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A Royal Australian Air Force E-7A Wedgetail arrives at the Australian Defence Force's main operating base in the Middle East region for Operation Okra missions. Photo by Corporal Dan Pinhorn.

Wedgetail back in the Middle East

15/09/2019 Brian Hartigan 179 Views 0 Comments

As part of Australia’s contribution to the US-led Global Coalition against Daesh, a Royal Australian Air Force E-7A Wedgetail Airborne Early

Soldiers from the New Caledonian Armed Forces run in an endurance event, with an Australian Army officer as their observer, during Exercise Hydra 2019 at Greenbank Training Area, Queensland, Australia. Photo by Gunner Sagi Biderman.

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Exercise Hydra tests multiple military heads

12/09/2019 Brian Hartigan 291 Views 0 Comments

Soldiers from eight nations are engaging in a military skills competition in Brisbane testing the teamwork, physical stamina and mental rigour

The Vietnam Memorial in Canberra. Photo by Laura Larking.

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Australia supports Vietnam’s MIA recovery efforts

11/09/2019 Brian Hartigan 201 Views 0 Comments

As part of the ongoing cooperation between Australia and Vietnam, the Department of Defence has presented the Vietnamese Deputy Minister

A Royal Australian Air Force C-27J Spartan investigate a fishing vessel spotted during an Operation Solania maritime patrol. RAAF photo.

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Spartan and King Air patrol Pacific

11/09/2019 Brian Hartigan 218 Views 1 Comment

By Eamon Hamilton The combination of Spartan and King Air aircraft proved a winning pair for the Air Force in

No 3 Squadron F/A-18 Hornets taxi at Korat Air Force Base during Exercise Thai Boomerang 2015. Photo by Corporal David Said.

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RAAF on two consecutive exercises in SE Asia

08/09/201908/09/2019 Brian Hartigan 421 Views 0 Comments

By Flight Lieutenant Alyssa Vickridge Royal Australian Air Force has deployed more than 120 people and six aircraft from RAAF

C-17A Globemaster's from the United States Air Force begin to taxi out for another mission on Exercise Mobility Guardian 17 at Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Washington. Photo by Corporal David Gibbs.

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RAAF deploys on Ex Mobility Guardian

08/09/2019 Brian Hartigan 520 Views 0 Comments

By Flight Lieutenant Clarice Hurren The Royal Australian Air Force has dispatched its two largest aircraft to the United States

Australian Army Force Support Battalion during the Force Support Element 11 farewell parade at Lavarack Barracks, Townsville. Photo by Private Paensuwan.

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Force Support Element 11 farewelled at Lavarack

08/09/2019 Brian Hartigan 474 Views 0 Comments

Around 85 Australian Defence Force personnel have been farewelled at Lavarack Barracks in Townsville ahead of their upcoming deployment to the

A remote control robot, operated by Australian Engineers from the 1st Mentoring and Reconstruction Task Force moves in, to deal with an improvised explosive device, which the Australian troops uncovered during Operation Zamarai Silawel. Photo by Corporal Ricky Fuller.

Australian News Overseas USA

Study finds soldiers care about robots

08/09/2019 Brian Hartigan 423 Views 1 Comment

It is increasingly common to use robots in war zones to examine and disarm hazards or recover objects with the

Two Royal Australian Air Force F/A-18 Hornets take off at Avalon, Victoria. Photo by Corporal Jessica de Rouw.

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Aussie Hornets on first combat exercise in Japan

08/09/2019 Brian Hartigan 489 Views 0 Comments

Up to 150 Royal Australian Air Force personnel will participate in the first bilateral air combat exercise between the Royal Australian

Participants in the official Service of Commemoration for those who fought and died in two undeclared wars fought on the Malay Peninsula and in northern Borneo in the 1960s – the Malayan Emergency and the Indonesian Confrontation with Malaysia – at The Heroes’ Cemetery in Kuching, Sarawak. Photos by Major (ret’d) Paul Rosenzweig.

