Friday, January 16, 2026
Latest:
  • The shameful treatment of Army’s most senior Regiment!
  • Army News 80s flashback bites
  • Eight squadrons in biggest mercy operation
  • Navy diving records broken then and now
  • The 30-year-old mystery of the wallet

CONTACT magazine

Australia's best free military news site

  • NEWS
  • Poetry
  • Podcasts
  • Fitness
  • Videos
  • Archives
  • SUBSCRIBE
  • Write to us
CONTACT magazine

AIM-9X Sidewinder

A RAAF EA-18G Growler crew fires an AIM-9X Sidewinder (Block II) missile at a BQM-74E aerial target during Exercise Archer 2025. Story by Flight Lieutenant Grace Casey-Maughan. Photo supplied.
News Royal Australian Air Force Royal Australian Navy 

US joins air and missile defence trials off NSW

19/08/2025 Posted by Mike Hughes 4191 Views 0 Comments AIM-9X Sidewinder, Beecroft Weapons Range, Exercise Archer, RAAF Amberley, RAAF Williamtown, US Air Force, US Navy

Australian and United States naval and air forces have completed live missile firing and advanced target trials off the NSW

Read more

Hours more reading…

OUR SUPPORTERS…