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Leading Aircraftman Ronan Geoghgan (left) from No. 23 Squadron and a United States airman prepare to refuel a Japan Air Self-Defense Force (Koku-Jieitai) F-15J Eagle aircraft during Exercise Cope North. Story by Flying Officer Bronwyn Marchant. Photo by Leading Aircraftman Sam Price.
Japan News Royal Australian Air Force USA Videos 

Cope North strengthened ties

25/02/202202/03/2022 Posted by Mike Hughes 2428 Views 0 Comments 23 Squadron, Exercise Cope North, No

Enhancing Australian, Japanese and United States relationships was a key outcome of Exercise Cope North 2022, which concluded on February

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ustralian Defence Force personnel from the Aged Care Support Planning & Coordination Team working with Department of Health personnel in Canberra on 22. Story by Private Jacob Joseph. Photo by Kym Smith.
Australian Army Health and Wellbeing News Royal Australian Air Force Royal Australian Navy Videos 

ADF support to aged care set to increase

25/02/202228/02/2022 Posted by Mike Hughes 2690 Views 0 Comments COVID-19 Assist

Twenty-four ADF medical teams assisted at aged-care facilities in the first weeks of ADF support to the aged-care sector, with

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RAN sailors from a deployable geospatial support team begin surveying the beach on Pangaimotu Island, Tonga, as part of Operation Tonga Assist 2022. Left to right: Able Seaman Jesse O'Sullivan, Leading Seaman Robert Johnson, Petty Officer Eric Duthie and Able Seaman Shannae Fiddyment. Story by Captain Zoe Griffyn. Photo by Petty Officer Jake Badior.
Australian Army News Pacific Royal Australian Navy Videos 

Beach survey paves way for relief effort

25/02/2022 Posted by Mike Hughes 2137 Views 0 Comments HMAS Adelaide, Operation Tonga Assist 2022

ADF hydrographic and amphibious beach survey teams are finalising work to enable humanitarian assistance to begin on Pangaimotu Island in

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Lance Corporal Kobie Rogers from 2nd Combat Engineer Regiment cuts a fallen tree on Atata Island, Tonga, during Operation Tonga Assist 2022. Story by Lieutenant Brendan Trembath. Photo by Corporal Robert Whitmore.
Australian Army News Pacific Royal Australian Navy Videos 

Atata Island clean-up progresses

25/02/2022 Posted by Mike Hughes 1707 Views 0 Comments 2nd Combat Engineer Regiment, Operation Tonga Assist 2022, Republic of Fiji Military Forces

Australian and Fijian soldiers have made considerable progress in a joint effort to clear debris, tackle erosion and make safe

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Royal Australian Air Force aircraft join United States Air Force and Japan Air Self-Defense Force aircraft on the taxiway at Andersen Air Force Base in Guam prior to conducting a multinational airdrop during Exercise Cope North 2022. Photo from USAF.
Japan News Royal Australian Air Force USA Videos 

Exercise Cope North proceeds in heightened-threat environment

18/02/202218/02/2022 Posted by Mike Hughes 2955 Views 0 Comments Exercise Cope North, Guam, No. 2 Squadron, No. 33 Squadron, No. 35 Squadron

Typhoons and a heightened threat environment are just some of the scenarios faced by Australian, Japanese and United States participants in Exercise

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A Royal Australian Navy deployable geospatial support team survey the seabed surrounding Pangaimotu Island in Tonga during Operation Tonga Assist 2022. Story by Captain Zoe Griffyn. Photo by Petty Officer Jake Badior.
News Pacific Royal Australian Navy Videos 

Navy team surveys Tonga below the waterline

18/02/2022 Posted by Mike Hughes 2147 Views 0 Comments HMAS Adelaide, Operation Tonga Assist 2022

A Navy hydrographic team is surveying Tonga’s islands from under the waterline to ensure humanitarian efforts go unhindered. CAPTION: A Royal

