Newcastle flies helo and UAV together
HMAS Newcastle has conducted the RAN’s first simultaneous operations of manned and unmanned aircraft during its current deployment to the
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Middle East
Iraqi Army combined-arms training demonstration
Explosions and gunfire rang out at Taji Military Complex in Iraq in mid September as the latest students on the
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HMAS Warramunga farewelled for Middle East patrol
HMAS Warramunga and her ship’s 190 company has departed Fleet Base East at Garden Island, Sydney for maritime security operations
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GG saddles up for Afghan visit
Governor-General of Australia, General Sir Peter Cosgrove visited Australian Defence Force personnel in Afghanistan yesterday, 4 October 2017. CAPTION: Governor General
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Aussies embedded in Kabul Garrison Command
Advising the general in charge of providing security to the six million people who live in Kabul, Afghanistan’s capital, is
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HMAS Newcastle on Nimitz guard duty
HMAS Newcastle has completed an attachment with the US Navy’s Fifth Fleet in the Arabian Gulf while deployed on maritime
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155mm artillery viewed from a drone
US Marines fire M777-A2 Howitzers from various locations in Syria during May and June, 2017. The Marines have been conducting
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TG Taji pump out 1200 more Iraqi soldiers
Townsville-based soldiers have finished training a further 1200 Iraqi Army soldiers, a milestone marked with a graduation ceremony at the
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Wedgetail cleared to sup on Dutch fuel
An Australian E-7A Wedgetail operating as part of Australia’s Air Task Group (ATG) in the Middle East recently required special
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Keeping RAAF’s Super Hornets flying in Middle East
The essential support sections for the F/A-18F Super Hornet are key in ensuring the aircraft is prepared and ready to
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HMAS Arunta homeward bound after longest ME deployment
Royal Australian Navy frigate HMAS Arunta is returning home to Australia after completing the longest deployment by a RAN vessel
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Middle-East-bound troops farewelled in Townsville
Commander 1st Division Major General Paul McLachlan yesterday farewelled service men and women from two Middle-East-bound contingents – Force Protection
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Kiwi Herc serving well in Middle East
The New Zealand Defence Force (NZDF) transported 120 tonnes of supplies and about 500 military personnel supporting coalition operations in
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Task Group Taji 4 home from Iraq
About 300 Australian Defence Force personnel deployed to Operation OKRA either have or are about to return to Australia after
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HMAS Newcastle’s final deployment to Middle East
HMAS Newcastle and her ship’s company of 230 departed Garden Island, Sydney, on her sixth deployment to the Middle East region on 11 June.
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Fifth rotation of Kiwis for Iraq leave home
The fifth rotation of New Zealand Defence Force (NZDF) troops left today for a six-month mission training Iraqi soldiers. CAPTION: Australian
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Trump entourage land US$110 billion arms deals
President Donald Trump met yesterday with King Salman bin Abd al-Aziz Al Saud of Saudi Arabia and other Saudi royalsin what
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