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Australian Invictus Games 2020 competitor Gabriel Ramon takes part in an athletics event at Invictus Games Park in The Hague, Netherlands. Story by Lucy Redford-Hunt. Photo by Sergeant Oliver Carter.

Just competing was a victory, says Invictus Games medallist

20/04/202221/04/2022 Posted by Mike Hughes 1833 Views 0 Comments Invictus Games 2022

Gabriel Ramon is still struggling to come to terms with the fact that he will be returning home with an

Invictus Games 2020 Team Australia members give an Aussie cheer as they wait to enter the stadium for the Invictus Games 2020 opening ceremony in The Hague, Netherlands. Story by Lucy Redford-Hunt. Photo by Flight Sergeant Ricky Fuller.

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Invictus Games: Day four – 19 April 2022

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Thirteen Team Australia competitors took to the blocks at the Invictus Games swimming pool on April 19. CAPTION: Invictus Games

Invictus Games 2020 Team Australia competitor Kerrie Tessier takes part in a track event during the athletics meet held at Invictus Games Park in The Hague, Netherlands. Story by Lucy Redford-Hunt.

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Invictus Games: Day three – 18 April 2022

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It’s was only Day 3 of the Invictus Games The Hague 2020 and what a games it’s been already. The

Invictus Games 2020 Team Australia competitor Steve James, left, celebrates receiving a gold medal in the mixed IF5678 discus event at the athletics meet at Invictus Games Park in The Hague, Netherlands. Story by Lucy Redford-Hunt.

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Invictus Games: ‘The camaraderie here is extraordinary’

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Steve James needed a win. And he got just that when he took out top spot in the men’s IF4

Australian Invictus Games 2020 and Canadian competitors battle it out during the sitting volleyball match at Invictus Games Park in The Hague, Netherlands. Story by Lucy Redford-Hunt. Photo by Flight Sergeant Ricky Fuller.

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Invictus Games: Day two – April 17 2022

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Team Australia was in action across three sports on April 17 – archery, athletics and sitting volleyball. CAPTION: Australian Invictus

The Duke and Duchess of Sussex meet with Australian Invictus Games 2020 competitor and Royal Australian Navy sailor Leading Seaman Vanessa Broughill (centre right) and her family during the Land Rover driving challenge at Invictus Games Park in The Hague, Netherlands. Photo by Sergeant Oliver Carter.

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Princely start to the Invictus Games

20/04/202220/04/2022 Posted by Mike Hughes 1971 Views 0 Comments Invictus Games 2020, Invictus Games 2022

The Invictus Games The Hague 2020 has officially opened with a spectacular opening ceremony at Invictus Games Stadium, following the

An Indian Navy P-8I Poseidon maritime patrol aircraft lands at RAAF Base Darwin, Northern Territory. Photo by Corporal Rodrigo Villablanca.

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Indian P-8I Neptune visits Darwin

17/04/2022 Posted by Brian Hartigan 2068 Views 0 Comments

India’s Navy deployed a P-8I maritime patrol aircraft to Darwin from 11 to 15 April to conduct coordinated exercises with

United States Air Force Senior Airman Reginald Dormeville and RAAF Aircraftman James Lunney in front of a United States Air Force B-2 Spirit from the 13th Bomb Squadron, at RAAF Base Amberley, Queensland. Story by Flight Lieutenant Robert Hodgson. Photo by Leading Aircraftwoman Emma Schwenke.

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Guardians of the Spirit

16/04/202220/04/2022 Posted by Mike Hughes 2001 Views 0 Comments No. 2 Security Forces Squadron, RAAF Amberley, US Air Force

The visit to RAAF Base Amberley by a US Air Force B-2 Spirit gave No. 2 Security Forces Squadron the

Australian Defence Force personnel compete in the annual Inter-Service Keelboat Championship, Sydney Harbour, New South Wales. Story by Wing Commander Sean Ahern. Photo by Able Seaman Geoffrey Anthony.

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Sailing for the win

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The Air Force sailing team took out the honours at the recent ADF Sailing Association Sailing Carnival, held in Sydney

A Jindalee Operational Radar Network (JORN) transmitter site at sunset, Harts Range, Alice Springs. Photo by Leading Aircraftwoman Sonja Canty.

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115 years of Defence science

16/04/2022 Posted by Mike Hughes 2150 Views 0 Comments Defence Science and Technology Group, DSTG, JORN

When Australia’s first defence scientist, Cecil Hake, set out to create a national factory to manufacture the gunpowder replacement cordite

Australian Defence Force personnel discuss roles and opportunities in the ADF at the Tech Talk stage during the 2022 Australian Formula 1 Grand Prix at Albert Park in Melbourne. Story by Flight Lieutenant Benjamin Shuhyta. Photo by Leading Seaman James McDougall.

