Air Force has deployed approximately 50 aircraft and over 500 personnel to the Northern Territory for Exercise Arnhem Thunder 21. As one of Air Force’s largest domestic training exercises for 2021, Arnhem Thunder provides important force generation training, focusing on high-end collective training and involving multiple Force Element Groups (FEGs). Commander Air Combat Group, Air Commodore […]
HMAS Sydney has successfully completed her combat system sea qualification trials in the Southern Californian Exercise Area. Sydney deployed to North America in March for five months to test her weapons and sensors, supported by US Navy weapons range analysis experts. The tests required Sydney to track, target and engage air and surface targets. Sydney’s crew demonstrated the accuracy of her […]
Defence has announced the appointment of the new Deputy Chief of Army (DCA). Currently the head of Defence People Group, Major General Natasha Fox will assume the role of DCA in January 2022 after a career which has included a variety of key strategic roles. Major General Fox joined the ADF in 1988, graduating from The […]
Ping. Snap. The two sounds rang out in quick succession as a radar lets a soldier know it had spotted movement on the water. Another operator then finds the vessel and photographs it. Within minutes, information on the boat is passed to Canberra, while local Australian Border Force (ABF) officers move to where the vessel […]
An Air Force C-17A Globemaster III airlifted Vietnamese military personnel and equipment to Africa in support of Vietnam’s contribution to the United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS). The airlift support between late March and late April allowed Vietnam to complete an important rotation of its UNMISS Level Two Field Hospital personnel. Chief of Joint Operations Lieutenant […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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