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Commander Air Task Group Air Commodore Philip Gordon in front of an F/A-18A Hornet on the flight line of Australia's main air operating base in the Middle East region. This image has been digitally modified. Story by Warrant Officer Class Two Max Bree. Photos by Corporal Nicci Freeman.

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Reflecting on Op Okra Air Task Group

18/02/202523/02/2025 Posted by Mike Hughes 1626 Views 0 Comments Daesh, F/A-18A/B Hornets, F/A-18F Super Hornet, Middle East Region

Hornet pilots strapped into their aircraft in temperatures often exceeding 50 degrees before taking off for eight-and-a-half-hour sorties. CAPTION: Commander Air

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Australian Army Captain Anthony Davis, left, instructs Iraqi soldiers of the Taji Military Complex's Non-Commissioned Officer Academy as they practise fire and movement towards a notional enemy position at the Taji Military Complex, Iraq. Story and photos by Sergeant Matthew Bickerton.

Australian Army Middle East News

Op Okra proved worth of combined-arms training

18/02/202523/02/2025 Posted by Mike Hughes 1457 Views 0 Comments 2nd/14th Light Horse Regiment, Daesh, Operation Okra, Task Group Taji

A decade ago, Daesh seized large territories across north-western Iraq and eastern Syria, taking advantage of the Syrian civil war

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Australian Army officer Lieutenant Curtis Tofa demonstrates marksmanship techniques to an Iraqi Army soldier at Taji Military Complex in Iraq. Photo by Leading Seaman Jake Badior.

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Defence ministers meet in Paris – Daesh, submarines and frigates discussed

26/10/2016 Posted by Brian Hartigan 6026 Views 0 Comments BAE Systems, Daesh, DCNS, Fincantieri

Minister for Defence Marise Payne attended a meeting of defence ministers in Paris yesterday to discuss progress in the coalition’s military

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Commander Air Task Group, Air Commodore Philip Gordon, conducts pre-flight checks on an F/A-18A Hornet prior to departing on a mission out of Australia's main air operating base in the Middle East region. This image has been digitally modified. Photo by Corporal Nicci Freeman

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CONTACT confused by PM/DefMin statement

02/09/201602/09/2016 Posted by Brian Hartigan 5829 Views 0 Comments Daesh, rules of engagement, targeting

A recent joint statement from Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull and Defence Minister Marise Payne said “the Australian Defence Force now

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A Royal Australian Air Force F/A-18A Hornet prepares to depart on a mission to strike a Deash headquarters compound in Mosul, Iraq, from Australia's main air operating base in the Middle East region. Photo by Corporal Nicci Freeman

Australian miscellaneous News

Is Australia about to ramp up efforts against Daesh?

19/07/2016 Posted by Brian Hartigan 4724 Views 0 Comments Daesh

“discussion will focus on accelerating efforts to defeat Daesh in Iraq and Syria“ Australia’s Minister for Defence Marise Payne – 19 July 2016

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Australian News Operations

Paris Defence talks yield little substance

21/01/2016 Posted by Brian Hartigan 3951 Views 0 Comments Daesh, ISIL, Paris talks

A Coalition Defence ministers’ meeting in Paris this week issued a joint statement that pledged to discuss opportunities to accelerate

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Task Group handover parade. Photo by Captain Bradley Richardson

Australian News Operations

Task Group Taji Rotation 2 takes point

05/12/2015 Posted by Brian Hartigan 4664 Views 0 Comments ADF, Daesh, NZDF, Taji

Task Group Taji Rotation 2 formally took point on responsibility for training Iraqi security forces when Australian and New Zealand personnel

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Australian Army trainer Corporal Benjamin Wallis demonstrates how to carry an injured soldier correctly on battlefield during a first aid lesson at the Taji Military Complex, Iraq. Photo by Corporal Oliver Carter.

Australian News Operations

ANZAC trainers still doing it in Iraq

09/09/201512/10/2015 Posted by Brian Hartigan 6315 Views 0 Comments ADF, Daesh, Iraq, Training

Australian and New Zealand trainers continue to provide instructional support to an Iraqi Army NCO Academy designed to enhance the skills

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