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Air Force Indigenous Liaison Officer Flight Lieutenant Tramaine Dukes has been working with Indigenous communities in the Kimberley Region. Story by Flight Lieutenant Tremaine Dukes. Photos by Leading Aircraftwoman Kate Czerny.

My role in ADF response to WA floods

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Royal Australian Air Force Indigenous Liaison Officer Flight Lieutenant Tramaine Dukes tells the story of her role in the ADF’s

Traditional owners from the Fitzroy Valley region visit the Air Force mobile air operations team at Fitzroy Crossing airport. Story by Flight Lieutenant Dean Squire. All photos by Leading Aircraftwoman Kate Czerny.

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Flood devastated community praises Defence support

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A small group of Fitzroy Crossing residents evacuated to Broome for their safety returned to their homes for the first

An Air Force C-27J Spartan transported 41 teachers from Fitzroy Valley High School and Bayulu School from Broome to Fitzroy Crossing for the start of the 2023 school year. Story by Flight Lieutenant Dean Squire. Photos by Leading Aircraftwoman Kate Czerny.

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Teachers flown home in time for school

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Teachers from flood-affected Fitzroy Crossing were airlifted home from Broome to open the school gates for the new school year.

An Army MRH-90 Taipan lands in Fitzroy Crossing, in Western Australia's Kimberley region, where flooding from Ex-Tropical Cyclone Ellie has isolated communities. Story by Lieutenant Geoff Long. Photo by Leading Seaman Jarrod Mulvihill.

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ADF flies into flood-hit Fitzroy Crossing

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ADF aircraft have landed in Fitzroy Crossing, the town at the centre of severe flooding in the Kimberley region of

Army CH-47 Chinooks arrive in Broome to assist the Western Australian Government in supporting the ongoing flood emergency in the Kimberley region. Story by Lieutenant Geoff Long. Photos by Leading Seaman Jarrod Mulvihill.

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Choppers drop in to boost flood support

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Three Army MRH-90 Taipan and two CH-47 Chinook helicopters have landed in Broome, Western Australia, to support the ongoing flood

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Spartan makes life-saving delivery to Derby, WA

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A Royal Australian Air Force C-27J Spartan has delivered life-saving dialysis supplies to a medical facility in the flood-affected Kimberley

Personnel from 75 Squadron in front of two F-35As at RMAF Base Butterworth, Malaysia. Photo by Leading Aircraftman Adam Abela.

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Lightning joins Malaysian homecoming

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Deploying internationally for the first time since transitioning to the F-35A Lightning II, 75 Squadron has returned to its old

Personnel from 19 Squadron and 35 Squadron refuel a C-27J Spartan at RMAF Butterworth Air Base, Malaysia. Story by Flight Lieutenant Bronwyn Marchant. Photo by Leading Aircraftman Adam Abela.

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Projecting airpower from South-East Asia

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This year, RAAF’s 19 Squadron played a vital role in the success of Exercise Elangaroo 22, hosting nearly 200 personnel

RAAF Flight Lieutenant Jayden Hasemann, left, and Leading Aircraftman Jack Atkins play basketball with students at Sokehs Roie Soledi Peidie Elementary School. Story by Flight Lieutenant Dee Irwin. Photo by Leading Aircraftman Sam Price.

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Aviators join in the fun at Micronesian school

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In between flying aerial maritime surveillance sorties, Australian Defence Force (ADF) personnel deployed on Operation Solania 22-4 have engaged with local

Arthur Beetson Foundation Ambassador and Rugby League great Petero Civoniceva meets children from the Far North Queensland community of Kowanyama. Story by Flying Officer Greg Hinks. Photo by Corporal Richard Lewis.

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NRL stars visit Indigenous community

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As Rugby League (NRL) great Petero Civoniceva arrived at RAAF Base Amberley alongside a team of former and current players,

Flight Lieutenant Jayden Hasemann, from 35 Squadron, at Pohnpei International Airport, Micronesia. Story by Flight Lieutenant Dee Irwin. Photo by Leading Aircraftman Sam Price.

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Enlightening first overseas deployment

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Flight Lieutenant Jayden Hasemann, an engineer from 35 Squadron, recently found himself deployed on operation almost 4000 kilometres from home. CAPTION: