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Royal Australian Navy guided-missile frigate HMAS Melbourne launches an SM2 missile while holding formation with Republic of Korea Navy guided-missile destroyer ROKS Wang Geon and Japanese Maritime Self Defense Force destroyer JS Ariake during a live-fire demonstration as part of Pacific Vanguard. Photo by MC2 Taylor DiMartino.

First Exercise Pacific Vanguard a success

31/05/201901/06/2019 Brian Hartigan 570 Views 0 Comments

The first iteration of Exercise Pacific Vanguard was successfully held off the coast of Guam over the period 22 to

Leading Seaman Christy-Lee Doyle guides an MRH-60R Helicopter onto the flight deck of HMAS Toowoomba during unit readiness training. Photo by Leading Seaman Tara Byrne.

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First Australian, French, Japanese and US maritime ex

18/05/2019 Brian Hartigan 773 Views 0 Comments HMAS Toowoomba

Naval vessels from Australia, France, Japan and the United States are set to commence the first iteration of the French-led

Lance Corporal Jed Maskill (left), from 1 RNZIR, teaches tracking tactics to a British Army soldier in Malawi. NZDF photo.

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New Zealand soldiers on safari in Africa

30/04/2019 Brian Hartigan 549 Views 0 Comments

Two New Zealand Defence Force personnel are working alongside British counterparts to help counter the multi-billion-dollar illegal wildlife trade in

NZDF personnel move cargo containers at McMurdo Station. NZDF photo.

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NZDF’s busy summer in Antarctica

19/02/2019 Brian Hartigan 452 Views 0 Comments

New Zealand Defence Force personnel from all three services have made significant contributions during a busy summer season in Antarctica.

RAAF F/A-18A Hornet A21-053 arrives at its new home in Canada. Defence Forces Canada photo.

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First 2 RAAF Hornets delivered to Canada

18/02/201918/02/2019 Brian Hartigan 1862 Views 0 Comments

The first two Royal Australian Air Force F/A-18A ‘Classic’ Hornets to be sold to the Royal Canadian Air Force have

The Royal Navy's Duke-class frigate HMS Montrose departs Auckland, New Zealand after a five-day visit. Photo and video by Mike Millett, AirflowNZ.

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HMS Montrose visits NZ during 4-year deployment

22/01/201922/01/2019 Brian Hartigan 1021 Views 0 Comments HMS Montrose

From Devonport Naval Base in Plymouth, UK, to Devonport Naval Base in Auckland – the Royal New Zealand Navy welcomed

Air Warfare Officer Flight Lieutenant Adam Palmer and Air Loadmaster Corporal Toni Thompson load aid into a Royal New Zealand Air Force C-130 Hercules, for delivery Palu, at the 'air bridge' in Balikpapan airport. NZDF photo.

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International air bridge flies aid into Palu

10/10/201810/10/2018 Brian Hartigan 699 Views 0 Comments Palu

An international ‘air bridge’ has been established between Balikpapan, a port city in Indonesia’s East Kalimantan province, about 380 kilometres east

Personnel from the Vietnamese People's Army take the opportunity to look at a Royal Australian Air Force C-17A Globemaster at Tan Son Nhat International Airport. Photo by Corporal David Gibbs.

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RAAF lift Vietnamese peacekeepers to South Sudan

03/10/201803/10/2018 Brian Hartigan 1283 Views 0 Comments South Sudan, UNMISS

Australian Defence Force continues to support the United Nation’s peacekeeping efforts in the South Sudan with a RAAF C-17A Globemaster deploying

HMAS Ballarat steams toward Amsterdam Island in the Indian Ocean during an international search-and-rescue of two solo yachtsmen on separate distressed yachts. Photo by Able Seaman Christopher Szumlanski.

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HMAS Ballarat engaged in a double rescue

27/09/201827/09/2018 Brian Hartigan 768 Views 0 Comments

The Australian Defence Force is continuing to assist in the international search-and-rescue operation for two yachtsmen following significant damage to

Australian Army officer Major Varun Singh talks to family in Australia via Skype from the Taji Military Complex, Iraq. Photo by Corporal David Said.

