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More Defence news: 06 July 2009 - 12 July 2009

HMAS Kanimbla joins Talisman Saber 09 | Rhino rolls off the assembly line | Australian Soldiers Wounded In Afghanistan | 'Ocean Recon' launched

HMAS Kanimbla joins Talisman Saber 09

HMAS KANIMBLA heads north on her passage through the Great Barrier Reef, to Townsville for Exercise Talisman Saber 2009.

With more than five hundred service personal embarked from Navy, Army and Air Force, as well as United States Marines, HMAS Kanimbla has arrived off Cowley Beach in Queensland ready to begin her central role in Talisman Saber 09.

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Rhino rolls off the assembly line

Twenty four (24) Block II F/A-18F Super Hornets are being acquired as Australia’s Bridging Air Combat Capability to de-risk the transition to a mature New Air Combat Capability. The Super Hornets will provide an upgraded air combat capability for air-to-air, air-to-ground and maritime strike missions that will allow Air Force to retire the F-111 aircraft at No 6 Squadron by end 2010.

Senator John Faulkner, Minister for Defence, and the Hon. Greg Combet, Minister for Defence Personnel, Materiel and Science today announced that Australia’s first Block II F/A-18F Super Hornet has rolled off the Boeing assembly line in St Louis, USA.

The performance of the project is due to the great team effort between the Defence Materiel Organisation, the Royal Australian Air Force, United States Navy, The Boeing Company and its industry partners General Electric, Northrop Grumman and Raytheon.

The F/A-18F Super Hornets are being based at RAAF Amberley and will aid the transition to a mature Joint Strike Fighter capability while allowing the Air Force to retire the F-111 fleet.

The first formation of Super Hornets is expected to arrive at RAAF Amberley in March-April 2010.

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Australian Soldiers Wounded In Afghanistan

Two Australian soldiers from the Townsville-based 3rd Brigade, deployed to Afghanistan as part of the 2nd Mentoring and Reconstruction Task Force, have been wounded in an incident involving an Improvised Explosive Device. The soldiers were travelling in a Bushmaster Protected Mobility Vehicle when it was struck by a large road-side bomb yesterday (7 July 2009) at about 10am (approximately 15.30pm AEST).

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'Ocean Recon' launched

Home clean.

An online high-end digital environment, “Ocean Recon”, has been launched by the Director General Defence Force Recruiting, CDRE Tim Barrett, and the Head of Navy People and Reputation, RADM Steven Gilmore. Featuring revolutionary technology, "Ocean Recon"  was developed to give users a real-time interactive experience of what life is like as a Navy Submariner.

The product is intended to demystify submariner careers and provide potential candidates with an ‘experience’, leaving them with a lasting impression that goes beyond traditional media.

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