HMAS Sydney Decommissioning
The Royal Australian Navy farewelled HMAS Sydney in a formal decommissioning ceremony on 7 November after more than 30 years service. General Sir
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HMAS Sydney formally farewelled
The Royal Australian Navy farewelled HMAS Sydney in a formal decommissioning ceremony today after more than 30 years service. General Sir Peter
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HMAS Sydney decommissions after 32 years
HMAS Sydney will be decommissioned after 32 years service on Saturday, 7 November, alongside at her home port of Garden Island, Fleet
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Phalanx contract for US Navy – good photo excuse
The US Navy yesterday awarded Raytheon a $159.9 million contract to manufacture, inspect and test extra Phalanx Close-in Weapon Systems (CIWS) – and gave
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RAN strengthens Global Combat Ship links
The Royal Australian Navy has hosted the 2025 Global Combat Ship (GCS) User Group meeting at the Maritime Combat Systems
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ASWEX wraps up off WA
The Royal Australian Navy’s largest and most complex antisubmarine exercise in more than a decade, ASWEX, has now concluded off
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Bersama Shield strengthens Five Powers capability
It was mission accomplished for the multinational defence of Malaysia and Singapore during Exercise Bersama Shield, from April 7-22. CAPTION:
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Hobart home after busy three-month deployment
HMAS Hobart has returned to its home port of Sydney following a busy three-month deployment. CAPTION: Families prepare to welcome HMAS Hobart back
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Old goats fly in hunt for submarines
Four of Navy’s most advanced multi-mission MH-60R helicopters supported the six warships, and RAAF and RNZAF Poseidon P-8 aircraft, to
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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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HMAS Brisbane returns home from milestone deployment
Around 200 officers and sailors from HMAS Brisbane returned to Sydney after a five-month deployment, which included the successful launch
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Aussie frigate welcomes Japanese admiral on board
Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force’s Rear Admiral Kazushi Yokota, embarked on anti-submarine warfare destroyer JS Ariake, spent an afternoon aboard HMAS
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Task groups form up for sea phase
HMAS Warramunga joined the exodus as 10 ships, a submarine and five aircraft formed into two task groups to undertake
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‘Siren’ of the seas joins Perth off Darwin
When HMAS Perth departed Darwin recently for a regional presence deployment, the siren heard was not from a local emergency
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Royal Australian Navy fires first SM-6 missile
HMAS Sydney has conducted a successful firing of a Standard Missile 6, representing a step-change in the lethality, air and
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Australia slashes participation at RIMPAC
Approximately 320 Australian Defence Force personnel have joined 28 international partners to undertake the world’s largest international maritime exercise. CAPTION:
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Warramunga all fired up on Indian Ocean
Warships of the Royal Australian Navy, United States Navy and Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force conducted two days of combined training
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Dolphins and wallabies unite in South Korea
In waters near Ulsan, naval and air assets from Australia and South Korea combined to test maritime warfare skills and build
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Partners hone skills at sea
HMAS Brisbane recently strengthened international partnerships and honed maritime warfare skills during Exercise Bersama Lima. CAPTION: Guided missile destroyer HMAS Brisbane
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Maintaining the Valkyrie
Aircraft maintainers are proving vital for mission success as HMAS Toowoomba continues its Indo-Pacific regional presence deployment. CAPTION: Navy aviation technician
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