Operation Flood Assist 2023-1 Archives - CONTACT magazine

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

03/02/2023 Posted by Mike Hughes 709 Views 0 Comments C-27J Spartan, No. 77 Squadron, Operation Flood Assist 2023-1

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

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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

03/02/202303/02/2023 Posted by Mike Hughes 497 Views 0 Comments C-27J Spartan, Operation Flood Assist 2023-1

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

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Jack Andrews, Station Manager at Yeeda Station, shelters from the dust as an MRH-90 Taipan delivers animal feed. Photos by Leading Aircraftwoman Kate Czerny. Story by Flight Lieutenant Dean Squire.

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Army airlift for hungry cattle

31/01/202331/01/2023 Posted by Mike Hughes 233 Views 0 Comments 5th Aviation Regiment, Army No. 176 Air Dispatch Squadron, Operation Flood Assist 2023-1

What was a river became a 50km wide stretch of water threatening the lives of thousands of cattle in the

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Members of C Squadron, 5th Aviation Regiment, unload groceries off an Army CH-47 Chinook helicopter for the Yungngora people returning to their homes in Noonkanbah. Story by Flight Lieutenant Dean Squire. Photo by Leading Aircraftwoman Kate Czerny.

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Army choppers take evacuated residents home

27/01/2023 Posted by Mike Hughes 420 Views 1 Comment CH-47F Chinook, MRH-90 Taipan, Operation Flood Assist 2023-1

Two weeks after being evacuated from rising flood waters, residents of Noonkanbah in Western Australia were returned to their homes

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The Air Force Mobile Air Operations Team sets up next to the taxiway at Fitzroy Crossing Airport. Story by Lieutenant Geoff Long. Photo by David Said.

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RAAF helps manage flooded air space

22/01/202322/01/2023 Posted by Mike Hughes 1154 Views 0 Comments Operation Flood Assist 2023-1

The ADF has set up a mobile air traffic control centre in the Western Australian town of Fitzroy Crossing to

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Leading Seaman Teneille Francis is welcomed home by members of her family during a community day at Fitzroy Crossing, Western Australia. Story byLieutenant Geoff Long. Photo by Sergeant David Said.

Sailor returns home to help flood-hit town

22/01/202322/01/2023 Posted by Mike Hughes 689 Views 0 Comments Indigenous, MRH-90 Taipan, Operation Flood Assist 2023-1

A Navy sailor has made a heart-warming return to her hometown of Fitzroy Crossing to help the community recover from

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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

12/01/2023 Posted by Mike Hughes 945 Views 0 Comments C-27J Spartan, CH-47F Chinook, MRH-90 Taipan, Operation Flood Assist 2023-1, State Emergency Service (SES)

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

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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

12/01/2023 Posted by Mike Hughes 617 Views 0 Comments C-130J Hercules, C-27J Spartan, CH-47F Chinook, MRH-90 Taipan, Operation Flood Assist 2023-1

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

09/01/202315/01/2023 Posted by Mike Hughes 739 Views 0 Comments C-27J Spartan, No. 35 Squadron, Operation Flood Assist 2023-1, State Emergency Service (SES)

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

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Members from Australian Army 5th Aviation Regiment prepare to depart RAAF Base Townsville to support flood recovery efforts in Western Australia. Story by Captain Carolyn Barnett. Photo by Linda Bone.

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Chopper crews proud to lend a hand in Western Australia

09/01/202315/01/2023 Posted by Mike Hughes 690 Views 0 Comments 5th Aviation Regiment, CH-47F Chinook, MRH-90 Taipan, National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA, Operation Flood Assist 2023-1, RAAF Townsville

Three MRH-90 Taipan, two CH-47 Chinook helicopters, their aircrews and a team of support personnel from the 5th Aviation Regiment

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A Royal Australian Air Force C-27J Spartan aircraft takes off from RAAF Base Amberley in Queensland, bound for Western Australia and Operation Flood Assist 23-1. Photo by Corporal Brett Sherriff.

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Operation Flood Assist 2023-1

07/01/2023 Posted by Brian Hartigan 885 Views 2 Comments Operation Flood Assist 2023-1

The Australian Defence Force is providing assistance to the Western Australian government in the Kimberley region where heavy rainfall from

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