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Stranded tourists board a RAAF C-130J Hercules at Noumea’s Magenta Airport for repatriation to Australia following violent unrest in New Caledonia. Photo by Leading Aircraftman Adam Abela.

RAAF flies stranded Aussies home from New Caledonia

23/05/2024 Posted by Brian Hartigan 1977 Views 1 Comment New Caledonia

Around 70 Australians and foreign nationals boarded a Royal Australian Air Force C-130J Hercules for the first ADF repatriation flight

Commander French Navy POM Auguste Benebig Jean-Francois Cabaret with HMAS Cairns Commanding Officer Alfonso Santos. Story by Corporal Michael Rogers. Photo by Ken Wilson.

News Royal Australian Navy

French OPV visits Cairns

15/03/202416/03/2024 Posted by Mike Hughes 2315 Views 0 Comments French Navy, HMAS Cairns, New Caledonia

A brand-new French Navy offshore patrol vessel made a stop into Cairns during its participation in the US joint humanitarian

Australian Army soldiers from the 6th Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment, conduct a presence patrol with soldiers from the Royal Gurkha Rifles in Bourail, New Caledonia, during Exercise Croix Du Sud 2023. Photo by Sergeant Brodie Cross.

Australian Army News Pacific

Aussie soldiers flex on French exercise

18/05/202318/05/2023 Posted by Brian Hartigan 3134 Views 0 Comments Exercise Croix Du Sud, New Caledonia

The Australian Army deployed a range of capabilities on Exercise Croix du Sud, the French Armed Forces-led humanitarian-assistance and disaster-relief

A RAAF C-27J Spartan at Shark Bay Airport, Western Australia. Photo by Corporal Oliver Carter.

Australian News Overseas Pacific Royal Australian Air Force

Spartan heads to New Caledonia

13/11/201713/11/2017 Posted by Brian Hartigan 3965 Views 0 Comments Exercise Mhanuu, New Caledonia

Over the period 13–24 November 2017, 44 Royal Australian Air Force personnel and a C-27J Spartan transport aircraft will participate