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A RAAF C-17A Globemaster takes off from Canberra Airport to take the first tranche of Australian personnel and equipment to Thailand to assist in the international search-and-rescue effort for children missing at a cave complex in Chiang Rai. Photo by Sergeant Ray Vance.

Thai cave rescue – Navy SEAL dies – Australia sends more help

07/07/201811/07/2018 Posted by Brian Hartigan 4882 Views 0 Comments Petty Officer First Class Saman Kunan, Thailand

Australia has provided further support to the Government of Thailand’s efforts to rescue 12 boys and their soccer coach trapped

Australian Federal Police Specialist Response Group members and an official from Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade board a Royal Australian Air Force C-17A Globemaster at Canberra Airport to assist in the international search and rescue effort for children missing in a cave complex in Thailand. Photo by Sergeant Ray Vance.

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ADF and AFP lend hand in successful Thai cave search

03/07/2018 Posted by Brian Hartigan 3665 Views 0 Comments Australian Federal Police, C-17A Globemaster, Chiang Rai, Thailand, Tham Luang Nang Non cave

A soccer team of 12 boys aged between 11 and 16, along with their 25-year-old coach, who went missing in

A Royal Singapore Air Force CH-47 Chinook flies over the Nevada Test and Training Range, during a Red Flag 17-2 combat search and rescue mission. USAF photo by Airman 1st Class Kevin Tanenbaum.

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Singapore moves Chinook training to Oakey

27/06/2018 Posted by Brian Hartigan 4623 Views 0 Comments Chinook, Singapore

Five Republic of Singapore Air Force (RSAF) Chinook helicopters arrived at the Army Aviation Training Centre at Oakey, Queensland, earlier

A Royal Australian Air Force F/A-18 Hornet at Royal Malaysian Air Force Base Butterworth. Photo by Sergeant Andrew Eddie.

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Oz MinDef announces investment in Butterworth

25/06/2018 Posted by Brian Hartigan 4459 Views 0 Comments Royal Malaysian Air Force Base Butterworth

Australia will upgrade facilities at the Royal Malaysian Air Force Base Butterworth used by the Australian Defence Force. FILE PHOTO

RAAF 92 Wing Detachment A Hangar, Butterworth Malaysia. ADF file photo (2008).

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Oz MinDef to visit Butterworth

24/06/2018 Posted by Brian Hartigan 3120 Views 0 Comments Royal Malaysian Air Force Base Butterworth

Australia’s Minister for Defence Marise Payne will visit Royal Malaysian Air Force Base Butterworth tomorrow, 25 June 2018, for the

USNS Mercy arrives in Yokosuka, Japan, for a Exercise Pacific Partnership port visit on 10 June 2018. US Navy photo.

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Exercise Pacific Partnership wraps up

16/06/2018 Posted by Brian Hartigan 2935 Views 0 Comments Exercise Pacific Partnership

The Australian Defence Force will complete Exercise Pacific Partnership 2018 today with the exercise focusing on humanitarian assistance and disaster

Able Seaman Darren Young speaks with Royal Malaysian Navy (RMN) Lieutenant Raagavan during a simulated boarding on RMN ship KD Kasturi during Exercise Bersama Shield 2018. Photo by Able Seaman Steven Thompson.

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Exercise Bersama Shield 18 wraps up

16/05/2018 Posted by Brian Hartigan 4436 Views 0 Comments Bersama Shield

The Australian Defence Force (ADF) took to the sea and skies of Malaysia and Singapore to enhance interoperability and strengthen the

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Help wanted finding missing soldiers in Vietnam

03/05/201803/05/2018 Posted by Brian Hartigan 3993 Views 0 Comments repatriations, Vietnam

UNSW Canberra research project Operation Wandering Souls is calling on Australian and New Zealand Vietnam War Veterans to hand in

A RAAF No 11 Squadron P-8A Poseidon armed with Harpoon missile on a training sortie. Photo by Corporal Craig Barrett.

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Australia deploys P-8A Poseidon to police Korean sanctions

28/04/2018 Posted by Brian Hartigan 4395 Views 0 Comments Korea, P-8A Poseidon

Australia will deploy a P-8A Poseidon maritime patrol aircraft to Japan to contribute to the enforcement of United Nations Security

Australian sailors from HMAS Toowoomba at an ANZAC Day Dawn Service in Brunei. Photo by Able Seaman Steven Thomson.

