Australian – CONTACT magazine

Private Mathew Guy, A Company, 3RAR, keeps a keen eye on suspected militia activity across the border in West Timor, from East Timor's Oecussi Enclave. Photo by Corporal Brian Hartigan.

SHOTS END TIMOR RAID – Diggers thwart enclave incursions

17/01/202617/01/2026 Posted by Brian Hartigan 485 Views 0 Comments

Following is a page-1 story from ARMY Newspaper published 3 February 2000By Corporal Brian Hartigan – now CONTACT Editor OECUSSI, JAN

A94-983 Sabre in RAAF's 75 Squadron markings on its first flight after restoration at Temora Aviation Museum. Photo by Brian Hartigan.

News Royal Australian Air Force

RAAF slashes heritage fleet

16/01/202616/01/2026 Posted by Brian Hartigan 5438 Views 16 Comments

Royal Australian Air Force will dispose of eight of its 19 heritage aircraft following a review of “technical and airworthiness

DroneShield's rapidly deployable fixed-site C-UAS solution at a Defence site. Image supplied by DroneShield.

Australian News Science & Technology

DroneShield panelled for counter-drone solution

16/01/2026 Posted by Brian Hartigan 614 Views 0 Comments

Australian company DroneShield has been selected as a supplier for the Australian Department of Defence’s (Defence) Project LAND 156’s Line

A black-and-white newspaper clipping from a 1980s Army Newspaper showing military personnel.

Australian Army History News

Defence funds newspapers digitisation

13/01/202617/01/2026 Posted by Mike Hughes 642 Views 0 Comments

Step back in time this summer with Defence early service newspapers, which capture the spirit of Australia’s armed forces and

Royal Australian Air Force members help a civilian during the nationwide floods in 1974.

History News Royal Australian Air Force

Eight squadrons in biggest mercy operation

13/01/2026 Posted by Mike Hughes 471 Views 0 Comments

Step back in time this summer with defence early Service Newspapers, which capture the spirit of Australia’s armed forces and

Former Navy clearance Diver Wally Reynolds, right, with Phillip Meade after he descended 327 feet to set an Australian aqualung diving record 12 miles off the coast of Newport, NSW. Story by Corporal Darryl Gallagher.

History News Royal Australian Navy

Navy diving records broken then and now

13/01/2026 Posted by Mike Hughes 458 Views 0 Comments

Step back in time this summer with defence early Service Newspapers, which capture the spirit of Australia’s armed forces and

A photo from the 1984 newspaper article.

Australian Army History News

The 30-year-old mystery of the wallet

13/01/202613/01/2026 Posted by Mike Hughes 448 Views 0 Comments

Step back in time this summer with defence early Service Newspapers, which capture the spirit of Australia’s armed forces and

A soldier rides a Mechanical Mule in a 1960 photo from the Australian Army newspaper, now digitised through Trove.

Australian Army History News

From Mechanical Mule to modern mobility

13/01/202613/01/2026 Posted by Mike Hughes 400 Views 0 Comments Canungra

Step back in time this summer with defence early Service Newspapers, which capture the spirit of Australia’s armed forces and

An Australian Army M142 HIMARS is prepared for loading onto a United States Air Force C-17 Globemaster III at RAAF Base Amberley. Photo by Corporal Jesse Linards.

Australian Army News USA

Kenney Strikes Back in north and south parks

10/01/2026 Posted by Brian Hartigan 1072 Views 0 Comments HIMARS

The Australian Army, United States Army and United States Air Force demonstrated a new capability as part of Exercise Kenney

A soldier views the new mySPECTRA software on his work computer. Photo by Corporal Luke Bellman.

ADF News Science & Technology

New software to manage Defence radio frequencies

10/01/202610/01/2026 Posted by Brian Hartigan 882 Views 0 Comments

Defence has completed operational test and evaluation on the new mySPECTRA software, designed to modernise management of the electromagnetic spectrum

Australian Olympians Haylie Powell and Natalya Diehm, Australian Olympic Committee member Melissa Romer, and Senior Indigenous Liaison Officer, Squadron Leader Coen Henry, sit on the ramp of a Royal Australian Air Force C-130J Hercules during Exercise Christmas Hop 2025, over the Northern Territory. Photo by Leading Aircraftman Campbell Latch.

News Royal Australian Air Force

Olympian joins RAAF

10/01/202610/01/2026 Posted by Brian Hartigan 810 Views 0 Comments

Women’s Olympic street skateboarder Haylie Powell is excited to be following in her parents’ footsteps by joining the Royal Australian

Group Captain Adam Saber gives a farewell gift to outgoing Commander Air Mobility Group, Air Commodore Bradley Clarke at a Change of Command ceremony at RAAF Base Richmond. Photo by Leading Aircraftwoman Mikaela Fernlund.

