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Leading Aircraftman Ronan Geoghgan (left) from No. 23 Squadron and a United States airman prepare to refuel a Japan Air Self-Defense Force (Koku-Jieitai) F-15J Eagle aircraft during Exercise Cope North. Story by Flying Officer Bronwyn Marchant. Photo by Leading Aircraftman Sam Price.

Cope North strengthened ties

25/02/202202/03/2022 Posted by Mike Hughes 2582 Views 0 Comments 23 Squadron, Exercise Cope North, No

Enhancing Australian, Japanese and United States relationships was a key outcome of Exercise Cope North 2022, which concluded on February

Three Royal Australian Air Force F-35A Lightning II aircraft from No. 77 Squadron prior to mid-air refueling over the Pacific Ocean during Exercise Cope North 22. Story by Flying Officer Bronwyn Marchant. Photo: Leading Aircraftman Sam Price.

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Integrated flying at its finest

25/02/2022 Posted by Mike Hughes 2600 Views 0 Comments E-7A Wedgetail, Exercise Cope North, F-35A Lightning II, Guam, Japan Air Self-Defense Force, KC-30A Multi-Role Tanker Transport, No. 2 Squadron, No. 77 Squadron, USAF

Combat and airspace battle management aircraft ruled the skies over Guam during Exercise Cope North 22, executing multinational missions. CAPTION:

RAAF pilot Squadron Leader Justin Della Bosca gives Solomon Islands Government officials a tour inside a C-27J Spartan aircraft at Honiara international airport, Solomon Islands. Story by Captain Peter March. Photo by Corporal Jarrod McAneney.

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Support to Solomon Islands on show

25/02/2022 Posted by Mike Hughes 2326 Views 0 Comments C-17A Globemaster III, C-27J Spartan, COVID-19 Assist, Regional Assistance Mission to the Solomon Islands

Solomon Islands Government officials recently visited Australia’s support team in Honiara to better understand how the Australian Government was assisting the

ustralian Defence Force personnel from the Aged Care Support Planning & Coordination Team working with Department of Health personnel in Canberra on 22. Story by Private Jacob Joseph. Photo by Kym Smith.

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ADF support to aged care set to increase

25/02/202228/02/2022 Posted by Mike Hughes 2885 Views 0 Comments COVID-19 Assist

Twenty-four ADF medical teams assisted at aged-care facilities in the first weeks of ADF support to the aged-care sector, with

A RAAF combat controller from No. 4 Squadron and Mr Rob Crowell (centre) from the Australian Medical Assistance Team help unload Australian Government critical aid supplies from a Solomon Airlines DHC-6 Twin Otter aircraft at Auki airport, Solomon Islands. Story by Captain Peter March. Photo by Corporal Jarrod McAneney.

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ADF delivers urgent supplies in Solomon Islands

25/02/2022 Posted by Mike Hughes 2566 Views 0 Comments C-27J Spartan, COVID-19, No. 4 Squadron, Regional Assistance Mission to the Solomon Islands

ADF personnel have helped get approximately 28 tonnes of urgent medical and food supplies to remote areas of Solomon Islands

HMAS Anzac crew deployed on Indo-Pacific Endeavour 2021 show the personalised quilts and laundry bags made for them by volunteers from Aussie Hero Quilts. Story by Leading Seaman Kylie Jagiello. Photo by Leading Seaman Leo Baumgartner.

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Quilters stitch together a decade of support

25/02/2022 Posted by Mike Hughes 1932 Views 0 Comments Aussie Hero Quilts, Quilts

Whether it is on a bed during deployments or on the lap of a veteran in hospital, a quilt made

RAAF aviators deployed on Operation Lilia prepare bags of rice before loading them onto C-27J Spartan aircraft for distribution to remote Solomon Islands' provinces. Story by Captain Peter March. Photo by Corporal Jarrod McAneney.

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ADF delivers urgent supplies in Solomon Islands

23/02/2022 Posted by Mike Hughes 3005 Views 0 Comments C-27J Spartan, COVID-19 Assist, Solomon Islands

ADF personnel have helped get urgent medical and food supplies to remote areas of Solomon Islands after a COVID-19 outbreak

Republic of Fiji Military Forces and ADF personnel on Atata Island in Tonga during Operation Tonga Assist 2022. Story by Major Roger Brennan. Photo by Leading Seaman David Cox.

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Friends working together to support Tonga

23/02/202225/02/2022 Posted by Mike Hughes 1731 Views 0 Comments 2nd Combat Engineer Regiment, CH-47F Chinook, HMAS Adelaide, Operation Tonga Assist 2022, P-8A Poseidon, Republic of Fiji Military Forces

Circling above Tonga’s Atata island in a CH-47 Chinook, 2nd Combat Engineer Regiment Regimental Sergeant Major Warrant Officer Benjamin King saw

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Defence releases more detail on Chinese laser-pointing incident

22/02/202222/02/2022 Posted by Brian Hartigan 4255 Views 2 Comments

Defence today outlined, in a lot more detail, the laser-pointing incident involving a Chinese warship and a RAAF P-8A Poseidon

A PLA-N Yuzhao-class amphibious transport dock vessel transits the Torres Strait on 18 February 2022. ADF photo.

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Chinese ship attacks RAAF Poseidon in Torres Strait

19/02/2022 Posted by Brian Hartigan 7979 Views 6 Comments

Defence has confirmed that a P-8A Poseidon detected a laser illuminating the aircraft while in flight over Australia’s northern approaches.

Surveillance and Response Systems Program Office (SRSPO) members test out the United States and Australian versions of the 737 P-8A Fuselage Stand. Story by Flight Lieutenant Laura Scougall. Photo by Leading Aircraftwoman Jacqueline Forrester.

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Victorian company wins fab United States Navy contract

18/02/202218/02/2022 Posted by Mike Hughes 2409 Views 0 Comments P-8A Poseidon, US Navy

A Victorian small business has been awarded a major contract with the United States Navy to provide tailored aircraft maintenance

Royal Australian Air Force aircraft join United States Air Force and Japan Air Self-Defense Force aircraft on the taxiway at Andersen Air Force Base in Guam prior to conducting a multinational airdrop during Exercise Cope North 2022. Photo from USAF.

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Exercise Cope North proceeds in heightened-threat environment

18/02/202218/02/2022 Posted by Mike Hughes 3056 Views 0 Comments Exercise Cope North, Guam, No. 2 Squadron, No. 33 Squadron, No. 35 Squadron

Typhoons and a heightened threat environment are just some of the scenarios faced by Australian, Japanese and United States participants in Exercise

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.

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RAAF sub hunter-killer on the prowl off Guam

18/02/202218/02/2022 Posted by Mike Hughes 2888 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

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.

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Air Force Equipment Branch honoured

18/02/202221/02/2022 Posted by Mike Hughes 2051 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

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.

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Female personnel take a new tack

18/02/2022 Posted by Mike Hughes 1763 Views 0 Comments

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

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.

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Oz and Fiji military work together in Tonga

18/02/202218/02/2022 Posted by Mike Hughes 2684 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

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.

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RAAF denies problems with F-35 Joint Strike Fighter

17/02/2022 Posted by Brian Hartigan 3126 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

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.

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Fijians in Tonga after COVID isolation in Australia

15/02/202219/02/2022 Posted by Mike Hughes 2310 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

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.

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Working with PNG on COVID response

15/02/202218/02/2022 Posted by Mike Hughes 2118 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

(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.

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ADF surges aged-care support

15/02/2022 Posted by Mike Hughes 4243 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