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Fathers missing Fathers’ Day deployed to Iraq

31/08/201801/09/2018 Brian Hartigan 1022 Views 0 Comments Fathers Day

While fathers across the country will celebrate Fathers’ Day with their families on Sunday, deployed Australian Army dads, like Brisbane-based

French Air Force (Armee De l'Air) Dassault Rafales fly in formation with a RAAF No. 33 Squadron KC-30A Multi Role Tanker Transport aircraft en route to Australia to participate in Exercise Pitch Black 2018 at RAAF Base Darwin, Northern Territory.

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Largest RAAF exercise ticks off

31/07/201831/07/2018 Brian Hartigan 1502 Views 0 Comments Exercise Pitch Black

Australia’s largest air-warfare exercise is currently under way in the the Norther Territory. CAPTION: Two French Armee De l’Air (air force)

Akashinga warriors with two suspected poachers they arrested, with illegal ivory. IAPF photo.

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Akashinga Warriors make important anti-poaching arrests

15/06/2018 Brian Hartigan 696 Views 0 Comments Akashinga, IAPF, International Anti Poaching Foundation

On 12 June at approximately 2200 hours, the International Anti Poaching Foundation’s Akashinga team in Zimbabwe’s Lower Zambezi Valley conducted

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Australia takes lead drafting laws of space conflict

10/04/2018 Brian Hartigan 1054 Views 0 Comments Woomera Manual on the International Law of Military Space Operations

Space and military law experts from Australia, the United Kingdom and the United States have joined forces to take the

Eighteen-year-old Abigail Malzanyaire, a member of the International Anti Poaching Foundation's Akashinga Program. Photo by Adrian Steirn for Alliance Earth (via IAPF web site).

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Three IAPF Akashinga rangers drown on patrol

28/03/201828/03/2018 Brian Hartigan 3356 Views 0 Comments Akashinga, IAPF, International Anti Poaching Foundation

The International Anti-Poaching Foundation is deeply saddened by the accidental drowning deaths of two rangers and one ranger instructor from

A shipping container with up to 28 tonnes of supplies is hoisted on to a truck driven by a New Zealand Defence Force driver. NZDF photo.

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Kiwis and Aussies unload supplies in Antarctica

31/01/2018 Brian Hartigan 920 Views 0 Comments Antarctica

A team of New Zealand Defence Force and Australian Defence Force personnel are working around the clock to unload a

Some of the drivers from the New Zealand Defence Force and Australian Army pose for a photo before leaving for Antarctica to help unload about 3000 tonnes of supplies. NZDF photo.

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ANZAC drivers deploy to Antarctica

21/01/201821/01/2018 Brian Hartigan 1773 Views 0 Comments Antarctica

A team of 20 NZDF plus two drivers and two cargo handlers from the Australian Army left for Antarctica on

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New Zimbabwe president praises IAPF initiative

13/01/2018 Brian Hartigan 1874 Views 0 Comments Akashinga Program

Recently elected president of Zimbabwe Emmerson Mnangagwa singled out an International Anti Poaching Foundation initiative for special mention when reminding tourists

A RAAF F/A-18A over Victoria. Photo by Brian Hartigan.

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Canada to buy used Australian Hornets

14/12/201714/12/2017 Brian Hartigan 2248 Views 2 Comments F/A-18A/B Hornets

Minister for Defence Marise Payne announced yesterday that the Australian government has agreed to the sale of 18 Royal Australian

A RAAF C-17A airdrops supplies at Davis research station in Antarctica. Photo by Barry Becker, Australian Antarctic Division.

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C-17 non-stop paradrop in Antarctica

25/09/201707/10/2017 Brian Hartigan 2220 Views 0 Comments C-17A Globemaster, KC-30A Multi-Role Tanker Transport

A mid-air plane refuel extended Australia’s ability to reach its Antarctic stations and enabled a pre-season airdrop of supplies to

Training on the Kalashnikov Saiga 12-C. Photo supplied.

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Kalashnikov delivers semi-auto shotguns to Indonesia

15/02/201716/02/2017 Brian Hartigan 2459 Views 0 Comments Kalashnikov, Saiga 12-C

Kalashnikov has made its first shipment of smoothbore Saiga 12-C rifles to the National Drug Enforcement Administration (BNN) of Indonesia. The gas-operated,

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