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Malaya-Borneo Veterans commemorate in Sarawak

03/09/201903/09/2019 Brian Hartigan 478 Views 0 Comments

A Service of Commemoration was held in the Sarawak Heroes Memorial Park in Kuching on Saturday 29 August to commemorate

A RAAF P-8A Poseidon supports sea trials for NUSHIP (now HMAS) Hobart in the Gulf St Vincent off the coast of Adelaide. Photo by Corporal Craig Barrett.

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Poseidon deployed on North Korea sanctions

01/09/2019 Brian Hartigan 535 Views 0 Comments

Australia is deploying a P-8A Poseidon maritime patrol aircraft to Japan to conduct maritime surveillance in support of the international

Major Graham Hickman of the New Zealand Army Band, right, receives the Pooley Sword at the final show of the 2019 Royal Edinburgh Military Tattoo. Photo courtesy The Royal Edinburgh Military Tattoo.

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New Zealand Army Band takes top prize at Edinburgh Tattoo

28/08/2019 Brian Hartigan 537 Views 0 Comments

The New Zealand Army Band concluded a memorable appearance at the 2019 Royal Edinburgh Military Tattoo by being presented with

Commander Sebastian Marru of the Papua New Guinea Defence Force Maritime Element, and the Commanding Officer HMAS Choules Commander Scott Houlihan at Tarangau Naval base, Manus Island. Photo by Petty Officer Justin Brown.

Australian News Overseas Pacific

Minister visits PNG and Solomon Islands

23/08/2019 Brian Hartigan 264 Views 0 Comments

Minister for Defence Linda Reynolds has departed on a seven-day Pacific visit, from 22 to 28 August, to further enhance

Australian Army carpenter Sapper David Mikic from 1st Combat Engineer Regiment fixes purlins to steel frames at Metinaro Military Base, Timor-Leste, during Exercise Hari'i Hamutuk 2016. Photo by Corporal Nunu Campos.

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Sappers in Timor for sixth Exercise Hari’i Hamutuk

23/08/2019 Brian Hartigan 355 Views 0 Comments

Australian Army engineers have arrived in Timor-Leste for the sixth iteration of Exercise Hari’i Hamutuk. FILE PHOTO (2016): Australian Army carpenter

A Royal New Zealand Air Force P-3K2 Orion has found the last crew member overboard from the Chinese fishing vessel Jin Xiang 6, which had been damaged by fire. NZDF photo.

New Zealand News Overseas Pacific

Kiwi Orion rescues man overboard

17/08/201923/08/2019 Brian Hartigan 367 Views 0 Comments

New Zealand’s P-3K2 Orion that located the burnt Chinese fishing vessel yesterday was re-tasked this morning with finding a man

Samoan Police crew of Nafanua II fall in alongside their newly aquired Guardian-class patrol boat at Austal ship yards in Henderson, Western Australia. Photo by Leading Seaman Richard Cordell.

Australian News Overseas Pacific Technology

Samoa receives latest Guardian-class patrol boat

16/08/201917/08/2019 Brian Hartigan 695 Views 0 Comments

The fourth Guardian-class patrol boat built under the Pacific Patrol Boat Replacement (SEA3036) Project was formally handed over to the

A Royal New Zealand Air Force P-3K2 Orion photographs the Chinese fishing vessel Jin Xiang 6, damaged by fire west of Tuvalu. NZDF photo.

New Zealand News Overseas Pacific

Kiwi Orion helps damaged Chinese fishing boat

16/08/201923/08/2019 Brian Hartigan 320 Views 0 Comments

A Royal New Zealand Air Force P-3K2 Orion on a fisheries patrol about 400 nautical miles west of Tuvalu has

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Raytheon, Rheinmetall expand team for US Army Bradley replacement

14/08/2019 Brian Hartigan 455 Views 0 Comments

Raytheon and Rheinmetall Defence are partnering with Detroit company Pratt & Miller Defense for the US Army’s Optionally Manned Fighting Vehicle competition.