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17th Construction Squadron

From left, Officer Commanding 17th Construction Squadron Major Lincoln Barbare, flag orderly Sapper Jack Miles, Major General Stephen Day and Squadron Sergeant Major 17th Construction Squadron Warrant Officer Class Two Taj Whelan with the returned flag at RAAF Base Amberley, Queensland. Story by Captain Evita Ryan. Photo by Warrant Officer Class Two Kim Allen.
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Flag flies again after 55 years

30/11/2023 Posted by Mike Hughes 1363 Views 0 Comments 17th Construction Squadron, Vietnam War

Fifty-five years after a 17th Construction Squadron flag supposedly ‘blew off’ a flag pole in Nui Dat, at the 1st

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