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Republic of Fiji Military Forces engineer Sapper Saimoni Kamikamica (right) and Australian Army soldier Lance Corporal Kobie Rogers work together to clear a fallen tree on Atata Island during Operation Tonga Assist 2022. Story by Lieutenant Brendan Trembath. Photo by Corporal Robert Whitmore.
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Oz and Fiji military work together in Tonga

18/02/202218/02/2022 Posted by Mike Hughes 2533 Views 0 Comments 2nd Combat Engineer Regiment, CH-47F Chinook, HMAS Adelaide, Operation Tonga Assist 2022, Republic of Fiji Military Forces

Australian Defence Force and Republic of Fiji Military Forces personnel are working side-by-side on Atata Island in Tonga to clear

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Australian Army soldiers conduct clean-up operations on Atata Island as part of Operation Tonga Assist 2022. Story by Captain Zoe Griffyn. Photo by Corporal Robert Whitmore.
Australian Army News Pacific Royal Australian Navy Videos 

Army engineers start clean-up in Tonga

18/02/202218/02/2022 Posted by Mike Hughes 2181 Views 0 Comments 2nd Combat Engineer Regiment, CH-47F Chinook, HMAS Adelaide, Operation Tonga Assist 2022

Army engineers from Brisbane’s 2nd Combat Engineer Regiment have started clean-up operations on Atata Island in Tonga after a tsunami swept through

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Royal Australian Navy meteorologist Lieutenant Daniel Atwater onboard HMAS Adelaide during Operation Tonga Assist 2022. Story by Captain Zoe Griffyn. Photo by Corporal Robert Whitmore.
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Unique skill set helps ADF task force

15/02/202220/02/2022 Posted by Mike Hughes 1943 Views 0 Comments HMAS Adelaide, Operation Tonga Assist 2022

A deployment to Tonga after a large volcanic eruption and tsunami has been a fascinating opportunity for a Royal Australian

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(l-r) Aircraftwoman Kate Ogilvie, Leading Aircraftwoman Laura Devine and Aircraftwoman Taryn Worby, Medical Technicians from 1 Expeditionary Health Squadron at an aged care facility in Victoria, prepare to provide support to staff as part of Operation COVID-19 Assist. Photo by Leading Aircraftwoman Jacqueline Forrester.
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ADF surges aged-care support

15/02/2022 Posted by Mike Hughes 4129 Views 0 Comments COVID-19 Assist

Australian Defence Force personnel across Australia are gearing up to further support the aged-care sector, following a request from Emergency

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Royal Australian Air Force officer Air Commodore Nick Osborne, outgoing Commander of Surveillance & Response Group, returns the salute during the transfer of command ceremony at RAAF Base Williamtown, near Newcastle, NSW. Story by Flight Lieutenant Claire Burnet. Photo by Leading Aircraftman Samuel Miller.
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Surveillance and Response Group changes command

15/02/202215/02/2022 Posted by Mike Hughes 3313 Views 0 Comments No. 2 Squadron, RAAF Williamtown

The Royal Australian Air Force has a new commander to lead its Surveillance and Response Group, with command passing from

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Australian Army sniper team Private Jack Sendall (front) and Lance Corporal Reece Tomlinson from 6th Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment, conduct live-fire practise with the .50 calibre anti-materiel rifle at Wide Bay training area in Queensland. Story by Captain Taylor Lynch. Photo by Corporal Nicole Dorrett.
Australian Army News Videos 

Snipers hone long-range skills

09/02/202210/02/2022 Posted by Mike Hughes 3842 Views 0 Comments 6 RAR

Snipers from the 6th Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment (6RAR), started the new year with a week in the Wide Bay

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Air Force officer Flight Lieutenant Tjapukai Shaw plays the didgeridoo during the new Australian national anthem recording at Alan Eaton Studios in Melbourne, Victoria. Story by Leading Seaman Kylie Jagiello. Photo by Petty Officer Nina Fogliani.
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New instrumental national anthem features Indigenous instruments

01/02/202203/02/2022 Posted by Mike Hughes 3890 Views 0 Comments Air Force Band, Indigenous