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ADF on display at Formula 1 Grand Prix

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The Australian Defence Force (ADF) demonstrated its resilience and flexibility at Australia’s first Formula 1 Grand Prix since the pandemic

Invictus Games Team Australia competitors Matt Model (left) and Damien Irish (right) gift a pair of Team Australia swimmers to Prince Harry, The Duke of Sussex. Story by Lucy Redford-Hunt. Photo by Flight Sergeant Ricky Fuller.

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Games kick-off with cheeky gift

16/04/2022 Posted by Mike Hughes 1647 Views 0 Comments

Team Australia is off to a cheeky start to the Invictus Games The Hague 2020, with competitors gifting Invictus Games

Invictus Games Team Australia competitors and their family and friends watch on as Prince Harry, The Duke of Sussex addresses the crowd during the welcome reception held at the Nations Home, Invictus Games Park in The Hague, the Netherlands. Story by Lucy Redford-Hunt.

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Invictus Games begin today

16/04/202216/04/2022 Posted by Mike Hughes 1686 Views 0 Comments Invictus Games 2022

After four long years, the moment competitors and their families and friends have been waiting for has finally arrived –

A United States Navy P-8A Poseidon taxis past a Royal Australian Air Force P-8A Poseidon on the No. 92 Wing flightline at RAAF Base Edinburgh in South Australia. Story by Eamon Hamilton. Photo by Leading Aircraftman Stewart Gould.

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US Navy Poseidon gets Aussie fuel top-up

11/04/202216/04/2022 Posted by Mike Hughes 2934 Views 0 Comments KC-30A Multi-Role Tanker Transport, No. 11 Squadron, No. 86 Wing, P-8A Poseidon, RAAF Amberley, RAAF Edinburgh, US Navy

A mid-air ‘top up’ has kept United States Navy (USN) P-8A Poseidon crews on mission while training in Australia. CAPTION:

An Australian Army soldier deployed on Operation Flood Assist 2022 prepares to show Rivers Secondary College students over a Rheinmetall MAN M40 truck during a visit to the school in Lismore, New South Wales. Story and photo by Leading Seaman Jarrod Mulvihill.

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ADF invited back to school

11/04/2022 Posted by Mike Hughes 2526 Views 0 Comments 1st Armoured Regiment, 7th Battalion RAR, Operation Flood Assist 2022

Rivers Secondary College students in Lismore took a bit of time off from their usual classes recently to talk to

Two Bushmaster protected mobility vehicles bound for Ukraine wait to be loaded onto a C-17A Globemaster III aircraft at RAAF Base Amberley. Photo by Leading Aircraftwoman Emma Schwenke.

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Further support for Ukraine

11/04/2022 Posted by Mike Hughes 2621 Views 0 Comments Bushmaster Protected Mobility Vehicles, C-17A Globemaster III, RAAF Amberley, Ukraine

The Australian Government will provide further support to the Government of Ukraine by gifting 20 Bushmaster protected mobility vehicles, including

Palau's new Guardian-class patrol boat PSS President HI Remeliik II sails from its home port to commence maritime patrols as part of the Pacific Islands Forum Fisheries Agency’s Operation Rai Balang. Story by Flying Officer Lily Lancaster. Photo by Leading Seaman Nadav Harel.

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Palau’s patrol boat supports Pacific priorities

11/04/2022 Posted by Mike Hughes 2419 Views 0 Comments C-27J Spartan, Operation Solania, Pacific Class Patrol Boat, Pacific Maritime Security Program, Palau

The Australia Defence Force is working closely with the Pacific nation of Palau to enable it to patrol its vast

Australian Army soldiers deliver 144 sleeping bags and 54 stretchers to a Rural Fire Service base camp in Wollongbah, New South Wales, as part of continuing support to the region under Operation Flood Assist 2022.

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Operation Flood Assist 2022 – Update as of 8 April 2022

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CAPTION: Australian Army soldiers deliver 144 sleeping bags and 54 stretchers to a Rural Fire Service base camp in Wollongbah,

Air Force specialist capability officer Flight Lieutenant Ben Lappin, of No. 100 Squadron, with the Air Force Mustang aircraft at the Warbirds over Scone Air Show in the Hunter Valley, NSW. Story by Flying Officer Felicity Abraham. Photo by Corporal Craig Barrett.

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Defence proud to support the Warbirds over Scone

11/04/202217/04/2022 Posted by Mike Hughes 2239 Views 0 Comments No. 100 Squadron, PC-21, RAAF Museum, RAAF Point Cook, Roulettes, Temora Aviation Museum

Defence was proud to support the Warbirds over Scone Air Show from March 26 to 27 in the Upper Hunter Valley

Defence Minister Peter Dutton opens the naval guided weapons maintenance facility at Orchid Hills, near Penrith in Sydney's west. Photo by Able Seaman Benjamin Ricketts.

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$billion missile procurement fast-tracked

11/04/202216/04/2022 Posted by Mike Hughes 2473 Views 0 Comments

The government has advanced its $1 billion weapons program in announcing Raytheon Australia and Lockheed Martin Australia as partners of