NZDF scales back major exercise
Exercise Southern Katipo 20 run regularly by the New Zealand Defence Force has been scaled back because of the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Captain Tom to be knighted
Just six weeks after setting a goal to raise £1000 for the National Health Service, news that Captain Tom Moore is to be knighted for service to his country
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Two serious crashes at Eglin AFB in a week
An F-35A Joint Strike Fighter assigned to 58th Fighter Squadron crashed at Eglin Air Force Base, Florida, around 9:30pm local time yesterday, 19 May 2020.
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RIP Mayor of Villers-Bretonneux, ANZAC friend
Australia lost a true friend with the passing of Dr Patrick Simon AO in France, Minister for Veterans’ Affairs Darren Chester said in a statement today.
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Defence-organised supply-chain hackathon
Australian and New Zealand Defence Forces will host a joint hackathon to identify opportunities to strengthen sovereign supply chains this weekend.
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Raytheon expands Afghan Air Force pilot training
The US Army Contracting Command has Raytheon Technologies to train Afghanistan Air Force pilots under a three-year contract valued up to $145 million.
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Aus/NZ Defence ministers teleconference
Australia and New Zealand have agreed to strengthen defence cooperation on both sides of the Tasman and in our Pacific neighbourhood.
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British Army establishes 1st Aviation Brigade
In April 2020, the first ever aviation brigade in the British Army was formed, bringing with it a new structure, new doctrine and brand-new way of fighting.
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OMAR wins $6million contract to re-clear NZ’s cleared Afghan ranges
NZDF has signed a contractor to carry out additional clearance of five firing ranges used by its Provincial Reconstruction Team in Bamyan, Afghanistan.
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VE Day 75th Anniversary (virtual) Naval Review
World of Warships is preparing to mark the 75th anniversary of the end of WWII in Europe with the first-ever online live-streamed navy parade.
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HMAS Parramatta completes Asian/South China Sea tour
HMAS Parramatta has returned to Australia after completing a three-month deployment of South and South East Asia and the South China Sea.
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Five ADF members test positive for COVID-19 in Middle East – now home
Five ADF personnel have tested positive to COVID-19 in the Middle East and have since been flown home to Australia for treatment and/or case management.
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British Army’s birthday wishes for Colonel Tom Moore
Birthday greetings flooded in for former captain Tom Moore today as he turned 100 years young – and was promoted to colonel.
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Former Captain Tom Moore promoted on his birthday
World famous walkathon fundraiser and now former-captain Tom Moore has been promoted to the rank of colonel on his 100th Birthday.
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USS Theodore Roosevelt prepares to return to sea
Hundreds of sailors began the transition from isolation on Guam to the USS Theodore Roosevelt yesterday as the ship prepares to return to sea.
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RIMPAC 2020 will go ahead as ‘at-sea-only’ exercise
The United States Navy will sponsor the 27th Rim of the Pacific exercise – RIMPAC 20 – from August 17 to 31 2020 despite the global COVID-19 crisis.
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Captain Tom making and breaking records
Captain Tom Moore, 99 year old World War 2 veteran and walkathon legend, has officially set two very significant records before his 100th birthday.
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Another WWI Aussie’s remains formally identified
Army has identified a WWI remains as Captain Arthur Harold Appleby, providing his family with confirmation of his final resting place.
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NZ officially doubles Kiwi headcount for Gallipoli
Two New Zealand Defence Force (NZDF) historians have published an e-book confirming that the number of New Zealand soldiers who
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Royal New Zealand Navy returning to routine training
New Zealanders will see more activity by Royal New Zealand Navy ships and helicopters as the RNZN returns to routine training in the Hauraki Gulf next week.
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