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A Royal Australian Air Force P-8A Poseidon prepares for a refuel by a US Air Force KC-135 Stratotanker during exercise Sea Dragon 2022, near the Philippine Sea. Story by Flying Officer Connor Bellhouse. Photo by Airman 1st Class Breanna Gossett, US Air Force.
News Overseas Royal Australian Air Force 

RAAF sub hunter-killer on the prowl off Guam

18/02/202218/02/2022 Posted by Mike Hughes 2796 Views 0 Comments No. 11 Squadron, P-8A Poseidon

Flying at low level, a No. 11 Squadron P-8A Poseidon hunts a silent simulated target beneath the waters of Guam

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Director-General Logistics - Air Force Air Commodore Grant Pinder addresses the audience during the Air Force Equipment Branch plaque unveiling at RAAF Base Point Cook. Story by Squadron Leader Thomas Paff. Photo by Leading Aircraftwoman Chloe Bruer-Jones.
History News Royal Australian Air Force 

Air Force Equipment Branch honoured

18/02/202221/02/2022 Posted by Mike Hughes 1916 Views 0 Comments No. 100 Squadron, No. 21 Squadron

Air Force* logisticians, past and present, were honoured with a plaque at the Air Force Memorial in the Chief of

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Flight Lieutenant Joy Clarke, right, takes part in the SheSails Discover Sailing Day run by the ADF Sailing Association in Canberra. Photo by Leading Aircraftwoman Jacqueline Forrester.
Australian Army News Royal Australian Air Force Royal Australian Navy 

Female personnel take a new tack

18/02/2022 Posted by Mike Hughes 1682 Views 0 Comments

The ADF Sailing Association (ADFSA) held its third SheSails Discover Sailing Day in Canberra on February 6. CAPTION: Flight Lieutenant

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Republic of Fiji Military Forces engineer Sapper Saimoni Kamikamica (right) and Australian Army soldier Lance Corporal Kobie Rogers work together to clear a fallen tree on Atata Island during Operation Tonga Assist 2022. Story by Lieutenant Brendan Trembath. Photo by Corporal Robert Whitmore.
Australian Army News Pacific Royal Australian Air Force Royal Australian Navy Videos 

Oz and Fiji military work together in Tonga

18/02/202218/02/2022 Posted by Mike Hughes 2558 Views 0 Comments 2nd Combat Engineer Regiment, CH-47F Chinook, HMAS Adelaide, Operation Tonga Assist 2022, Republic of Fiji Military Forces

Australian Defence Force and Republic of Fiji Military Forces personnel are working side-by-side on Atata Island in Tonga to clear

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Australia's first two F-35As to be based on home soil – A35-009 and A35-010 – arrive at RAAF Base Williamtown. Photo by Brian Hartigan.
News Royal Australian Air Force 

RAAF denies problems with F-35 Joint Strike Fighter

17/02/2022 Posted by Brian Hartigan 3038 Views 3 Comments F-35A Lightning II

Australia’s Chief of Air Force Air Marshal Mel Hupfeld has released a formal statement in response to media reports claiming that

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Royal Australian Air Force air movements personnel assist Republic of Fiji Military Forces engineers and medical personnel bound for Tonga to a C-130J Hercules aircraft at RAAF Base Amberley in Queensland. Story by Flying Officer Robert Hodgson. Photo by Leading Aircraftwoman Kate Czerny.
Australian Army News Pacific Royal Australian Air Force 

Fijians in Tonga after COVID isolation in Australia

15/02/202219/02/2022 Posted by Mike Hughes 2192 Views 0 Comments 2nd Combat Engineer Regiment, C-130J Hercules, COVID-19 Assist, No. 37 Squadron, Operation Tonga Assist 2022, Republic of Fiji Military Forces

The first element of Republic of Fiji Military Forces (RFMF) have arrived in Tonga to provide humanitarian assistance and disaster

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Australian Army officer Captain Jyra Blake-Waller, left, and PNGDF officer Captain Charles Namuesh, right, deliver a solar-powered vaccination fridge to Mumeng Health Centre, Morobe Province, PNG. Photo by Captain Nathanael Kennedy.
Australian Army News Pacific Royal Australian Air Force Royal Australian Navy 

