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Former Air Commodore Vin Hill pictured here with retired Air Vice-Marshal and former Deputy Chief of Air Force, Dave Rogers at Vin's home in New Zealand in January 2024. Story by John Noble.

VALE: Former Air Commodore Vin Hill

22/03/202409/04/2024 Posted by Mike Hughes 2076 Views 0 Comments

One of the Royal Australian Air Force’s last great aviators and true characters died just months shy of his 100th

Commanding Officer 130 Squadron Republic of Singapore Air Force, Lieutenant Colonel Goh Seow Hong in a Hawk 127. Story and photo by Flying Officer Michael Thomas.

Flight affirms friendship

22/03/2024 Posted by Mike Hughes 1976 Views 0 Comments Hawk-127, No 79 Squadron, RAAF Pearce, Republic of Singapore Air Force (RSAF)

What started as a casual conversation at the 2023 RAAF Base Pearce end of year function turned into a unique

Gap year personnel with a static display at Indian Naval Station Rajali, Naval Air Base, Arakkonam, Tamil Nadu India. From left, Leading Aircraftman Jason Grant, Aircraftwomen Ella Johnstone and Caitlan Williams, Aircraftmen Luke O'Brien and Garrison Asciak, and Aircraftwomen Maddison Fordred and Ebony Jones. Story by Flight Lieutenant Nancye Houston. Photo by Leading Aircraftman Jason Grant.

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Gap year students sample overseas operation

20/03/2024 Posted by Mike Hughes 1726 Views 0 Comments Gap Year program, No. 1 Security Forces Squadron.

Seven Air Force members were given a career-defining opportunity during their Gap Year program. CAPTION: Gap year personnel with a static

Commanding Officer 5th Combat Service Support Battalion, Lieutenant Colonel Benjamin Shaw, and Regimental Sergeant Major, Warrant Officer Class One Matthew Ryan, lay a wreath as part of the commemoration of the 1954 Stockton Bight Disaster.

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Stockton Bight tragedy commemorated

20/03/2024 Posted by Mike Hughes 2067 Views 0 Comments 5th Combat Service Support Battalion

Soldiers from the 5th Combat Services Support Battalion (5CSSB), veterans, and community leaders assembled at Fort Scratchley near Newcastle to

Lieutenant Yoon Lee takes a bearing on the bridge of HMAS Yarra. Story by Lieutenant Geoff Long. Photo by Leading Seaman Jarrod Mulvihill.

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HMAS Yarra sailing on a high

20/03/202423/03/2024 Posted by Mike Hughes 2303 Views 0 Comments HMAS Waterhen, HMAS Yarra, Huon-class Minehunter

Talk to any of the crew in HMAS Yarra and the overwhelming take-away is the high level of professional and

Royal Australian Navy sailor Able Seaman Dean Hall, Australia’s Federation Guard, performs precision drill movements during a display at Canberra Skyfire 2024 at Lake Burley Griffin, Canberra. Story by Flight Lieutenant Felicity Abraham. Photos by Leading Aircraftman Ryan Howell.

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ADF wows Skyfire crowds

20/03/2024 Posted by Mike Hughes 2241 Views 0 Comments Australia’s Federation Guard, Band of the Royal Military College, M2A2 Howitzer

An ADF aircraft and band featured in the return of Skyfire, after five years, to the shores of Lake Burley

Soldiers from 3rd Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment during an urban operations exercise at the disused Stuart State School in Townsville. Story and photo by Corporal Luke Bellman.

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3RAR goes back to school – to survive

20/03/2024 Posted by Mike Hughes 1842 Views 0 Comments 3rd Battalion RAR

As 3rd Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment (3RAR) soldiers breached doors, cleared rooms and hunted the ‘enemy’ through Townsville’s closed Stuart

Roulette 2 Flight Lieutenant James Dutschke flies in formation over Changi, Singapore, during the Roulettes display at the Singapore Airshow. Story by Flight Lieutenant Greg Hinks.

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Roulettes roll into Singapore

20/03/202423/03/2024 Posted by Mike Hughes 2395 Views 0 Comments C-130J Hercules, No. 37 Squadron, PC-21, RAAF East Sale, Roulettes, Singapore

As the six Pilatus PC-21 aircraft of the Royal Australian Air Force Roulettes rolled and looped over the Singaporean landscape,

Timor-Leste Defence Force Lieutenant Jacinto Do Nascimento salutes Lieutenant Clementino Colo ahead of his promotion on board PT Paluma. Story by Richard Wilkins.

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Timor Leste prepare to receive two new patrol boats

20/03/202421/03/2024 Posted by Mike Hughes 2902 Views 0 Comments Guardian-class Patrol Boat, Regional Maritime Security Program, Timor-Leste Defence Force

Timor-Leste will receive two Guardian-class patrol boats in 2024 as part of Australia’s regional Maritime Security Program. CAPTION: Timor-Leste Defence Force

The Cost of Doing Business: Military Aviation Safety in Australia 1914 – 2022, written by Squadron Leader Barrie Bardoe.

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The ‘Cost of Doing Business’ book launched

15/03/2024 Posted by Mike Hughes 1855 Views 0 Comments Defence Aviation Safety Authority (DASA)

A new book tells the story of Australia’s tumultuous path to becoming a global leader in military aviation safety. The

Army soldiers prepare cargo for an airlift by the Rural Fire Service helicopter. Story by Corporal Luke Bellman. Photos by Warrant Officer Robert Spooner.

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Rural Fire Service gives Army a lift

15/03/2024 Posted by Mike Hughes 2010 Views 0 Comments Air Mobility Group, Air Mobility Training and Development Unit (AMTDU), NSWRFS, RAAF Richmond

Soldiers teamed up with NSW Rural Fire Service (RFS) to practise underslung cargo lifts with one of their helicopters at

Head of the Advanced Strategic Capabilities Accelerator Professor Emily Hilder addresses the Quantum Australia 2024 Conference in Sydney. Story by Natalie Staples.

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Making the tiniest things count in war

15/03/2024 Posted by Mike Hughes 1866 Views 0 Comments Advanced Strategic Capabilities Accelerator (ASCA), AUKUS, Defence Strategic Review, Emerging and Disruptive Technologies (EDT)

Harnessing quantum behaviours to develop advanced technologies could enable Defence to provide the warfighter with an asymmetric advantage. CAPTION: Head of