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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 Posted by Brian Hartigan 5851 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

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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 Posted by Brian Hartigan 6989 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

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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 Posted by Brian Hartigan 7498 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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Australian soldiers on patrol in Afghanistan aboard a Bushmaster. Photo by Corporal Bernard Pearson.
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Fiji buys Aussie Bushmasters for peacekeeping

09/02/201716/02/2017 Posted by Brian Hartigan 9678 Views 0 Comments Bushmaster Protected Mobility Vehicles, Fiji

Ten refurbished Australian Bushmasters have been sold to Fiji for peacekeeping duties. CAPTION: Australian soldiers on patrol in Afghanistan aboard a

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Ka‑52 Alligator
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Ka‑52 Alligator hits full-rate production

01/02/201716/02/2017 Posted by Brian Hartigan 5807 Views 0 Comments Ka‑52 Alligator

I. Sazykin Arsenev Aviation Production Enterprise “Progress”, which belongs to the Russian Helicopters Holding (part of the Rostec State Corporation), completed

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Papua New Guinean Pacific Class patrol boat, HMPNGS Rabaul.
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Pacific Patrol Boat fleet to be replaced

08/05/201616/02/2017 Posted by Brian Hartigan 7870 Views 0 Comments Pacific patrol boats

The Australian government signed a contract with Austal Ships Pty Ltd on 5 May to build and sustain up to

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Then HMA Ships Brunei, Labuan and Tarakan
Australian News Overseas Rest of World Royal Australian Navy 

Two former Australian landing craft commissioned into Philippines navy

23/07/201516/02/2017 Posted by Brian Hartigan 7716 Views 0 Comments Philippines, RAN

Two former Australian Balikpapan-class landing craft were commissioned into the Philippines Navy today. Chief of Navy Vice Admiral Tim Barrett

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