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First Aussie soldier arrested for war crimes

20/03/202320/03/2023 Posted by Brian Hartigan 3601 Views 33 Comments War crimes

A former SAS trooper has been arrested by Australian Federal Police near Goulburn, NSW, in relation to alleged war crimes

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News Science & Technology USA 

2000th F-35 pilot fitted with custom flight ensemble

19/03/2023 Posted by Brian Hartigan 462 Views 0 Comments F-35A Lightning II

In a significant milestone for the Joint Strike Fighter Programme and leading survival-technology company Survitec,  the 2000th F-35 pilot has been

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Australian Army officer Major Lachlan McAuliffe, with Papua New Guinea Defence Force officer Second Lieutenant Alvirah Bunemiga. Story by Captain Joanne Leca. Photo by Corporal Brandon Grey.
Australian Army News Pacific 

PNG officer reunited with Australian soldiers

17/03/2023 Posted by Mike Hughes 637 Views 0 Comments PNGDF, Royal Military College-Duntroon (RMC-D)

Second Lieutenant Alvirah Bunemiga, of the Papua New Guinea Defence Force (PNGDF), has been reunited with Australian Army soldiers deployed

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Members of Australian Clearance Diving Team One conduct a salvage diving operation in Port Vila Harbour during Operation Vanuatu Assist. Story by Lieutenant Geoff Long. Photo by Able Seaman Michaela Bennett.
News Pacific Royal Australian Navy 

Navy divers refloat Vanuatu fisheries boat

17/03/202319/03/2023 Posted by Mike Hughes 467 Views 0 Comments HMAS Canberra, Navy Clearance Diving Team One, Vanuatu

Royal Australian Navy clearance divers have helped the Vanuatu Fisheries Department (VFD) salvage one of their small boats, which sunk

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From left, Leading Seaman Sevanna Tansey, Vanuatu Police Maritime Senior Inspector and Executive Officer Gary Aru and Able Seaman Sean Davies stand by the well deck of HMAS Canberra during Operation Vanuatu Assist. Story by Lieutenant Geoff Long. Photo by Leading Seaman Matthew Lyall.
News Pacific Royal Australian Navy 

Vanuatu Policeman ready for landing

17/03/2023 Posted by Mike Hughes 387 Views 0 Comments HMAS Canberra, Vanuatu Police Force

A member of the Vanuatu Police Force has taken advantage of HMAS Canberra’s presence in his country, taking part in

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Members of the first P-8A Poseidon Depot Maintenance at RAAF Base Edinburgh including front second from left, Boeing Defence Australia P-8A Program Manager, David Kleinitz, and front right, Officer Commanding 92 Wing, Group Captain Paul Carpenter. Photo by Corporal Brenton Kwaterski.
News Royal Australian Air Force Sovereign industry 

Depot-level Poseidon maintenance milestone in Adelaide

17/03/202320/03/2023 Posted by Mike Hughes 636 Views 0 Comments Boeing, No. 92 Wing, P-8A Poseidon

The completion of the first depot maintenance on Royal Australian Air Force’s P-8A Poseidon at RAAF Base Edinburgh in South

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HMAS Perth conducts a replenishment at sea with Indian Navy Ship Jyoti during Exercise La Perouse. All photos by Leading Seaman Sittichai Sakonpoonpol.
News Overseas Royal Australian Navy 

Fuelling excitement for first timers on France exercise

17/03/202319/03/2023 Posted by Mike Hughes 402 Views 0 Comments HMAS Perth

HMAS Perth joined five other nations for a French Navy-led exercise in the Bay of Bengal, exercising coordination of ships

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The graduates of the third and fourth intakes of the Defence Industry Pathways Program at their graduation event on March 8. Story by Phillip Morton.
News Royal Australian Navy Sovereign industry 

Pipeline of skills for industry partners

17/03/2023 Posted by Mike Hughes 332 Views 0 Comments Defence Industry Pathways Program (DIPP)

The Defence Industry Pathways Program’s (DIPP) third and fourth intakes have freshly graduated, and participants are already succeeding with new

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Greg Willie, co-leader of logistics and procurement under the National Health Emergency Operation Committee, and Lieutenant Donna Miller organise goods and cargo on board HMAS Canberra in support of Operation Vanuatu Assist. Story by Lieutenant Geoff Long. Photo by Leading Seaman Matthew Lyall.
News Pacific Royal Australian Navy 

ADF delivers vital medical supplies around Vanuatu

17/03/202318/03/2023 Posted by Mike Hughes 285 Views 0 Comments CH-47F Chinook, HMAS Canberra, Vanuatu

Australian Army CH-47 Chinook helicopters embarked on HMAS Canberra are supporting the Vanuatu Ministry of Health with delivering vital medical supplies

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Private Jack Sewell, of Direct First Support Weapons Platoon, demonstrates a one-man reload of the 84mm Carl Gustav recoilless rifle. Story and photo by Warrant Officer – Class 2 Max Bree.
Australian Army News 

1RAR boning up on anti-armour weapons

17/03/202317/03/2023 Posted by Mike Hughes 253 Views 0 Comments 1RAR, Carl Gustav 84mm, DFSW

