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C-17A Globemaster III

Royal Australian Air Force Flight Sergeant Ben Russell, left, speaks with US Air Force Technical Sergeant Eric Wiershcem at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii. Story by Staff Sergeant John Linzmeier and Eamon Hamilton. Photo by Staff Sergeant Alan Ricker (USAF).
News Royal Australian Air Force USA 

Working together improves aerial dexterity

17/06/2022 Posted by Mike Hughes 1854 Views 0 Comments C-17A Globemaster III, Exercise Global Dexterity, No. 36 Squadron, US Air Force

Exercise Global Dexterity in Hawaii allowed C-17A Globemaster III crews from Australia and the United States to work as a

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Aircraftman Sam Schmidt, from the No. 382 Squadron, marshals a C-130J from RAAF Base Richmond at the Air Movements Wing – Port Moresby. Story by Major Martin Hadley. Photo by Corporal Jonathan Geodhart.
Australian Army Pacific Royal Australian Air Force Royal Australian Navy Videos 

ADF supports election in PNG

17/06/202222/06/2022 Posted by Mike Hughes 1863 Views 0 Comments C-130J, C-17A Globemaster III, C-27J Spartan, Operation Kimba, PNG elections

The main body of Australian Defence Force personnel deployed on Operation Kimba has touched down in Papua New Guinea to

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Converted Bushmaster protected mobility vehicles bound for Ukraine are loaded onto a C-17A Globemaster III aircraft at RAAF Base Amberley, Queensland. Story by Captain Mike Edwards. Photo by Leading Aircraftwoman Kate Czerny.
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Our soldiers doing their bit for Ukraine

17/05/2022 Posted by Mike Hughes 2700 Views 0 Comments Bushmaster Protected Mobility Vehicles, C-17A Globemaster III, RAAF Amberley, Royal Australian Electrical and Mechanical Engineers, Ukraine

Albury-Wodonga is a long way from the battlefields of Ukraine, but local Australian Army soldiers are doing their bit to

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Nursing officers conduct a collective training simulation activity at HMAS Penguin in Sydney. Story by Ayesha Inoon. Photo by Leading Seaman Matthew Lyall.
Australian Army News Royal Australian Air Force Royal Australian Navy 

Work of nurses celebrated

13/05/2022 Posted by Mike Hughes 1977 Views 0 Comments C-17A Globemaster III, International Nurses Day, Service Nurses

Today is International Nurses Day and Defence is celebrating the extraordinary efforts of its nursing workforce, both serving and civilian.

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Two Bushmaster protected mobility vehicles bound for Ukraine wait to be loaded onto a C-17A Globemaster III aircraft at RAAF Base Amberley. Photo by Leading Aircraftwoman Emma Schwenke.
ADF Australian Army Europe News Royal Australian Air Force Royal Australian Navy 

Further support for Ukraine

11/04/2022 Posted by Mike Hughes 2491 Views 0 Comments Bushmaster Protected Mobility Vehicles, C-17A Globemaster III, RAAF Amberley, Ukraine

The Australian Government will provide further support to the Government of Ukraine by gifting 20 Bushmaster protected mobility vehicles, including

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RAAF pilot Squadron Leader Justin Della Bosca gives Solomon Islands Government officials a tour inside a C-27J Spartan aircraft at Honiara international airport, Solomon Islands. Story by Captain Peter March. Photo by Corporal Jarrod McAneney.
Australian Army News Pacific Royal Australian Air Force 

Support to Solomon Islands on show

25/02/2022 Posted by Mike Hughes 2213 Views 0 Comments C-17A Globemaster III, C-27J Spartan, COVID-19 Assist, Regional Assistance Mission to the Solomon Islands

Solomon Islands Government officials recently visited Australia’s support team in Honiara to better understand how the Australian Government was assisting the

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The New South Wales Rural Fire Service’s newly acquired Bell 412 helicopter is unloaded from a RAAF C-17A Globemaster III at RAAF Base Richmond. Story by Eamon Hamilton. Photo by Corporal Dan Pinhorn.
News Royal Australian Air Force USA 

Third Bell’s the charm

03/02/2022 Posted by Mike Hughes 2413 Views 0 Comments Bell 412, C-17A Globemaster III, No. 22 Squadron, No. 36 Squadron, NSWRFS, RAAF Richmond

A third Bell 412 helicopter for the New South Wales Rural Fire Service (NSW RFS) has arrived courtesy of Air

