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Changes to top secret security clearances

21/11/202521/11/2025 Posted by Mike Hughes 1210 Views 0 Comments

Top Secret-Privileged Access security clearance has replaced Positive Vetting as Australia’s highest-level security clearance. CAPTION: The changes to top secret

Air Mobility Training and Development Unit personnel gather for a group photo at RAAF Base Richmond, NSW. Photos by Leading Aircraftwoman Aiesha White-Kratz.

Sixty years of developing and delivering

21/11/202521/11/2025 Posted by Mike Hughes 661 Views 0 Comments Air Mobility Training and Development Unit (AMTDU), RAAF Richmond

Current and past members of Air Mobility Training and Development Unit (AMTDU) came together at RAAF Base Richmond recently to

Surgeon General of the ADF and patron of the Australasian Military Medicine Association, Rear Admiral Sonya Bennett, addresses the conference. Story by Michelle Hoare.

ADF Health and Wellbeing News

Meeting of minds on military medicine

21/11/202521/11/2025 Posted by Mike Hughes 638 Views 1 Comment Australasian Military Medicine Association (AMMA)

The biggest ever Australasian Military Medicine Association (AMMA) Conference, held in Adelaide, drew more than 900 military health professionals to

Royal Australian Navy officer Commander Roy Casson, centre, and the team at the Thales Defence Mission Systems facility in Brest, France. Story by Midshipman Thomas Norman.

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Hunter hits milestone on sonar suite

21/11/202521/11/2025 Posted by Mike Hughes 857 Views 0 Comments Hunter-class frigate, Naval Shipbuilding and Sustainment Group, Thales

Another major milestone has been achieved for NuShip Hunter with the successful factory acceptance test (FAT) of the towed body handling system

Frozen blood products can support ADF health clinicians to deliver trauma care in challenging and harsh environments. Story by Michelle Hoare. Photo by Corporal Melina Young.

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Frozen blood a lifesaver on the battlefield

19/11/202519/11/2025 Posted by Mike Hughes 796 Views 0 Comments Joint Health Command

If a soldier is injured on the battlefield and urgently needs blood, fast access to blood products could mean the

Director-General of Security Mike Burgess.

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Defending Australians against espionage

18/11/202518/11/2025 Posted by Mike Hughes 795 Views 0 Comments

The ADF remains a prime target for foreign intelligence services, according to Australia’s security service. CAPTION: Director-General of Security Mike

Aviators from RAAF Base Pearce take part in the inaugural Goggins’ Challenge, raising $7400 for mental health. Story by Flying Officer Stina Frantzich Gardiner. Photo by Sergeant Joshua Mulligan.

ADF People Health and Wellbeing News Royal Australian Air Force

Aviators raise $7400 for mental health

18/11/202518/11/2025 Posted by Mike Hughes 696 Views 0 Comments 2 Flying Training School, mental health, No 79 Squadron, No. 2 Expeditionary Health Squadron, No. 25 Squadron

RAAF Base Pearce personnel have gone the distance for mental health, raising $7400 in 48 hours for the Black Dog

Sandy Sandford, a former Regimental Sergeant Major of Trentham Military Camp in New Zealand, sells poppies in Melbourne ahead of Remembrance Day. Story by Major Carla Armenti. Photo by Corporal Cameron Pegg.

Australian Army History News

Royal visit evokes fond memory for veteran

18/11/202518/11/2025 Posted by Mike Hughes 540 Views 0 Comments Remembrance Day

As the Royal Australian Corps of Signals (RASIGS) celebrates its centenary with parades and activities across the country to commemorate

Health and Wellbeing News Royal Australian Air Force

Joint training boosts air crash response

18/11/202518/11/2025 Posted by Mike Hughes 626 Views 0 Comments Air Force Test Ranges Squadron (AFTRSQN), No. 34 Squadron, RAAF Woomera

Air Force Test Ranges Squadron (AFTRSQN) and 34 Squadron have completed a joint emergency response exercise at RAAF Base Woomera

A Republic of Singapore Air Force F-16C takes off at RAAF Base Pearce. Story and photos by Flying Officer Michael Thomas.

