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Thousands of AK-47 assault rifles sit on the flight deck of guided-missile destroyer USS The Sullivans during a post-seizure inventory process. US Navy photo.

More than 2000 AK-47s seized in Middle East

11/01/202311/01/2023 Posted by Brian Hartigan 927 Views 1 Comment

U.S. naval forces intercepted a fishing vessel in the Gulf of Oman on 6 January while transiting international waters along

Vietnam Veterans' Day held at the Vietnam Memorial in Canberra. Photo by Leading Seaman Nadav Harel.

Australian News Veterans

50 years since Australia proclaimed end to Vietnam War

11/01/202310/01/2023 Posted by Brian Hartigan 1060 Views 0 Comments Vietnam Veterans’ Day

Today marks 50 years since the 1973 proclamation of the end of Australian involvement in the Vietnam War. Minister for

A wooden mock-up of the Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II in Canadian markings at the Classic Air Rallye, Canada Aviation and Space Museum, Rockcliffe Airport, Ottawa. Photo by Ahunt, via Wikimedia.

News Overseas

Canada joins F-35 club

10/01/202310/01/2023 Posted by Brian Hartigan 1166 Views 0 Comments F-35A Lightning II

Despite Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s promise to never buy F-35, the Government of Canada yesterday signed a contract to procure

News Royal Australian Air Force

Spartan makes life-saving delivery to Derby, WA

09/01/202315/01/2023 Posted by Mike Hughes 701 Views 0 Comments C-27J Spartan, No. 35 Squadron, Operation Flood Assist 2023-1, State Emergency Service (SES)

A Royal Australian Air Force C-27J Spartan has delivered life-saving dialysis supplies to a medical facility in the flood-affected Kimberley

A Royal Australian Air Force C-17A Globemaster prepares to airdrop construction and camp equipment and stores to Bunger Hills, Antarctica, as part of Operation Southern Discovery. Story by Flight Lieutenant Suellen Heath. Photo by David Knoff.

Australian Army News Royal Australian Air Force Videos

Army and RAAF team up for special Antarctic air drop

09/01/202315/01/2023 Posted by Mike Hughes 721 Views 0 Comments Army No. 176 Air Dispatch Squadron, C-17A Globemaster III, No. 36 Squadron

Ending 2022 on a high, 18 soldiers from Army’s 176 Air Dispatch Squadron learnt new skills to further enable the

Members from Australian Army 5th Aviation Regiment prepare to depart RAAF Base Townsville to support flood recovery efforts in Western Australia. Story by Captain Carolyn Barnett. Photo by Linda Bone.

Australian Army News Royal Australian Air Force

Chopper crews proud to lend a hand in Western Australia

09/01/202315/01/2023 Posted by Mike Hughes 655 Views 0 Comments 5th Aviation Regiment, CH-47F Chinook, MRH-90 Taipan, National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA, Operation Flood Assist 2023-1, RAAF Townsville

Three MRH-90 Taipan, two CH-47 Chinook helicopters, their aircrews and a team of support personnel from the 5th Aviation Regiment

A Royal Australian Air Force C-27J Spartan aircraft takes off from RAAF Base Amberley in Queensland, bound for Western Australia and Operation Flood Assist 23-1. Photo by Corporal Brett Sherriff.

News Royal Australian Air Force

Operation Flood Assist 2023-1

07/01/2023 Posted by Brian Hartigan 847 Views 2 Comments Operation Flood Assist 2023-1

The Australian Defence Force is providing assistance to the Western Australian government in the Kimberley region where heavy rainfall from

High Mobility Artillery Rocket Systems of the United States Army and United States Marine Corps launch rockets during a firepower demonstration at Shoalwater Bay Training Area in Queensland, during Talisman Sabre 2021. Photo by Corporal Madhur Chitnis.

Australian Army News Royal Australian Navy

Long-range rockets ordered for Australian Army and RAN – before Strategic Review finalised

05/01/202308/01/2023 Posted by Brian Hartigan 5881 Views 21 Comments High Mobility Artillery Rocket System, HIMARS, Naval Strike Missile, NSM

Defence has signed contracts with the US DoD to deliver High Mobility Artillery Rocket Systems to the Australian Army and

Cadets from the Royal Military College-Duntroon and Indonesian Army exercise patrol tactics at Puckapunyal military training area. Story by Corporal Veronica O’Hara. Photo by Major Michael Kiting.

Asia Australian Army News

Australian and Indonesian military colleges on short-term exchange

23/12/202202/01/2023 Posted by Mike Hughes 1791 Views 0 Comments Puckapunyal, Royal Military College-Duntroon (RMC-D)

Indonesian Army officer cadets integrated into Royal Military College-Duntroon (RMC-D) platoons in late October during the annual short-term cadet exchange

Australian Defence Force and Australian Public Service personnel serving with Headquarters Middle East at Camp Baird. Photo by Corporal Jacob Joseph.

Australian Army News Overseas Royal Australian Air Force Royal Australian Navy Videos

Christmas – business as usual for those on duty

23/12/202206/01/2023 Posted by Mike Hughes 1864 Views 0 Comments

More than 450 Australian Defence Force personnel will be on deployment during the Christmas holiday season in various regions of

Chief of Navy Vice Admiral Mark Hammond speaks at the 11th Biennial Submarine Institute of Australia Conference hosted in in Canberra. Photo by Nic Douglass.

News Royal Australian Navy

Leaders discuss future of nuclear-powered subs

23/12/2022 Posted by Mike Hughes 1647 Views 0 Comments AUKUS, Chief of Navy, Minister for Defence, Nuclear Powered Submarines

Opportunities and challenges involved in Australia’s acquisition of nuclear-powered submarines were discussed at the 11th biennial Submarine Institute of Australia