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HMAS Arunta fires her 5-inch naval gun during Exercise Malabar 2022. Photo by Leading Seaman Susan Mossop.
News Pacific Royal Australian Air Force Royal Australian Navy 

Four nations on Exercise Malabar 22

16/11/2022 Posted by Brian Hartigan 1860 Views 0 Comments Exercise Malabar

The Australian Defence Force joined key regional partners India, Japan and the United States for Exercise Malabar 22 off the

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Maritime Task Group Commander Commodore Mal Wise lays a wreath at the Cenotaph War Memorial Park in Singapore. Story by Flying Officer Brent Moloney. Photo by Leading Seaman Sittachai Sakonpoonpol.
Asia Australian Army Lest We Forget News Royal Australian Air Force Royal Australian Navy 

Remembrance Day in Singapore reinforces ties

15/11/2022 Posted by Mike Hughes 1799 Views 0 Comments Indo-Pacific Endeavour, Remembrance Day, Singapore

Though far from home, a group of Australians commemorated Remembrance Day amongst Indo-Pacific friends at the Singapore Cricket Club’s War

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Defence scientists Mr Alex Rohl, right, and Dr Susannah Whitney, second from left, feature on a panel at PAX Aus 2022. Story by Sophie Calabretto.
ADF Australian Army News Royal Australian Air Force Royal Australian Navy Science & Technology 

Cyber skills to strengthen Defence training

15/11/2022 Posted by Mike Hughes 1707 Views 0 Comments DST, DSTO

Defence scientists featured on an expert panel at Australia’s largest gaming convention in October, discussing the use of game techniques,

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Soldiers from the 2nd Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment, conduct sandbagging at the Forbes NSW State Emergency Service depot. Photo by Corporal David Cotton.
Australian Army News Royal Australian Air Force Royal Australian Navy 

ADF continues support to flood response (Update 14 November 2022)

15/11/2022 Posted by Mike Hughes 1531 Views 0 Comments Operation Flood Assist, State Emergency Service (SES)

ADF personnel are deployed on Operation Flood Assist 22-2 as part of the Australian Government’s response to flooding in NSW

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Pausing for two minutes silence during the Remembrance Day service at the Australian War Memorial at Hyde Park Corner, London. Story and photo by Lieutenant Commander John A Thompson.
Australian Army Lest We Forget News Royal Australian Air Force Royal Australian Navy UK 

Remembrance service at Australian War Memorial London

15/11/202217/11/2022 Posted by Mike Hughes 2062 Views 0 Comments Remembrance Day

About 100 people paused for two minutes silence during a Remembrance Day Service at the Australian War Memorial in London.

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Sapper Jack Arrowsmith carries the ball in attack with Corporal Joshua Allen and Lance Corporal Siaka King in support, during ADF v NZDF rugby union test, Brisbane. Story by Lieutenant Kirsti Welling-Burtenshaw. Photo by Corporal Miguel Anonuevo.
Australian Army New Zealand News Royal Australian Air Force Royal Australian Navy 

Rugby union team breaks 50-year drought

15/11/2022 Posted by Mike Hughes 2218 Views 0 Comments NZDF, Rugby

In front of almost 1000 raucous fans at North Brisbane Rugby Club, the Australian Defence Force Men’s team (ADFRU) broke a

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Chief of the Defence Force General Angus Campbell attends the 2022 Remembrance Day service held at the Australian War Memorial in Canberra. Photo by Andrew Green.
Australian Army Lest We Forget News Royal Australian Air Force Royal Australian Navy Veterans 

Remembering the fallen

11/11/2022 Posted by Mike Hughes 1720 Views 0 Comments Australian War Memorial, Chief of Defence Force, Remembrance Day

Secretary of the Department of Defence Greg Moriarty and Chief of the Defence Force General Angus Campbell were among those

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Arthur Beetson Foundation Ambassador and Rugby League great Petero Civoniceva meets children from the Far North Queensland community of Kowanyama. Story by Flying Officer Greg Hinks. Photo by Corporal Richard Lewis.
News Royal Australian Air Force 

NRL stars visit Indigenous community

08/11/2022 Posted by Mike Hughes 1878 Views 0 Comments C-27J Spartan, Indigenous, No. 35 Squadron, RAAF Amberley

As Rugby League (NRL) great Petero Civoniceva arrived at RAAF Base Amberley alongside a team of former and current players,

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Vietnam veterans catching up at the RAAF Amberley Aviation Heritage Centre. Story by Flight Lieutenant Karyn Markwell. Photo by Group Captain David Fredericks.
History News Royal Australian Air Force Veterans 

Vietnam veterans reminisce

05/11/2022 Posted by Mike Hughes 2171 Views 0 Comments Amberley Aviation Heritage Centre, RAAF Amberley, Vietnam veterans

A retreat for 85 Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) Vietnam veterans and their family members was recently held at the

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1 Security Forces Squadron logistic section celebrating their squadron's 80th anniversary. Story by Squadron Leader Cain Taylor. Photo by Aircraftman Bailey Morgan-Brinkworth.
News Royal Australian Air Force 

1 Security Forces Squadron celebrates 80 years

05/11/202205/11/2022 Posted by Mike Hughes 2144 Views 0 Comments No. 1 Security Forces Squadron., RAAF Williamtown

1 Security Forces Squadron (1SECFOR) recently celebrated its 80th anniversary at RAAF Base Williamtown and reflected on its 80 year

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From left, Aircraftman Haydn Mcgovern, Aircraftwoman Ellenah Wall, Sergeant Adam Thomas and Leading Aircraftman Frank Schinella help clean Duck Park in Moree, NSW, after the recent flood events. Story by Flight Lieutenant Rob Hodgson. Photo by Leading Aircraftman Samuel Miller.
Australian Army News Royal Australian Air Force 

ADF praised for flood assistance in Moree

05/11/2022 Posted by Mike Hughes 3198 Views 0 Comments Operation Flood Assist, State Emergency Service (SES)

In October, the western NSW town of Moree found itself facing a catastrophic flooding event, its second in 12 months.