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Singapore amps up fast jets in WA

18/11/202518/11/2025 Posted by Mike Hughes 791 Views 1 Comment Extended Fighter Detachment (EFD), RAAF Pearce, Republic of Singapore Air Force

Four Republic of Singapore Air Force (RSAF) F-16C jets shared the skies over RAAF Base Pearce during their recent Extended

United States Army 17th Field Artillery Brigade High Mobility Artillery Rocket Systems (HIMARS) during the Exercise Talisman Sabre 2023 firepower demonstration at Shoalwater Bay Training Area, Queensland. Photo by Corporal Jacob Joseph.

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Lockheed Martin delivers 750th HIMARS launcher

14/11/202514/11/2025 Posted by Brian Hartigan 977 Views 0 Comments

Lockheed Martin has marked a major milestone delivering the 750th HIMARS launcher to the US Army. FILE PHOTO: United States Army

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RAAF salutes supporters

14/11/202516/11/2025 Posted by Mike Hughes 679 Views 0 Comments RAAF Williamtown

RAAF Base Williamtown, 77 Squadron and 2 Operational Conversion Unit (2OCU) have hosted a family day in recognition of the

Author and former broadcaster Mike Carlton speaks to the audience at Indo Pacific 2025. Photos by Able Seaman Taylor Johnson.

History News Royal Australian Navy

Mike Carlton honoured at Indo Pacific 2025

14/11/202514/11/2025 Posted by Mike Hughes 633 Views 0 Comments Chief of Navy, Indo Pacific

An author, historian and journalist known for his stories of the people behind some of Navy’s most notable missions has

Air Force Chaplain Wing Commander Wayne Ross uses the new RAAF Welfare Trust Fund website at RAAF Base Amberley. Story by Wing Commander Michael Rowe. Photos by Leading Aircraftwoman Taylor Anderson

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Fast financial support for aviators

14/11/202514/11/2025 Posted by Mike Hughes 523 Views 0 Comments Chaplains, RAAF Welfare Trust Fund (RWTF)

For Air Force, 1989 was a busy year. Transport squadrons were stretched, flying more than 6500 hours to move over

An F60 Bangalore torpedo explodes at a demolitions range at the School of Military Engineering, Holsworthy, NSW. Story and photos by Major Dan Mazurek.

Australian Army News

Bangs galore out of the box

12/11/2025 Posted by Mike Hughes 924 Views 0 Comments F60 Bangalore torpedo, Holsworthy Barracks, School of Military Engineering

Sappers on their Subject 4 Corporal’s Course at the School of Military Engineering, Holsworthy Barracks, are among the first in

1 Space Surveillance Unit’s Commercial Data Mission Centre delivers its first international Joint Commercial Operations-200 training course. Story by Major John Yialeloglou.

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ADF delivers first international space course

12/11/202512/11/2025 Posted by Mike Hughes 703 Views 0 Comments Joint Commercial Operations (JCO-AUS), No.1 Space Surveillance Unit (1SSU)

1 Space Surveillance Unit’s Commercial Data Mission Centre has delivered its first international Joint Commercial Operations-200 (JCO-200) course. CAPTION: 1

Defence Cooperation Program qualified flying instructor Squadron Leader Cory Fischer and PNG Defence Force Air Transport Wing Second Lieutenant Rothman Spaiye flying a PNG Defence Force PAC-750XL. Story by Squadron Leader Belinda Culley. Photo by Squadron Leader Cory Fischer.

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RAAF aviators strengthen PNG partnership

12/11/202512/11/2025 Posted by Mike Hughes 1405 Views 0 Comments Air Mobility Group, Air Mobility Group (AMG), C-27J Spartan, Defence Cooperation Program, Defence Pacific Assistance Program (DPAP)

In a display of regional cooperation and capability enhancement, RAAF 35 Squadron’s C-27J Spartan aircraft continues supporting the long-standing Defence