MRH 90 to replace Sea King
The announcement of the $2 billion acquisition of 34 twin-engine MRH 90 helicopters to replace Navy’s Sea King and Army’s Black Hawk helicopters marks a new era for rotary wing tactical transport for the ADF.

 

 

A captive eye
When East Timor’s recent request for assistance triggered the biggest RAN amphibious operation since World War II, photographer ABPH Brenton Freind found himself capturing events as they unfolded before him. He was on HMAS Tobruk for the ship’s South East Asian and South West Pacific deployment.