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Chief of Air Force Air Marshal Robert Chipman meets with Bahrain Defense Affairs Minister Lieutenant-General Abdulla bin Hassan Al Nuaimi in Bahrain. Image supplied.
ADF Middle East News 

CAF represents ADF at Bahrain strategic meeting

01/12/202201/12/2022 Posted by Mike Hughes 1146 Views 0 Comments Chief of Air Force, International Institute for Strategic Studies’ (IISS)

Chief of Air Force Air Marshal Robert Chipman represented the Chief of the Defence Force General Angus Campbell at the

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Australian Army officer, Captain Jeremy Fetter at the site of the battle of Valley of Tears in the Golan Heights. Story and photo by Petty Officer Lee-Anne Cooper.
Australian Army Middle East News Overseas 

Bonding while keeping the peace

17/06/2022 Posted by Mike Hughes 1765 Views 0 Comments Operation Paladin, UN Truce Supervision Organisation

Captain Jeremy Fetter uses the analogy of umpiring football to explain being a United Nations (UN) military observer in Israel.

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Captain John Whiteley, right, confirms the presence of military equipment with Finnish colleague Captain Pasi Nukarinen during a routine patrol in the Golan Heights. Story and photo by Petty Officer Lee-Anne Cooper.
Australian Army Middle East News 

Observers help keep the peace in Golan

26/05/2022 Posted by Mike Hughes 1876 Views 0 Comments Operation Paladin, UN Truce Supervision Organisation

Keeping an eagle eye is more than just a saying for United Nations Military Observer Captain John Whiteley. CAPTION: Captain

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Warrant Officer Class One Mick Dewar takes part in the 40th anniversary parade at South Camp in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt. story and photo by Petty Officer Lee-Anne Cooper.
Australian Army Middle East News Overseas Royal Australian Air Force Royal Australian Navy 

Helping keep the peace in Sinai for 40 years

21/05/2022 Posted by Mike Hughes 3268 Views 0 Comments MFO, Operation Mazurka

Personnel representing seven nations marched using their own drills when they entered a parade ground in Egypt to the beat of

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Local contractors conduct a battlefield clearance on a former New Zealand firing range in Bamyan Provence, Afghanistan.
Middle East New Zealand News 

New Zealand’s Afghan range clearance (almost) finished

28/01/2022 Posted by Brian Hartigan 2377 Views 1 Comment

Additional clearance of five firing ranges used by the New Zealand Defence Force in the Bamyan province in Afghanistan has

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The final Rosenbauer Panther Crash Tender is loaded onto a Royal Australian Air Force C-17A Globemaster III aircraft. Photo by Sergeant Ben Dempster.
Middle East News 

Serco awarded Middle-East-support contract extension

19/01/2022 Posted by Brian Hartigan 2142 Views 0 Comments Serco

Serco has been awarded a two-year contract extension to continue providing base operation, hospitality and support services on behalf of

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Soldiers and officers from the 1st Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment on parade during the Queensland Emergency Services and ADF Sunset Showcase at Riverway Stadium, Townsville. Story by Captain Diana Jennings. Photo by Corporal Brandon Grey.
Australian Army Middle East Videos 

Soldiers welcomed home from Afghanistan in style

23/11/202124/11/2021 Posted by Mike Hughes 2783 Views 1 Comment 1RAR, Afghanistan, Kabul

As the sun set over Riverway Stadium, the community of Townsville came together to welcome home soldiers recently returned from

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Commander Joint Task Force 633 Air Commodore David Paddison celebrates the 10th anniversary of the ‘Bean around the MEAO’ café with owner Aileen Stoddart. Story by Flight Lieutenant Clarice Hurren. Photo by Sergeant Glen McCarthy.
ADF Australian Army Middle East News Royal Australian Air Force Royal Australian Navy 

Bean a place like home for many over 10 years

22/09/2021 Posted by Mike Hughes 2542 Views 0 Comments Operation Accordion

For all who have deployed to or passed through the Australian Defence Force’s main operating base in the Middle East,

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An Australian Defence Force medic assesses a child in the evacuee handling centre at Australia’s main operating base in the Middle East. Story by Lieutenant Max Logan. Photo by Leading Aircraftwoman Jacqueline Forrester.
ADF Health and Wellbeing Middle East News 

Medics went above and beyond during evacuation

10/09/202116/09/2021 Posted by Mike Hughes 1941 Views 0 Comments Evacuation of Kabul

One of the critical factors in the Afghanistan evacuation was the health and welfare of the more than 4000 evacuees,

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Private Jordan Schooth assists Australian citizens and visa holders evacuated from Afghanistan after their arrival in Australia. Story by Lieutenant Brendan Trembath. Photo by Corporal Dustin Anderson.
ADF Australian Border Force Middle East News Police 

Evacuees welcomed to Australia

10/09/202110/09/2021 Posted by Mike Hughes 1863 Views 0 Comments Evacuation of Kabul

Thousands of men, women and children evacuated from Afghanistan have been assisted by multiple agencies on arrival at Australian airports.