News Royal Australian Air Force

Change of command at Air Mobility Group

10/01/202610/01/2026 Posted by Brian Hartigan 725 Views 0 Comments

Air Mobility Group (AMG) aviators marched on the tarmac at RAAF Base Richmond on December 10 to farewell the outgoing

Warrant Officer of the Air Force Warrant Officer Ralph Clifton presents acting Flight Lieutenant Thomas James Carmody’s Australian Service Medal 1939–1945 and War Medal 1939–1945 to Julie Carmody. Photo: Aircraftman Jakob Reid.

News Royal Australian Air Force Veterans

War hero’s medals awarded 80 years late

10/01/202610/01/2026 Posted by Brian Hartigan 621 Views 0 Comments

Fire, exploding ammunition and a collapsing aircraft hangar didn’t stop acting Flight Lieutenant Tom Carmody (deceased) during the Second World

Royal Australian Air Force and Royal Canadian Air Force members participate in Virtual Flag: Coalition 26-1 at the 705th Combat Training Squadron, also known as the Distributed Mission Operations Center, at Kirtland Air Force Base, New Mexico.

Australian Army News Royal Australian Air Force USA

Coalition enhanced on virtual Red Flag

03/01/202603/01/2026 Posted by Brian Hartigan 1147 Views 0 Comments

The Virtual Flag: Coalition exercise, hosted annually by the 705th Combat Training Squadron, also known as the Distributed Mission Operations

Australian M1A1 Abrams tanks bound for Ukraine are unloaded in Europe after arriving from Australia on a cargo ship. Photo by Lance Corporal JA Thompson.

Australian Army Europe News

Australia completes delivery of tanks to Ukraine

19/12/202520/12/2025 Posted by Mike Hughes 1703 Views 0 Comments M1A1 Abrams, Operation Kudu, Ukraine

The Australian Defence Force (ADF) has completed its landmark commitment to provide Ukraine with 49 M1A1 Abrams tanks, reinforcing the

Alfie the Elf goes on patrol with military working dog Wilka from 22 Squadron at RAAF Base Richmond. Story by Flight Lieutenant Madeleine Magee. Photos by Aircraftwoman Grace Hanlon.

News Overseas Royal Australian Air Force

Alfie the Elf’s Christmas at RAAF Base Richmond

19/12/202519/12/2025 Posted by Mike Hughes 1394 Views 1 Comment Christmas, RAAF Richmond

Far away in the North Pole, Alfie the Elf was busy working in Santa’s workshop when he received some very

Royal Australian Air Force F-35A conducts a flypast at the 2025 ADFA Graduation Parade. Story by Hannah Donald.Photo by Thomas Lucraft.

ADF Australian Army News Royal Australian Air Force Royal Australian Navy

Future leaders graduate from ADFA

19/12/202519/12/2025 Posted by Mike Hughes 1513 Views 0 Comments ADFA, Governor-General of Australia

Marking the completion of three years of university study and joint military training, 330 third-year Trainee Officers took to the

Ceremonial Sunset and official reception mark 100th anniversary of the Royal Australian Navy Recruit School at HMAS Cerberus, Victoria. Story by Sub-Lieutenant Jonathan Rendell. Photos by Leading Seaman Sittichai Sakonpoonpol.

History News Royal Australian Navy

Recruit School – 100 years of shaping Navy’s future

19/12/202519/12/2025 Posted by Mike Hughes 1009 Views 0 Comments Chief of Navy, HMAS Cerberus

Chief of Navy Vice Admiral Mark Hammond hosted an official reception and Ceremonial Sunset on December 11 to honour 100

Operation Linesmen and Republic of Korea Ministry of National Defense personnel salute remains recovered from White Horse Hill in the Korean DMZ. Story and photos by Lieutenant Commander Brendan Trembath.

Asia Australian Army History Lest We Forget News Royal Australian Air Force

ADF aids KIA recovery from Korean DMZ

19/12/202520/12/2025 Posted by Mike Hughes 1210 Views 0 Comments Korean War, Operation Linesmen

Seventy-five years after the Korean War started, the Australian Defence Force has supported a successful remains recovery mission on a

An uncrewed aerial system navigates the urban-style challenge course during the Rise of the Drones finals at Victoria Barracks in Sydney. Story by Captain Andrew Lee. Photo by Private C.

Australian Army News Science & Technology

Next-generation drone pilots face off at comp

19/12/202519/12/2025 Posted by Mike Hughes 986 Views 0 Comments Army Battle Lab, first-person view drones (FPVD), MakerSpace, Uncrewed Aerial Systems (UAS)

Army’s newest drone and robotics talent went head-to-head at Victoria Barracks last month in the finals of Rise of the

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