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An aerial photo of the C-130 crash site, with the charred remains of the tail section at the end of a long skid uphill to its final resting place. This tail section is the largest piece of wreckage left after a very violent crash. NSW Police photo.

Vision of C-130 crash site released

26/01/202026/01/2020 Posted by Brian Hartigan 4286 Views 0 Comments Operation Bushfire Assist 19-20

New South Wales Police have released drone footage of the devastating C-130 air tanker crash site in the Snowy Mountains.

Australian Army Private Tauiliili from the 7th Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment, signals he is secure and ready to be winched up to a New Zealand Air Force NH90 helicopter in Canberra during Operation Bushfire Assist 19-20. Photo by Major Cameron Jamieson.

Australian New Zealand News Operations Videos

Kiwi NH90s working hard around the bush capital

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RNZAF NH-90 helicopters and their crews are providing sterling service in Australia, lifting their fair share of the load in the bushfires battle.

Victorian CFA firefighters arrive on an Australian Army CH-47 Chinook helicopter at Mallacoota. Photo: Corporal Nicole Dorrett.

Australian Australian Army News Operations Videos

Big lift – like only Chinook can

24/01/2020 Posted by Brian Hartigan 4082 Views 0 Comments Operation Bushfire Assist 19-20

5th Avn Regt provided a critical capability in the form of four CH-47 Chinooks in the initial evacuations under threat from bushfires in Victoria.

Australian Army engineers were swiftly redeployed 100km north from Cooma to Canberra in response to the Canberra fires on January 23rd. following a call from the ACT’s Emergency Services Agency. A bulldozer, excavator and grader were quickly loaded onto trucks and sent forward to the emergency zone. in this photo, Sapper Mathias Beddie, from the 2nd Combat Engineer Task Group – NSW, pulls-down piles of burning mulch so that bulldozers and graders can spread it for firefighters to douse with water. The piles are too dense to extinguish without first being spread and would otherwise smoulder for weeks and remain a fire hazard. Photo by Major Cameron Jamieson.

ADF Australian News Operations Videos

Op Bushfire Assist – 23 January UPDATE

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Nearly 6400 ADF personnel are supporting Operation Bushfire Assist – approximately 3000 Reserves and 3400 full-time, plus more than 350 foreign troops.

An Australian Army Bushmaster protected mobility vehicle from the 3rd Combat Engineer Regiment, conducts a route reconnaissance near Swifts Creek, Victoria, in support of Operation Bushfire Assist. Photo by Private Madhur Chitnis.

ADF Australian News Operations Videos

Op Bushfire Assist – 22 January UPDATE

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Updated at 9am 23 January 2020 CAPTION: An Australian Army Bushmaster protected mobility vehicle from the 3rd Combat Engineer Regiment,

Maureen Jewell with a photo book created by her granddaughters detailing their experiences during the bushfires in Mallacoota, Victoria. Photo by Leading Aircraftman John Solomon.

Australian News Operations Royal Australian Air Force Royal Australian Navy Videos

Evac granny thanked for ‘best holiday adventure’

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Maureen Jewell was thanked by her grandkids for ‘the most wild and exciting holiday’ – a NYE bushfire and free ride on a Navy ship to kickstart 2020.

Army Corporal Ashton Brooks, from the Joint Movement Control Office, liaising with an Air Force member during the dispatch of supplies. Photo by Corporal Kylie Gibson

Australian Australian Army News Operations Videos

From Gun Runner crew to firefight supply

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Fresh from competing in the Sydney Hobart Yacht Race, Tasmanian Corporal Ashton Brooks flew to RAAF Base East Sale to support Operation Bushfire Assist.

Major Francis Fabilia, a Deputy Supply Officer from Port Moresby, says, “It’s a privilege to be given the opportunity to assist, especially as Australia is usually responding to our disasters. I’m honoured to come over here and return the favour”.

ADF Australian News Operations Videos

Op Bushfire Assist – 20 January UPDATE

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Updated at 8am 21 January 2020 CAPTION: Major Francis Fabilia, a Deputy Supply Officer from Port Moresby, says, “It’s a privilege

Leading Aircraftmen Clay Brown, of No. 65 Squadron, after clearing grass and small trees to create a fire break in Bando Forest. Photo by Lance Corporal Brodie Cross.

Australian News Operations Royal Australian Air Force Videos

Pushing through to protect what’s left

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A plant operator for RAAF 65 Sqn, with Army counterparts, is pushing through to construct a 70km firebreak in the Bondo State Forest near Tumut.

Australian Army Reserve soldier Private Jonathan Catt, a Unimog truck driver with 16 Transport Squadron, 8th Combat Services Support Battalion, from Newcastle, delivering fodder to farmers during Operation Bushfire Assist 19-20. Photo by Sergeant Dave Morley.