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Pallets of humanitarian assistance and engineering equipment bound for Tonga, are loaded onto a RAAF C-17A Globemaster III, at RAAF Base Amberley. Story by Eamon Hamilton. Photo by Leading Aircraftwoman Emma Schwenke.
New Zealand News Pacific Royal Australian Air Force Videos 

Relief flights arrive in Tonga

25/01/202219/02/2022 Posted by Mike Hughes 2349 Views 0 Comments C-17A Globemaster III, No. 36 Squadron, NZDF, Operation Tonga Assist 2022

A Royal Australian Air Force C-17A Globemaster III has delivered urgently needed relief to Tonga following a volcanic eruption and

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RAAF personnel unload humanitarian assistance and engineering equipment from a C-17A Globemaster III aircraft at Fua’amotu international airport in Tonga. Photo by Leading Aircraftwoman Emma Schwenke.
Australian Army News Pacific Royal Australian Air Force Royal Australian Navy Videos 

ADF supports Australia’s response to Tonga

25/01/2022 Posted by Mike Hughes 2266 Views 0 Comments C-17A Globemaster III, COVID-19, HMAS Adelaide, Operation Tonga Assist 2022

The Australian Defence Force is supporting Tonga following the eruption of the Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha’apai underwater volcano on January 15.

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An Air Force C-17A Globemaster III from No. 36 Squadron delivers a drill rig to to Wilkins Aerodrome in Antarctica as part of Operation Southern Discovery. Story by Eamon Hamilton.
News Royal Australian Air Force 

Special delivery crucial to climate research

10/12/2021 Posted by Mike Hughes 2097 Views 0 Comments Australian Antarctic Division, C-17A Globemaster III, No. 36 Squadron, Operation Southern Discovery

An early Christmas present has been delivered to Australian Antarctic Division (AAD) scientists by an Air Force C-17A Globemaster III.

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A C-17A Globemaster III does a flypast at the Wings Over Illawarra air show near Wollongong, NSW. Photo by Brian Hartigan.
Australian News Royal Australian Air Force 

RAAF C-17 Globemaster flypast to open Ipswich Show

16/05/2018 Posted by Brian Hartigan 3687 Views 0 Comments C-17A Globemaster III

A C-17A Globemaster III will conduct a flypast of the Ipswich Show on Friday 18 May 2018, at 4:50pm during

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C-17 at Avalon. File photo by Brian Hartigan
Australian News Royal Australian Air Force 

C-17 flypasts in Brisbane tomorrow

29/03/2018 Posted by Brian Hartigan 3730 Views 0 Comments C-17A Globemaster III

A C-17A Globemaster III will conduct a flypast for the beginning of the Brisbane to Gladstone Yacht Race on Friday,

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C-17A Globemaster's from the United States Air Force begin to taxi for another mission during Exercise Mobility Guardian 17 at Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Washington. Photo by Corporal David Gibbs.
Australian News Royal Australian Air Force USA Videos 

RAAF joins massive air-lift exercise

12/08/2017 Posted by Brian Hartigan 5491 Views 0 Comments C-17A Globemaster III, Exercise Mobility Guardian 17, KC-30A Multi-Role Tanker Transport

The Royal Australian Air Force dispatched two of its largest aircraft — C-17A Globemaster III transport and KC-30A Multi-Role Tanker

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Australian New Zealand News Royal Australian Air Force Talisman Sabre USA Videos 

RAAF leads airbridge into Williamson Airfield

19/07/2017 Posted by Brian Hartigan 4148 Views 0 Comments airbridge, C-130 Hercules, C-17A Globemaster III

The Royal Australian Air force lead a multi national fleet of military aircraft in one of Australia’s biggest peacetime air

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Australian News Royal Australian Air Force Videos 

RAAF/USAF Enhanced Air Cooperation initiative expanded

24/06/2017 Posted by Brian Hartigan 3801 Views 0 Comments C-17A Globemaster III, Enhanced Air Cooperation, F-22 Raptor

The Enhanced Air Cooperation (EAC) initiative is a forces cooperation initiative between the USA and Australia that will facilitate increased

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An Indian Air Force C-17A Globemaster on the tarmac at Leh Airport, India, during a mission with Royal Australian Air Force C-17A aircrew observing high-altitude airport operations. Photo by Group Captain Adam Williams.
Australian India News Overseas Royal Australian Air Force 

RAAF Globemaster visits India

17/06/2017 Posted by Brian Hartigan 3899 Views 0 Comments C-17A Globemaster III

A Royal Australian Air Force C-17A Globemaster III and crew have conducted a one week visit to their Indian Air

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