HMAS Sydney leads Aussie team on Bersama Shield 2025
HMAS Sydney is leading the Australian charge on Exercise Bersama Shield 2025 as part of Australia’s second regional presence deployment
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Large Army contingent converge on US for drone tests
A hostile desert setting may seem an unusual place to test fragile, high-tech military prototypes, but there may be no
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RAAF Spartan supports fisheries patrol in Marshall Islands
A Royal Australian Air Force C-27J Spartan and its crew have played a key role in the Pacific Islands Forum
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WWII RAAF bomber found off Greece
A Royal Australian Air Force Baltimore bomber aircraft, which was lost while on an operational mission during the Second World
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HMAS Sydney leaves on three-month regional deployment
From late March until early July 2025, HMAS Sydney will sail throughout the Indo-Pacific as part of Regional Presence Deployment 25-2
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ADF back to Solomons on survey mission
Australian Defence Vessel (ADV) Reliant deployed to Solomon Islands recently for vital survey work, reinforcing Australia’s longstanding commitment to the
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The doctor is in the ice house
Squadron Leader Anthony Rengel’s inspiration to spend a year in Antarctica came from a relative who worked at Mawson station
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Freedom of navigation mission protects Indo-Pacific
Exercising Australia’s freedom of navigation, the Royal Australian Air Force successfully completed maritime surveillance missions in the Indo-Pacific region under
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Mission ready for Bamboo Eagle
Exercise Bamboo Eagle 25-1, held at Nellis Air Force Base in Nevada, strengthened RAAF and its coalition partners’ capabilities to
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Places to go, counterparts to see
The first regional presence deployment (RPD) for 2025 has opened HMAS Hobart to a number of training opportunities with counterparts from
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Air-to-air refuellers kept Operation Okra flying
Flying a Classic Hornet loaded with bombs over Iraq in 2016, Air Commodore Philip Gordon had a problem. CAPTION: A Royal
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From dream job to nightmare of Russian invasion
Olena was at her dream job, a personal trainer at a successful gym, when she heard news of Russia’s invasion
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Comedian’s admiration for troops is no joke
Route Irish, a 12-kilometre stretch of highway in Baghdad, Iraq, was once considered the most dangerous road in the world.
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Army medics treat and train locals in Solomons
Crocodile and pig attacks are not the typical injuries orthopaedic surgeon Major Darren Paterson is accustomed to. CAPTION: A medical team
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Lightning strikes thrice in Guam
For the first time, the Royal Australian Air Force, United States Air Force (USAF) and Japan Air Self-Defense Force (JASDF)
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Flag comes down, soldiers come home
The Australian flag descended at Combined Joint Task Force – Middle East in Kuwait for the final time in December,
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UAE survival training taps into Bedouin skills
Military personnel have seized a chance to enhance their skills through a one-of-a-kind tactical desert training course. CAPTION: The Foreign
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Tankers band together in Guam
Australian, Japanese and American refuelling aircraft have joined forces to feed thirsty fast jets in the skies above Guam. CAPTION: A
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Enhanced teamwork for technicians in Nevada
Personnel from Australia, the United States and the United Kingdom have joined forces at Exercise Red Flag Nellis 25-1 and
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Forces Entertainment at Camp Baird
As the sun set on the dunes behind Camp Baird at Al Minhad Air Base in the United Arab Emirates,
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