The Royal Australian Air Force Band and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander musicians from across the Australian Defence Force have

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Navy sailor Leading Seaman Christine Fine on the bridge of HMAS Adelaide during Operation Tonga Assist 2022. Story by Lieutenant Brendan Trembath. Photo by Corporal Robert Whitmore.
ADF People Videos 

Tongan homecoming for ADF personnel

01/02/202201/02/2022 Posted by Mike Hughes 2375 Views 0 Comments HMAS Adelaide, Operation Tonga Assist 2022

When HMAS Adelaide sailed into Tongan waters on Australia Day, it was something of a homecoming for four Australian Defence

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Australian Army soldiers from the ADF Parachuting School's Red Berets parachute display team drop into Sydney's Australia Day festivities. Story by Major Dan Mazurek. Photo: by Corporal Sagi Biderman.
ADF Australian Army News Videos 

Red Berets thrill Sydney’s Australia Day crowds

01/02/202202/02/2022 Posted by Mike Hughes 2357 Views 0 Comments ADF Red Berets, Australia Day

The Australian Defence Force’s Red Berets parachute display team thrilled spectators celebrating Australia Day as they soared over the Sydney

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Two F/A-18F Super Hornets from No. 1 Squadron A44-211 (left) and A44-218, depart RAAF Base Amberley. Story by Flying Officer Robert Hodgson. Photo by Leading Aircraftwoman Emma Schwenke.
News Royal Australian Air Force Videos 

New Super Hornet crews graduate

25/01/2022 Posted by Mike Hughes 2614 Views 0 Comments F/A-18F Super Hornet, No. 1 Squadron, RAAF Amberley

The Royal Australian Air Force’s latest F/A-18F Super Hornet aircrews completed their operational conversion training late last year. CAPTION: Two

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Pallets of humanitarian assistance and engineering equipment bound for Tonga, are loaded onto a RAAF C-17A Globemaster III, at RAAF Base Amberley. Story by Eamon Hamilton. Photo by Leading Aircraftwoman Emma Schwenke.
New Zealand News Pacific Royal Australian Air Force Videos 

Relief flights arrive in Tonga

25/01/202219/02/2022 Posted by Mike Hughes 2322 Views 0 Comments C-17A Globemaster III, No. 36 Squadron, NZDF, Operation Tonga Assist 2022

A Royal Australian Air Force C-17A Globemaster III has delivered urgently needed relief to Tonga following a volcanic eruption and

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RAAF personnel unload humanitarian assistance and engineering equipment from a C-17A Globemaster III aircraft at Fua’amotu international airport in Tonga. Photo by Leading Aircraftwoman Emma Schwenke.
Australian Army News Pacific Royal Australian Air Force Royal Australian Navy Videos 

ADF supports Australia’s response to Tonga

25/01/2022 Posted by Mike Hughes 2233 Views 0 Comments C-17A Globemaster III, COVID-19, HMAS Adelaide, Operation Tonga Assist 2022

The Australian Defence Force is supporting Tonga following the eruption of the Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha’apai underwater volcano on January 15.

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The Navy One crew prior to the start of the Rolex Sydney to Story by Leading Seaman Kellie Nash. Photo by Chief Petty Officer Kelvin Hockey.
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Navy crew among few who finished Sydney to Hobart 2021

25/01/202228/01/2022 Posted by Mike Hughes 2449 Views 0 Comments

For most people Boxing Day is spent sleeping in and barbecuing with family. CAPTION: The Navy One crew prior to

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A C-130J Hercules departs RAAF Base Richmond, NSW, to assist the Government of Tonga after the eruption of the Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha'apai volcano. Photo by Corporal Kylie Gibson.
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ADF supports Australia’s response in Tonga

20/01/202223/01/2022 Posted by Mike Hughes 2268 Views 0 Comments C-130J Hercules, HMAS Adelaide, P-8A Poseidon, Tongan volcano 2022

The Australian Defence Force is supporting the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) as it coordinates Australia’s support Tonga

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