Working with PNG on COVID response

15/02/202218/02/2022 Posted by Mike Hughes 2030 Views 0 Comments COVID-19 Assist, Papua New Guinea, PNGDF

Australian Defence Force and Papua New Guinea Defence Force personnel are working closely together to assist Papua New Guinea with

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(l-r) Aircraftwoman Kate Ogilvie, Leading Aircraftwoman Laura Devine and Aircraftwoman Taryn Worby, Medical Technicians from 1 Expeditionary Health Squadron at an aged care facility in Victoria, prepare to provide support to staff as part of Operation COVID-19 Assist. Photo by Leading Aircraftwoman Jacqueline Forrester.
ADF Australian Army News Royal Australian Air Force Royal Australian Navy Videos 

ADF surges aged-care support

15/02/2022 Posted by Mike Hughes 4145 Views 0 Comments COVID-19 Assist

Australian Defence Force personnel across Australia are gearing up to further support the aged-care sector, following a request from Emergency

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Corporal Tiana Heap enjoys the views of northern NSW during the first all-female crewed C-27J Spartan aircraft from No. 35 Squadron, based at RAAF Base Amberley. Story by Flight Lieutenant Tanya Carter. Photo by Leading Aircraftwoman Kate Czerny.
News Royal Australian Air Force 

All female crew fly into history books

15/02/202226/02/2022 Posted by Mike Hughes 2624 Views 0 Comments C-27J Spartan, No. 35 Squadron, RAAF Amberley

An all-female crew has flown a C-27J Spartan transport aircraft into the history books at the Royal Australian Air Force’s

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Royal Australian Air Force officer Air Commodore Nick Osborne, outgoing Commander of Surveillance & Response Group, returns the salute during the transfer of command ceremony at RAAF Base Williamtown, near Newcastle, NSW. Story by Flight Lieutenant Claire Burnet. Photo by Leading Aircraftman Samuel Miller.
News Royal Australian Air Force Videos 

Surveillance and Response Group changes command

15/02/202215/02/2022 Posted by Mike Hughes 3335 Views 0 Comments No. 2 Squadron, RAAF Williamtown

The Royal Australian Air Force has a new commander to lead its Surveillance and Response Group, with command passing from

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Sergeant Amy Hestermann-Crane, left, Phoebe Budd, Chaplain Nikki Coleman and Squadron Leader Mel Vreugdenburg at the Bush Capital Lodge in Canberra for the YMCA Space Squad camp. Story by Flight Lieutenant Jessica Winnall. Photos by Leading Aircraftman Adam Abela.
News Royal Australian Air Force Science & Technology 

Space Squad: The next generation

15/02/202216/02/2022 Posted by Mike Hughes 2853 Views 0 Comments Space, STEM

Royal Australian* Air Force mentors met the next generation of leaders in the space sector at the YMCA ‘Space Squad’

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Director-General Air Command Operations Air Commodore Stephen Chappell and Japan Air Self-Defense Force Colonel Hiroshi Fujii at RAAF Base Amberley. Story by Flying Officer Robert Hodgson. Photo by Corporal Brett Sherriff.
Japan News Royal Australian Air Force 

Amberley hosts Japan Air Self-Defense Force

09/02/2022 Posted by Mike Hughes 2740 Views 0 Comments Japan Air Self-Defense Force, Operation Tonga Assist 2022, RAAF Amberley

RAAF Base Amberley is hosting a number of Japan Air Self-Defense Force aircraft, which are using the base to load

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Exercise Cope North 22 personnel and aircraft from the Royal Australian Air Force, the United States Air Force and the Japan Air Self-Defense Force at Andersen Air Force Base, Guam. Story by Flying Officer Bronwyn Marchant. Photo by United States Air Force.
Japan News Royal Australian Air Force USA 

Exercise Cope North under way

08/02/2022 Posted by Mike Hughes 2349 Views 0 Comments Exercise Cape North

The Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) has deployed aircraft and personnel to Guam and other islands in Micronesia to conduct

