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Army Service Medallions for, left to right, 20 years, 10 years, four years. Photos by Corporal Michael Rogers.

Medallion pays tribute to service

15/08/2025 Posted by Mike Hughes 687 Views 1 Comment

Good leaders recognise their people’s achievements while great leaders shape a recognition culture. CAPTION: Army Service Medallions for, left to right,

The signing of the surrender document by Allied personnel and representatives of the Japanese forces aboard the United States battleship Missouri, September 2, 1945. Story by Rosalind Turner. Photos from Australian War Memorial.

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Commemorating 80 years since Victory in the Pacific

15/08/2025 Posted by Mike Hughes 561 Views 0 Comments Victory in the Pacific, WWII

On the morning of August 15, 1945, Emperor Hirohito of Japan publicly announced that Japan would accept the Allies’ ultimatum

Defence scientist Nicole Blaess conducts research at Defence Science and Technology Group Edinburgh. Story by Robert Nutbrown. Photo supplied.

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Quantum science guides new way of navigating

15/08/2025 Posted by Mike Hughes 698 Views 0 Comments DSTG, National Science Week

The future of navigation might rely not on satellites but on sub-atomic particles. CAPTION: Defence scientist Nicole Blaess conducts research at

Defence fuel chemist Dr Dave Evans ensures that fuels perform as intended. Story by Robert Nutbrown. Photo by Megan Sheppard.

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Good chemistry keeps Defence moving

13/08/2025 Posted by Mike Hughes 627 Views 2 Comments DSTG, Net Zero Strategy, sustainable aviation fuel (SAF)

Addressing climate change is a shared responsibility for our society, from the choices individuals make to the way organisations go

Chaplain Jean-Pierre Schroeder, left, with Chaplain Miljan Popovic at RAAF Base Curtin during Exercise Talisman Sabre 2025. Story by Evana Ho. Photo supplied.

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Chaplain tastes red dust of northern deployment

13/08/2025 Posted by Mike Hughes 589 Views 0 Comments Chaplains, Exercise Talisman Sabre, No. 13 Squadron, RAAF Curtin, RAAF Reserve

In the space of a week, Jean-Pierre Schroeder went from his duties as an Anglican community school chaplain in Perth

Defence scientist Ben Harris is attracted to the extraordinary field of quantum physics. Story by Robert Nutbrown. Photo by Kasi Metcalfe.

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Weird particles reveal future of computing

12/08/2025 Posted by Mike Hughes 922 Views 0 Comments DSTO

A two-year-old child knows that if a toy is hidden behind a screen, the toy still exists and its form

A Royal Marine from His Majesty's Armed Forces of Tonga, left, and an Australian Army soldier at Shoalwater Bay Training Area during Exercise Talisman Sabre. Photo by Captain Karam Louli.

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Largest iteration of Talisman Sabre comes to an end

08/08/2025 Posted by Mike Hughes 1141 Views 0 Comments Exercise Talisman Sabre

After three weeks of intensive training and high-end warfighting scenarios across Australia, and for the first time in Papua New

Centenarian and World War 2 Air Force veteran June Hunter cuts her birthday cake with help from Aircraftwoman Molly Blanch and Leading Aircraftwoman Nicole Webb. Photos by Group Captain Gregory Weller.

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Celebrating the life of a WWII air force veteran

07/08/202518/08/2025 Posted by Mike Hughes 757 Views 0 Comments WWII

The life of World War II veteran June Hunter (nee Hitch), who died in late July, was a story that

Chief of Navy Vice-Admiral Mark Hammond approved the updated Navy Badge, featuring the Tudor Crown.

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Defence emblems wear new crown

01/08/202503/08/2025 Posted by Mike Hughes 1540 Views 2 Comments

Defence has begun updating digital images, brand marks and logos bearing Queen Elizabeth II’s St Edward’s Crown after service chiefs

Suanne Prager, airlifted to Australia under Operation Babylift as a child, meets 37 Squadron Association president Col Coyne at the Australian War Memorial, Canberra. Story and photos by Corporal Jacob Joseph.

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Operation Babylift crews reunite with passengers

31/07/202503/08/2025 Posted by Mike Hughes 1178 Views 0 Comments AWM, Vietnam War

Royal Australian Air Force and Qantas personnel who flew hundreds of Vietnamese orphans out of harm’s way were reunited with

Corporal Danielle Sass, a loadmaster on a C-27J Spartan aircraft at 35 Squadron, after her graduation at RAAF Base Amberley. Story by Flight Lieutenant Madeleine Magee. Photo by Leading Aircraftwoman Taylor Anderson.

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Egyptologist takes up RAAF career

30/07/202509/08/2025 Posted by Mike Hughes 782 Views 0 Comments 35 Squadron, C-27J Spartan, RAAF Amberley

What do the Royal Australian Air Force and Egyptology have in common? CAPTION: Corporal Danielle Sass, a loadmaster on a C-27J

Royal Air Force aviator Air Specialist (Class 1) Kate Oldershaw operates a forklift while working with RAAF aviator Leading Aircraftwoman Georgia Dewhirst during Exercise Talisman Sabre. Story by Flight Lieutenant Imogen Lunny. Photos by Leading Aircraftwoman Nell Bradbury.