Australian Australian Army News Operations Videos

Big bale delivery on south-coast hay run

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Thousands of livestock went to sleep on full stomachs for the first time in days after Army truckies delivered almost 100 large bales of hay on 18 January.

Australian Army and Royal Australian Air Force personnel work together to load a diesel fuel bladder to for Mallacoota power station onto a RAAF C-27J Spartan at RAAF Base East Sale during Operation Bushfire Assist 19-20. Photo by Corporal Nicole Dorrett.

Australian Australian Army News Operations Royal Australian Air Force Videos

Fuel-time job to keep the power on

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Tonnes of fuel is being airlifted by Army CH-47 Chinooks and RAAF C27J Spartans from RAAF East Sale into fire-devastated communities across east Gippsland.

Lieutenant Matilda Connell and Corporal Trent Jones from the 3rd Combat Engineer Regiment conduct map reconnaissance with Deputy Incident Controller Emma Conway and Commander Mitch Simmons from the Country Fire Authority, to assess fire damage in Omeo, during Operation Bushfire Assist. Photo by Private Madhur Chitnis.

Australian News Operations Videos

Op Bushfire Assist – 19 January UPDATE

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Updated 9am 20 January 2020 CAPTION: Lieutenant Matilda Connell and Corporal Trent Jones from the 3rd Combat Engineer Regiment conduct

Part of an Australian Army fodder convoy from Cooma to help a local charity distribute donated hay to fire-affected farmers in southern NSW. Some of the hay was trucked from Western Australia. Photo by Sergeant Brett Sherriff.

Australian Australian Army News Operations Videos

Army helps charity hay convoy

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Relief is on the way to fire affected farmers in southern New South Wales thanks to the Australian Defence Force and the South Coast Rural Relief charity.

Australian Army HX77 heavy rigid vehicles load up with fodder near Cooma, NSW, for delivery to fire-affected farms. Photo by Sergeant Brett Sherriff.

ADF Australian News Operations Videos

Op Bushfire Assist – 18 January UPDATE

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Updated at 9.30am 19 January 2020 CAPTION: Australian Army HX77 heavy rigid vehicles load up with fodder near Cooma, NSW,

Australian Army soldiers from 16 Regiment Emergency Support Force assist in flushing a contaminated water tank near Lobethal, South Australia.

ADF Australian News Operations Videos

Op Bushfire Assist – 17 January UPDATE

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Australian Army soldiers from 16 Regiment Emergency Support Force assist in flushing a contaminated water tank near Lobethal, South Australia.

Leading Seaman Mark Curtis and Shadbolt contractor Scott Reid perform maintenance on the sewage-treatment plant of HMAS Adelaide during Operation Bushfire Assist 19-20. Photo by Petty Officer Tom Gibson.

Australian News Operations Royal Australian Navy Videos

Maintenance contractors (happily) caught up in Navy mission

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A crucial component of HMAS Adelaide’s bushfire-support success is thanks to five Defence-industry civilians caught up in her short-notice deployment.

NSW Rural Fire Service Deputy Captain Bobby Boate briefs members of the Australian Army Reserve before their next support task in Jerangle, NSW. Photo by Lance Corporal Brodie Cross.

ADF Australian News Operations Overseas Videos

7000 military now supporting the firefight

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Nearly 7000 military personnel are now supporting the front lines of bushfire fighting efforts, especially in the south-eastern states and the capital.

Corporal Shane Watts from 65 Squadron delivers meals and soft drinks to RFS volunteers in the fire grounds. Photo and story by Major Cameron Jameison.

Australian News Operations Royal Australian Air Force Videos

Anything to support the real fighters

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A small team from RAAF Base Richmond’s 65 Squadron have become a driving force behind the Rural Fire Service and the State Emergency Service in their area.

A graphic evidence of how close the bushfires came to HMAS Albatross on New Year's Day, even as military and civilian aircraft continued bushfire-support operations from the base.

Australian News Operations Royal Australian Navy Videos

Bushfire threat to Albatross much worse than earlier report

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For those at HMAS Albatross on NYE, the irony of launching helicopters to assist elsewhere while the base came under serious fire threat wasn’t lost.

Private Richard Crisp from the Australian Army's 2nd Combat Engineer Regiment conducts morning checks and prepares to refuel a NSW Bush Fire Service vehicle near Tumut, NSW. Photo by Lance Corporal Brodie Cross.

ADF Australian News Operations Videos

Op Bushfire Assist – 16 January UPDATE

17/01/2020 Posted by Brian Hartigan 3330 Views 0 Comments Operation Bushfire Assist 19-20

More than 6500 full-time and reserve ADF are now providing direct support across fire-affected regions of Australia in support of Operation Bushfire Assist.