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HMAS Toowoomba visits Brunei

28/04/2018 Posted by Brian Hartigan 5179 Views 0 Comments HMAS Toowoomba

Royal Australian Navy Frigate HMAS Toowoomba has completed a port visit to Brunei, as part of a three month South

The first Republic of Korea F-35A makes its public debut at Lockheed Martin facilities in Fort Worth, Texas. Photo by Alexander H Groves, Lockheed Martin.

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South Korea gets first F-35A

29/03/2018 Posted by Brian Hartigan 3516 Views 0 Comments F-35A Lightning II

Republic of Korea and US government leaders celebrated the public debut or ‘roll out’ of the first Republic of Korea

F-35A Roll Out Ceremony at JASDF Misawa Air Base. Lockheed Martin photo by Michael D. Jackson.

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First F-35A JSF in Japan unveiled

25/02/2018 Posted by Brian Hartigan 3899 Views 0 Comments F-35A Lightning II

Senior leaders of Japan’s Ministry of Defense, US Forces Japan Pacific Air Forces and Lockheed Martin celebrated the arrival of

Republic of Korea War Service medal now approved for Australians.

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Republic of Korea War Service medal approved for wear

19/02/201819/02/2018 Posted by Brian Hartigan 6587 Views 0 Comments Republic of Korea War Service medal

Veterans of the Korean War have been approved to wear the Republic of Korea War Service medal by Governor-General General

Australian Army officer Lieutenant Patrick Ingram supervises his civilian employer, Anita Gordon, as she prepares to fire an M4 carbine during Exercise Boss Lift in Malaysia. Photo by Sergeant Janine Fabre.

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Exercise Boss Lift hits Malaysia

06/02/201807/02/2018 Posted by Brian Hartigan 5353 Views 0 Comments Exercise Boss Lift

A group of 18 employers from South Australia, Tasmania and Victoria have returned from Malaysia after experiencing life as a

Inaugural Sub-Regional Defence Ministers’ Meeting on Counter-Terrorism in Perth. Photo from Minister Payne's Facebook page.

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Information sharing and closer defence ties agreed at regional terrorism meeting

02/02/2018 Posted by Brian Hartigan 3051 Views 0 Comments counter-terrorism

The inaugural Sub-Regional Defence Ministers’ Meeting on Counter-Terrorism concluded in Perth today. Minister for Defence Marise Payne hosted Second Minister

HMA Ships Adelaide, Toowoomba and Darwin in formation off the coast of Sydney, heading north on Indo-Pacific Endeavour 2017. Photo by Able Seaman Steven Thomson.

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Largest Navy Task Group in years leaves Sydney

06/09/201706/09/2017 Posted by Brian Hartigan 9155 Views 0 Comments Indo-Pacific Endeavour 2017, Royal Australian Navy

An Australian Defence Force Joint Task Group – Indo-Pacific Endeavour 2017 – has departed Sydney to participate in a series

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Indon Army gets big birds back from repair

02/09/201705/09/2017 Posted by Brian Hartigan 3988 Views 0 Comments Mi-35P

Specialists from Indonesia visited 150 Aircraft Repair Plant (150 ARP) of Russian Helicopters (part of Rostec State Corporation) to accept two Mi-35P helicopters sent

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HMNZS Te Kaha hunting subs off Japan

15/06/2017 Posted by Brian Hartigan 4856 Views 0 Comments HMNZS Te Kaha

The New Zealand Defence Force is taking part this week in a multilateral defence exercise in Japanese water that involves

HMAS Ballarat (third from left) conducts a Passage Exercise in the South China Sea with Japanese Maritime Self Defense Force ships Izumo and Sazanami and the Royal Canadian ship HMCS Winnipeg during her South East Asia Deployment. Photo by Leading Seaman Bradley Darrell.

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HMAS Ballarat accompanies US/Canada/Japan through South China Sea

15/06/2017 Posted by Brian Hartigan 5760 Views 0 Comments HMAS Ballarat

Royal Australian Navy (RAN) Frigate HMAS Ballarat has completed a Passage Exercise (PASSEX) with Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF), Royal Canadian Navy

Royal Australian Navy Reserve Medical Officer and Plastic and Reconstructive Surgeon, Commander Ravi Mahajani conducts a pre-surgery consultation on a patient at Khan Hoa General Hospital in Nha Trang, Vietnam, during Exercise Pacific Partnership 2017. The patient could not lift his arm above his shoulder due to excessive scarring caused by severe electrical burns. Photo by Sergeant Ray Vance.

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Pacific Partnership 2017 declared a huge success

07/06/2017 Posted by Brian Hartigan 3125 Views 0 Comments Pacific Partnership

The success of the multi-national Pacific Partnership humanitarian aid and disaster relief training series continues to expand, with this year’s