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Foreign forces unite on the flight line

30/07/2025 Posted by Mike Hughes 778 Views 0 Comments Exercise Talisman Sabre

On the eastern flank of Exercise Talisman Sabre 2025, RAAF Base Amberley stood as the power hub of cargo and

Members of the Joint Military Police Unit will expand operational use of body-worn cameras from September 1. Story by Wing Commander Craig Scott.

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Military Police roll out body-worn cameras

30/07/2025 Posted by Mike Hughes 1009 Views 0 Comments Body Worn Cameras (BWC), Joint Military Police Unit (JMPU)

Members of the Joint Military Police Unit (JMPU) will expand operational use of body-worn cameras (BWC) from September as part

A US Air Force C-17A Globemaster III takes off from RAAF Base Curtin during Exercise Talisman Sabre 2025. Story and photo by Flight Lieutenant Deanna Ellick.

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RAAF Base Curtin a high achiever on Talisman Sabre

30/07/202503/08/2025 Posted by Mike Hughes 682 Views 0 Comments C-17, RAAF Curtin, sabre

Operating an airbase in an austere location may seem like a huge undertaking, but for Royal Australian Air Force Contingency

Royal New Zealand Air Force military working dog handler Aircraftman Dylan McClintock, left, and Keno, join Royal Australian Air Force Corporal Renee Cahill, from 27 Squadron Security Flight, at RAAF Base Townsville. Story by Flying Officer Casie Scott. Photos by Captain Chloe Ellwood.

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Military dogs cross the ditch for Talisman Sabre

30/07/2025 Posted by Mike Hughes 527 Views 0 Comments Exercise Talisman Sabre, Military Working Dogs, RAAF Townsville, RNZAF

The Royal New Zealand Air Force (RNZAF) Security Forces Patrol Dog Unit has brought extra bite power to RAAF Base

Personnel, aircraft and assets at RAAF Base Tindal during Exercise Talisman Sabre 2025. Story by Flight Lieutenant Sharon Sebastian. Photo by Leading Aircraftman Blake Thompson.

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5500 flight hours and 2000 sorties on Talisman Sabre

29/07/202503/08/2025 Posted by Mike Hughes 1005 Views 0 Comments Exercise Talisman Sabre

From the roar of fighter jets cutting through the clouds, to the steady hum of surveillance aircraft scanning vast ocean

From left, Corporal Dillon Walker, of 2 Security Forces Squadron, talks to Senior Airman Brittany Palomo, of the US Air Force, and Leading Aircraftman John Stratford, of 13 Squadron Security Forces, on the flight line at RAAF Base Darwin. Story by Flight Lieutenant Kayla Walliss. Photos by Sergeant David Gibbs.

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Northern airbase security kicked up a notch

29/07/2025 Posted by Mike Hughes 694 Views 0 Comments 2nd (Australia) Division, Exercise Talisman Sabre, No. 1 Security Forces Squadron., No. 13 Squadron, No. 17 Squadron, No. 2 Security Forces Squadron

As aircraft conducted training missions overhead, ADF ground security elements were generating an integrated security posture across three northern airbases

HMAS Choules launches its mexefloat with Australian Army MAN HX77 trucks embarked to conduct amphibious operations as part of Exercise Talisman Sabre. Story by Lieutenant Tahlia Merigan. Photo by Leading Seaman Lauren Pugsley.

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D-Day at Shoalwater Bay

29/07/2025 Posted by Mike Hughes 915 Views 0 Comments Exercise Talisman Sabre, French Navy, HX77 Truck, Japan Ground Self Defense Force (JGSDF), Republic of Korea Navy, Shoalwater Bay Training Area, US Navy

As dawn broke over Shoalwater Bay, the Combined Task Group 628.1 waited in various landing crafts ready to assault the

Royal Australian Air Force aircraft technician Corporal Aisha Norton-O'Donnell inspects the advanced refuelling boom system of a 33 Squadron KC-30A multi-role tanker transport aircraft, during air-to-air refuelling trials with the US Air Force. Story by Flight Lieutenant Grace Casey-Maughan. Photos by US Air Force.

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Air-to-air refuelling trials complete

29/07/2025 Posted by Mike Hughes 769 Views 0 Comments Aircraft Research and Development Unit, E-7A Wedgetail, KC-30A Multi-Role Tanker Transport, No. 33 Squadron, US Air Force

The Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) has completed air-to-air refuelling clearance trials with the United States Air Force (USAF) at

Royal Australian Air Force personnel conduct re-arming operations on an F/A-18F Super Hornet at the Forward Arming and Refuelling Point at RAAF Base Learmonth, Western Australia, during Exercise Talisman Sabre 2025. Photo by Corporal Michael Currie.

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RAAF arms and refuels at austere airfield

25/07/2025 Posted by Brian Hartigan 838 Views 0 Comments Exercise Talisman Sabre

Exercising enhanced survivability, flexibility, lethality and reach were the primary objectives for a Forward Arming Refuelling Point (FARP) demonstration at

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