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Australian citizens and visa holders evacuated from Afghanistan on board a RAAF C-17A Globemaster III, enroute to the ADF’s main operating base in the Middle East region. Story by Lieutenant Commander Andrew Ragless. Photo by Sergeant Glen McCarthy.
ADF Middle East News 

ADF reports on its role in Evacuation of Kabul

10/09/202115/09/2021 Posted by Mike Hughes 2225 Views 0 Comments Evacuation of Kabul

Over nine sweltering days in August, Australian Defence Force personnel took part in the largest humanitarian airlift operation in recent

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Major Tim Glover assists DFAT members locate Afghan Australian visa holders attempting to enter the congested Abbey Gate at Hamid Karzai International Airport. Story by Lieutenant Max Logan. Photo by Sergeant Glen McCarthy.
ADF Middle East News Videos 

Troops reflect on a mission like no other

10/09/202110/09/2021 Posted by Mike Hughes 2951 Views 0 Comments Evacuation of Kabul

Personnel from 1st Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment (1RAR), have reflected on the important role they played during the Afghanistan evacuation

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Soldiers from 1RAR at Abbey Gate, Hamid Karzai International Airport. Photo by Sergeant Glen McCarthy.
ADF Middle East News USA 

Suicide bomb attack at Kabul airport

27/08/202127/08/2021 Posted by Brian Hartigan 3056 Views 1 Comment Evacuation of Kabul

A suicide bomb attack at Hamid Karzai International Airport in Kabul, Afghanistan, yesterday has killed approximately 60 Afghan civilians and

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Airport passport control, Kabul style –  members of the 1st Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment, at Abbey Gate, Hamid Karzai International Airport. Photo by Sergeant Glen McCarthy.
ADF Middle East News Videos 

Passport control – Kabul Airport style

26/08/202126/08/2021 Posted by Brian Hartigan 4441 Views 0 Comments Evacuation of Kabul

Soldiers from 1RAR are working with Australian government officials to identify and assist Australians and visa holders at Kabul Airport.

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An RNZAF C130 flies into Kabul to assist in the evacuation of foreign nationals. NZDF photo.
ADF Middle East New Zealand News Videos 

Evacuation of Kabul – most successful night yet

25/08/202125/08/2021 Posted by Brian Hartigan 2134 Views 0 Comments Evacuation of Kabul

Another 650 people were evacuated from Kabul by Australian and New Zealand aircraft overnight – our best night yet in a desperate mission.

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Signaller Charbal Nunes of 145 Signal Squadron (centre) and Corporal Nikkiska McGlashan, 3 Combat Signal Regiment (right) help a family transport a cot to their room at the temporary camp. Story by Lieutenant Max Logan. Photo by Leading Aircraftwoman Jacqueline Forrester.
ADF Middle East News Videos 

A safe haven for refugees

24/08/202128/08/2021 Posted by Mike Hughes 2240 Views 0 Comments Evacuation of Kabul

Afghan evacuees are welcomed into a safe and comfortable camp facility when they arrive at Australia’s main operating base in

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Evacuees enter the evacuee handling centre at Australia’s main operating base in the Middle East, following their evacuation from Kabul, Afghanistan. (This image has been digitally manipulated). Story by Lieutenant Max Logan. Photo by Leading Aircraftwoman Jacqueline Forrester.
ADF Middle East News 

Camp made ready in Middle East for evacuees

24/08/202128/08/2021 Posted by Mike Hughes 2019 Views 0 Comments Evacuation of Kabul

A bare patch of sand at the ADF’s main operating base in the Middle East became a hive of activity with

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Family and friends of Petty Officer Boatswain Glen Nipperess, welcome home HMAS Ballarat following a four-month deployment, to Fleet Base West in Western Australia. Story by Lieutenant Gary McHugh. Photo by Leading Seaman Ronnie Baltoft.
Middle East News Royal Australian Navy Videos 

Ballarat welcomed home after deployment

24/08/2021 Posted by Mike Hughes 2449 Views 0 Comments

HMAS Ballarat has returned to her home port of Fleet Base West after a rigorous four-month deployment to South-East and north Asia.

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Afghan families are packed into a Royal Australian Air Force C-17A Globemaster III for evacuation from Hamid Karzai International Airport in Kabul, Afghanistan. Photo by Sergeant Glen McCarthy.
ADF Middle East News Videos 

RAAF now packing them in at Kabul

23/08/202123/08/2021 Posted by Brian Hartigan 2401 Views 0 Comments Evacuation of Kabul

The Royal Australian Air Force continues to evacuate Australians and Australian visa holders out of Kabul.

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Afghanistan evacuees arrive at Australia’s main operating base in the Middle East, on board a Royal Australian Air Force C-17A Globemaster. Photo by Leading Aircraftwoman Jacqueline Forrester.
Australian Middle East News 

Prime Minister admits fall of Afghanistan wasn’t a surprise

22/08/2021 Posted by Brian Hartigan 2360 Views 0 Comments Evacuation of Kabul

Prime Minister Scott Morrison has revealed the fall of Afghanistan was not a surprise to his government – if only the speed of the fall.

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