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No. 37 Squadron Technical Training Flight at RAAF Base Richmond, New South Wales. Story by Eamon Hamilton. Photos by Corporal Dan Pinhorn.
News Royal Australian Air Force 

Leading the way in training

08/02/2022 Posted by Mike Hughes 2712 Views 0 Comments C-130J Hercules, No. 37 Squadron, RAAF Richmond

Often the first to arrive during operations, Air Force’s No. 37 Squadron is also now first to comply with new

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The New South Wales Rural Fire Service’s newly acquired Bell 412 helicopter is unloaded from a RAAF C-17A Globemaster III at RAAF Base Richmond. Story by Eamon Hamilton. Photo by Corporal Dan Pinhorn.
News Royal Australian Air Force USA 

Third Bell’s the charm

03/02/2022 Posted by Mike Hughes 2409 Views 0 Comments Bell 412, C-17A Globemaster III, No. 22 Squadron, No. 36 Squadron, NSWRFS, RAAF Richmond

A third Bell 412 helicopter for the New South Wales Rural Fire Service (NSW RFS) has arrived courtesy of Air

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An Air Force C-130J Hercules aircraft, loaded with humanitarian assistance and supplies departs RAAF Base Amberley, Queensland, bound for Tonga for Operation Tonga Assist 2022. Story by Eamon Hamilton. Photo by Leading Aircraftwoman Kate Czerny.
News Royal Australian Air Force 

Hercules reaches 850,000 flying hours

03/02/202203/02/2022 Posted by Mike Hughes 2392 Views 1 Comment C-130 Hercules, No. 37 Squadron, Operation Tonga Assist 2022, RAAF Richmond

The Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) has surpassed 850,000 flying hours with the C-130 Hercules transport aircraft. CAPTION: An Air

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Defence personnel from Japan, USA, UK, Fiji, New Zealand, France and Australia make up the new coordination cell at Headquarters Joint Operations Command. Story by Major Cameron Jamieson. Photo by Major Cameron Jamieson.
Australian Army Europe Japan New Zealand News Pacific Royal Australian Air Force Royal Australian Navy UK USA 

Coordination crucial for Tonga mission

03/02/202219/02/2022 Posted by Mike Hughes 2201 Views 0 Comments HADR, HQJOC, Operation Tonga Assist 2022

Headquarters Joint Operations Command (HQJOC) has establish a new cell to coordinate the international effort to assist with the response

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Air Force Aviators load supplies onto a C-27J Spartan aircraft tasked to fly to isolated Coober Pedy, South Australia. Photo by Leading Aircraftman Stewart Gould.
News Royal Australian Air Force 

Critical supplies delivered to Coober Pedy

01/02/202201/02/2022 Posted by Mike Hughes 2359 Views 0 Comments C-27J Spartan, No. 35 Squadron, RAAF Amberley, RAAF Edinburgh

The Australian Defence Force is delivering urgent supplies to Coober Pedy and Prominent Hill airfields in support of the South

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Army soldier Private Mathew Dowthwaite behind the wheel of an ambulance during driver training at the Ambulance Victoria Training Centre in Sunshine, Victoria. Story by Captain Martin Hadley. Photo by Leading Seaman James McDougall.
Australian Army News Royal Australian Air Force Royal Australian Navy 

ADF driving support to Victoria

01/02/2022 Posted by Mike Hughes 2017 Views 0 Comments COVID-19 Assist

The Australian Defence Force is assisting the Victorian Government with ambulance drivers and planners as part of Operation COVID-19 Assist.

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Air Force officer Flight Lieutenant Tjapukai Shaw plays the didgeridoo during the new Australian national anthem recording at Alan Eaton Studios in Melbourne, Victoria. Story by Leading Seaman Kylie Jagiello. Photo by Petty Officer Nina Fogliani.
Australian Army News Royal Australian Air Force Royal Australian Navy Videos 

New instrumental national anthem features Indigenous instruments

01/02/202203/02/2022 Posted by Mike Hughes 3936 Views 0 Comments Air Force Band, Indigenous

The Royal Australian Air Force Band and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander musicians from across the Australian Defence Force have

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