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The road to leadership

Wynnum Queensland local Claire Withrington is following a well-worn path to lead others in the Australian Army. Having joined the Army as part of the recent intake to the Royal Military College – Duntroon, Staff Cadet Withrington represents the fourth generation of her family serving in either the Australian or British armed forces.  Empowering others […]

Air Force Centenary

The Royal Australian Air Force today marks 100 years of service to Australia with commemorative events in Canberra and at Air Force bases across the nation and overseas. Chief of Air Force, Air Marshal Mel Hupfeld, AO, DSC highlighted the evolution from biplanes to an air force characterised by high-tech capabilities that delivers effects not […]

Movement at the station

We’re excited to announce that that we’re launching a new web site! It’s been years since the old Heritage Medals site had a revamp, and quite frankly it really needed one. In this crazy second year of the pandemic; lockdowns and restricted movements have meant that more and more of our replica medal products and […]

RAAF’s 100 SQN reborn

An historic World War II squadron has been reformed to keep Air Force history alive, and heritage aircraft flying. The new No. 100 Squadron is the Air Force Heritage Squadron and was reformed on January 1, 2021. Commanding Officer No. 100 Squadron Wing Commander Philip Beanland was formerly Executive Officer of Headquarters Air Academy. “I feel extremely […]

Judy and LAC Frank Williams

Judy, a purebred pointer, was the mascot of several ships in the Pacific, and was captured by the Japanese in 1942 and taken to a prison camp. There she met Aircraftsman Frank Williams, who shared his small portion of rice with her. Judy raised morale in the POW camp, and also barked when poisonous snakes, […]

Special Operations in Australia

The Allied Intelligence Bureau (AIB) was a joint United States, Australian, Dutch and British intelligence and special operations agency during World War II. It was responsible for operating parties of spies and commandos behind Japanese lines in order to collect intelligence and conduct guerrilla warfare against Japanese forces in the South West Pacific. The AIB […]

Gap year leads to towering achievements

Hailing from Bundaberg, Queensland, Flight Lieutenant Paige Starwick is an accomplished air traffic controller working for the Australian Defence Force at Darwin International Airport. Presently studying a Bachelor of Economics degree, Flight Lieutenant Starwick is an approach (radar) controller and a keen devotee of the F45 fitness training regime. She’s also played AFL and touch […]

Seizing the opportunity for simulated success

Unaffected by the current COVID-19 restrictions, Exercise Virtual Pitch Black has successfully delivered complex training scenarios in the synthetic environment to maximise interoperability, efficiency and effectiveness for Air Force. Generated from the Air Warfare Centre’s – Distributed Training Centre (AWC-DTC) at RAAF Base Williamtown, training audiences from Amberley and Williamtown were virtually connected in the […]

Sharing skills and knowledge

Top end health nurse practitioner and Royal Australian Air Force reservist Flight Lieutenant Danny Metin is a long way from his Northern Territory home. He is supporting the Victorian Government as part of Operation COVID-19 Assist. As a rural nurse practitioner in Adelaide River, Northern Territory, Flight Lieutenant Metin, from No. 1 Expeditionary Health Squadron, […]

Age is no barrier

After a 19-year hiatus, Chief Petty Officer Tony Yarnold has re-joined the Royal Australian Navy as a reservist to provide support for Operation Covid-19 Assist. CPO Yarnold moved to the Sunshine Coast, Queensland, from Terrigal, NSW, after serving in the Navy for 25 years. He said the opportunity to re-join the Navy and support the […]

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