Their cannons, heavy machine guns and impressive speed make armoured vehicles perfect for annihilating dismounted infantry. CAPTION: Private Jack Sewell,

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Soldiers and locals wade through the 2022 flood waters in Lismore, checking properties for stranded residents. Story by Private Nicholas Marquis.
Australian Army News 

Soldiers commended for sacrifices in floods

17/03/2023 Posted by Mike Hughes 562 Views 1 Comment 41st Battalion Royal New South Wales Regiment, Army Reserve, MRH-90 Taipan, Operation Flood Assist 2022

As record flooding reduced Lismore to a pile of housing debris and overturned cars, 40 kilometres north, a mother and

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Tomahawk Block IV cruise missile during a flight test in 2002. US Navy photo.
News Royal Australian Navy Science & Technology 

Australia buying Tomahawk cruise missiles

17/03/202317/03/2023 Posted by Brian Hartigan 342 Views 0 Comments Tomahawk

The US State Department has made a determination approving a possible Foreign Military Sale to the Government of Australia of

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The Royal Australian Air Force's first MQ-4C Triton unveiled in California.
News Royal Australian Air Force Science & Technology USA Videos 

Australia’s first MQ-4C Triton officially unveiled

17/03/202318/03/2023 Posted by Brian Hartigan 12495 Views 8 Comments MC-4C Triton

Northrop Grumman formally unveiled Australia’s first MQ-4C Triton autonomous aircraft in Palmdale, California on 16 March 2023 (local time) –

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A Russian Air Force Su-27 attempts to dump fuel on a USAF MQ-9 Reaper drone, ultimately causing the drone to crash into the Black Sea.
Europe News Overseas Videos 

Footage of MQ-9 Reaper takedown near Crimea

17/03/202317/03/2023 Posted by Brian Hartigan 1443 Views 5 Comments Ukraine

Two Russian Su-27 aircraft conducted an intercept of a US Air Force intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance unmanned MQ-9 aircraft off

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HMAS Perth III crew gathered on the flight deck to commemorate the losses of Perth I and USS Houston in 1942. Story by Lieutenant Commander Matthew Paes. Photo courtesy HMAS Perth III.
History Lest We Forget News Royal Australian Navy 

HMAS Perth III remembers Perth I in Sunda Strait

15/03/202318/03/2023 Posted by Mike Hughes 532 Views 0 Comments HMAS Perth, HMAS Perth I, WWII

Sailing through the Sunda Strait between border protection operations, the Anzac-class frigate HMAS Perth III paid homage to sailors from HMAS

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New Zealand Army personnel embark a RAAF C-27J Spartan to assist a remote community affected by Tropical Cyclone Gabrielle. Story by Flight Lieutenant Vernon . Photo by Leading Seaman Nadav Harel.
New Zealand News Royal Australian Air Force 

Gratitude from across the ditch

15/03/202316/03/2023 Posted by Mike Hughes 334 Views 0 Comments C-27J Spartan, Cyclone Gabrielle, National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA, New Zealand

The Australian Defence Force team that deployed to New Zealand in late February to assist in the wake of Tropical

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The Prime Minister of Vanuatu Alatoi Ishmael Kalsakau Ma’aukora, centre, signs the welcome book during a tour of HMAS Canberra. Story by Lieutenant Geoff Long. Photo by Leading Seaman Daniel Goodman.
News Royal Australian Navy 

Vanuatu PM visits HMAS Canberra

15/03/2023 Posted by Mike Hughes 329 Views 0 Comments HMAS Canberra, Vanuatu

Shortly after HMAS Canberra arrived in Port Vila, the Prime Minister of Vanuatu Alatoi Ishmael Kalsakau Ma’aukora received a tour

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The fifth evolved Cape-class patrol boat, the future ADV Cape Woolamai, after being launched at Henderson, WA. Story by Phillip Morton. Photo Courtesy of Austal.
News Royal Australian Navy 

Fifth new patrol boat hits the water

15/03/202316/03/2023 Posted by Mike Hughes 441 Views 0 Comments ADV Cape Woolamai, Cape-class Patrol Boat

Defence’s fifth evolved Cape-class patrol boat (CCPB) has been launched in Henderson, Western Australia, bringing Australia a step closer to

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Australian Army Cadets, Sergeant Kyle Croghan, left, and Corporal Lewis Sanderson repair a racing drone at the 2023 Avalon International Airshow. Photo by Warrant Officer Class 2 Mick Davis.
Australian Army News Royal Australian Air Force 

Australian Army Drone Racing Team retains international title

15/03/202316/03/2023 Posted by Mike Hughes 363 Views 0 Comments Air Force Drone Racing Team, Army Cadets, Army Drone Racing Team, Avalon Airshow

In an epic battle to the finish, the Australian Army Drone Racing Team (AADRT) retained its championship title at the

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News Royal Australian Navy 

AUKUS – Defence Industries Minister radio interviews

15/03/202315/03/2023 Posted by Brian Hartigan 531 Views 0 Comments AUKUS, SSN

Following the AUKUS announcement in the United States on 14 March (Australian time), Defence Industries Minister Pat Conroy did a

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