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Sig officer’s bed grows wings

15/08/2022 Rosco 1096 Views 0 Comments

A certain CMF unit was holding its AFX/AFE and had set up its base camp in a suitable bush setting

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You want to be a Grenadier, cira 1737

18/07/2021 Rod Gallagher 1006 Views 0 Comments

So you want to be a Grenadier in British Army in 1737, and wear a red coat. So, on the

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A Canberra Bomber at RAAF Base Amberley. Photo by Corporal Errol Jones.
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Dodging a Court Martial – just!

31/01/202101/02/2021 Arthur Comer 2134 Views 1 Comment By Arthur 'Gus' Comer

In 1962 I was a warrant officer, Radio Tech Air, teaching at the RAAF School of Radio, Laverton. One feature

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HMAS Otama in Sydney Harbour. Photo by Marius Bar Toulon.
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Buddies in Boats

03/01/202003/01/2020 Rick 3401 Views 1 Comment

FILE PHOTO (23 July 1982): HMAS Otama in Sydney Harbour. Photo by Marius Bar Toulon.   Twas February 1978….[might have been

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An F/A-18F Super Hornet flies low over the Story Bridge during the lead up to Riverfire 2013. File photo by Corporal Glen McCarthy.
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A story from a bridge too far

14/11/2019 Posted by Brian Hartigan 3198 Views 4 Comments

Here is an amusing story about a fellow I spoke with last week, (who will remain nameless). This story could

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RAAF not allowed to fire ‘blank’ torpedos at US subs

31/07/201831/07/2018 Posted by Brian Hartigan 4608 Views 0 Comments Orion

Following our editorial “RAAF caught firing blanks at live-fire range practice“, CONTACT fan John Clarkson was prompted to tell us

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