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Army Sapper Alex Brown and Air Force Flight Lieutenant Jake Dell-O'Sullivan with 11-year-old Marlin Mott at Queensland Children's Hospital. Story by Captain Sarah Vesey. Photo by Leading Aircraftwoman Kate Czerny.
Australian Army News Royal Australian Air Force 

Racing drones steal the show

05/11/202205/11/2022 Posted by Mike Hughes 1604 Views 0 Comments Air Force Drone Racing Team, Army Drone Racing Team

Air Force and Army drone racing teams created a buzz for kids at the Queensland Children’s Hospital. CAPTION: Army Sapper

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Air Commodore Grant Pinder with members of the Gender, Peace and Security Directorate and Joint Support Services Division at an information stand in Canberra. Story by Sam Cuninghame. Photo by Emily Egan.
Australian Army News Royal Australian Air Force Royal Australian Navy 

Reinforcing a gender perspective

04/11/2022 Posted by Mike Hughes 1935 Views 0 Comments

How to prevent what is happening to women and girls in the battlefields of Ukraine was top of mind on

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Republic of Korea Air Force KF-16U Fighting Falcon and Royal Australian Air Force F-35A Lightning II conduct a flight together during Exercise Pitch Black 2022. ROKAF photo.
Asia News Royal Australian Air Force 

RAAF and ROKAF sign in-air refuelling coop agreement

03/11/2022 Posted by Brian Hartigan 2603 Views 0 Comments Republic of Korea Air Force

The Royal Australian Air Force and the Republic of Korea Air Force (ROKAF) have signed an arrangement formalising their cooperation

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Joint Strike fighter A35-11 departs for a night sortie from RAAF Base Williamtown. Photo by Corporal Craig Barrett.
Australian News Royal Australian Air Force 

Government pays BAE to expand F-35 maintenance capacity

03/11/2022 Posted by Brian Hartigan 2443 Views 0 Comments BAE Syatems, F-35A Lightning II

The Australian government has signed a Facility Services Deed worth more than $100 million with BAE Systems Australia to expand

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Australian Army News Royal Australian Air Force 

Ram Stallion enhances Army’s capability to work with RAAF

01/11/202205/11/2022 Posted by Mike Hughes 2460 Views 0 Comments 7th Brigade, 8/9 RAR, Bushmaster Protected Mobility Vehicles, C-17A Globemaster III, Diamond Strike, No. 36 Squadron, RAAF Amberley

A combat team made up of several 7th Brigade units deployed to Wellcamp Airport, Toowoomba, Swartz Barracks, Oakey and RAAF

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A screen grab from the student short film The Soft Skinned, screening at the 2022 Veterans Film Festival. Story by Lieutenant Brendan Trembath.
Australian Army News Royal Australian Air Force Royal Australian Navy Veterans 

Veterans Film Festival opens in Sydney Sydney

01/11/202203/11/2022 Posted by Mike Hughes 1557 Views 0 Comments

The Veterans Film Festival program will range from the documentary The Skin of Others about the World War 1 First

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Auxiliary Oiler Replenishment vessel HMAS Stalwart arrives enters Tibar Bay Port in Dili, Timor-Leste as part of Indo-Pacific Endeavour 2022. Story by Captain Lily Charles. Photo by Petty Officer Jake Badior.
Asia Australian Army News Royal Australian Air Force Royal Australian Navy Videos 

Visit to Timor-Leste a time for reflection

01/11/2022 Posted by Mike Hughes 2345 Views 0 Comments 1st Brigade, Australian Army Band, HMAS Stalwart, Indo-Pacific Endeavour, Timor-Leste, Timor-Leste Defence Force

For Brigadier Malcolm Wells, returning to Timor-Leste for Indo-Pacific Endeavour (IPE) more than 20 years after his first deployment to

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A C-27J Spartan pulls a small-plane manoeuvre at Avalon Airshow and a RAAF C-130 Hercules on the ground at Tarin Kowt, Afghanistan. Photos by Brian Hartigan.
News Royal Australian Air Force 

RAAF replacing Hercules and Spartan fleets

01/11/202201/11/2022 Posted by Brian Hartigan 33268 Views 46 Comments C-130J Hercules, C-27J Spartan

Defence today announced it intends to replace its current fleet of 12 C-130J Hercules air mobility aircraft with an expanded

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Soldiers from the 2nd/14th Light Horse Regiment (Queensland Mounted Infantry) help the NSW Rural Fire Service to unload sand bags near Deniliquin, NSW, as part of Operation Flood Assist 22-2. Photo supplied.
Australian Army News Royal Australian Air Force Royal Australian Navy 

ADF continues support to flood response (Update 28 October 2022)

28/10/202228/10/2022 Posted by Mike Hughes 1552 Views 0 Comments Operation Flood Assist, State Emergency Service (SES)

Up to 550 ADF personnel are deployed on Operation Flood Assist 22-2 as part of the Australian Government’s response to flooding

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