to celebrate the history, culture and achievements of Aboriginal

Naval History Section staff Honae Cuffe, Director John Perryman, Rob Garratt, Simone Alferink and Petar Djokovic celebrate the publication of their 400th ship history at their offices in Fyshwick, Canberra. Story and photo by Sergeant Sebastian Beurich.

History News Royal Australian Navy

Ships’ histories at a click

07/07/202114/07/2021 Posted by Mike Hughes 3004 Views 0 Comments

Alternate headline: Ships’ histories at a *missing link* (see Editor’s note below) If you’re racking your brain trying to remember

Thought provoking

Book Review – Semut by Christine Helliwell

30/06/2021 Rick Moor 2412 Views 0 Comments

One of the ongoing ironies of war is that it has been and remains a catalyst for great literature. Semut

Air Force personnel and members of the Port Pirie community commemorate the 80th anniversary of the loss of 22 aircrew under training at Port Pirie during World War II at Port Pirie Cemetery, SA. Story by Flight Lieutenant Nat Giles. Photo by Corporal Brenton Kwaterski.

History News Royal Australian Air Force

Commemoration at Port Pirie

29/06/2021 Posted by Mike Hughes 1594 Views 0 Comments

On June 16, members of No. 292 Squadron joined the Port Pirie community to acknowledge the 80th anniversary of the

Flight Lieutenants Luke Brown, left, Peter Spearman and Joel Ingram, during a training session for the 48forM8s challenge in Brisbane, Queensland. Story by Captain Carolyn Barnett.

ADF People Health and Wellbeing

Pushing bodies to improve minds

29/06/2021 Posted by Mike Hughes 1130 Views 0 Comments

Four ADF officers will be on a mission to destigmatise mental health when they take part in the 48forM8s challenge

Senior ADF Officer RAAF Base Amberley Group Captain Iain Carty presents Air Force veteran Kevin Statham with an Air Force 2021 commemorative memento. Story by Evita Ryan. Photo by Leading Aircraftwoman Emma Schwenke.

ADF People History Veterans

Former air gunner shares a tale

29/06/202129/06/2021 Posted by Mike Hughes 1819 Views 0 Comments

He’s been married for 75 years, written poetry, sketched, painted, completed leather work and tapestry projects and dedicated almost his

Letters to the Editor

Landing armour on a beach

28/06/202128/06/2021 Paul McMahon 1693 Views 0 Comments

Dear editorial staff CONTACT, as an ex armoured corps Ares soldier, it is always good to see what our successors are up to with training.

Dancers from the Cretan Association of Sydney perform in front of a C-130J Hercules as No. 37 Squadron avionics technician Leading Aircraftman Yianni Skoulakis, right, plays the laouto at RAAF Base Richmond. Story by Eamon Hamilton. Photo by Corporal David Said.

History News Royal Australian Air Force

Battle commemorated with dance

24/06/2021 Posted by Mike Hughes 1565 Views 0 Comments

The 80th anniversary of the Battle of Crete was commemorated in a unique way at RAAF Base Richmond on June

Skipper of refugee boat Nghia Hung, Tam Van Nguyen, with Royal Australian Navy Reserve Captain Chris Frost in front of Grumman Tracker 851 at the HARS Aviation Museum, Albion Park, NSW. Story and photo by Sergeant Dave Morley.

History News Royal Australian Navy

Refugees reunite with rescuers 40 years on

24/06/202127/06/2021 Posted by Mike Hughes 1922 Views 0 Comments

After a visit to Albion Park’s HARS Aviation Museum in March to visit the RAN Grumman Tracker 851 aircraft that

HMAS Parramatta in the Captain Cook Graving Dock last year. The dry dock has been recognised as a National Engineering Landmark by Engineers Australia. Story by Lieutenant Brendan Trembath.

History News Royal Australian Navy Sovereign industry

Captain Cook Graving Dock rated ‘National Engineering Landmark’

24/06/202126/06/2021 Posted by Mike Hughes 2267 Views 0 Comments

The Captain Cook Graving Dock at Sydney’s Garden Island, built during World War II, has been recognised as a National

Senior ADF Officer RAAF Base Amberley Group Captain Iain Carty presents Air Force veteran Bill Heatherill with an Air Force 2021 commemorative memento in celebration of his 100th birthday. Story by Evita Ryan. Photo by Corporal Jesse Kane.

ADF People History Veterans

Two Air Force centenarians honoured

24/06/2021 Posted by Mike Hughes 1575 Views 0 Comments

It’s not every day you meet a centenarian, so meeting two on the same day was a highlight of Group

History News Veterans

Breaker Morant – live presentation

20/06/2021 Posted by Brian Hartigan 1886 Views 0 Comments

Noted expert and advocate for justice in the ‘Breaker Morant case’ James Unkles will give a presentation on his work in Sydney next month.

Personnel from the Air Force History and Heritage Branch working on the disassembly of the iconic Lancaster ‘G for George’.

History News Royal Australian Air Force

G for George disassembled for move

17/06/202121/06/2021 Posted by Mike Hughes 3075 Views 0 Comments

The Australian War Memorial’s iconic Lancaster ‘G for George’ was recently disassembled ahead of a move to the memorial’s Mitchell Annex.

Army soldiers past and present of those killed and several personnel injured in the 1996 Black Hawk helicopter training accident for a commemorative service in Townsville to mark the accident’s 25th anniversary. Photo by Trapper Lisa Sherman.

Australian Army History News Veterans

25th anniversary of the Black Hawk accident

15/06/202102/12/2021 Posted by Mike Hughes 3278 Views 0 Comments

The Australian Army’s 5th Aviation Regiment has commemorated the 25th anniversary of the 1996 Black Hawk accident in Townsville, with

Letters to the Editor

CONTACT in pdf downloads

13/06/202113/06/2021 Y 1756 Views 0 Comments

Hello Reading contact via the web is annoying as the magazine does not flow flow – you must go back

Musician Will Madden plays the Last post at the 79th Anniversary Commemoration Ceremony of Bomber Command held at the Air Force Memorial, Torrens Parade Ground in Adelaide. Story by Flight Lieutenant Jessica Aldred. Photo by Sergeant Murray Staff.

History News Royal Australian Air Force Veterans

Brave crews remembered

10/06/202110/06/2021 Posted by Mike Hughes 1831 Views 0 Comments

The dedication and bravery of the aviators who formed the Australian contingent in the RAAF’s Bomber Command have been acknowledged

Senior Australian Defence Force Officer of RAAF Base Tindal Wing Commander Shane Smith, right, with Air Base Executive Officer, Squadron Leader Lauren Guest and the F-35A Lightning II at Tindal. Story by Flight Lieutenant Robert Cochran. Photo by Leading Aircraftman Stewart Gould.

History News Royal Australian Air Force

First F-35A touches down at Tindal

08/06/202108/06/2021 Posted by Mike Hughes 2508 Views 0 Comments

Around midday on May 20, a lone F-35A Lightning II roared over and touched down at RAAF Base Tindal for

Commanding Officer No. 35 Squadron Wing Commander Scott Egan presents the curator of the Torres Strait Heritage Museum, Vanessa Seekee, with a replica 3.7-inch shell. Story by Flying Officer Robert Hodgson. Photo by Corporal Brett Sherriff.

History Royal Australian Air Force Veterans

Horn Island WWII history honoured

08/06/202115/06/2021 Posted by Mike Hughes 2416 Views 0 Comments

While on a training mission to the Torres Strait during May, RAAF’s No. 35 Squadron delivered a piece of history