Sporting Chance
THE ADF Sports Council (ADFSC) is reviewing the ADF sports policy, including the inappropriate sports listing, in response from affected groups.

The President and I
Aircraftwoman Emma Conway will long remember her deployment to the Middle East

Navigator finds much to celebrate
Flight Lieutenant Nicholas Pausina, a navigator, received more than just a thank-you at the official welcome home ceremony at RAAF Base Edinburgh for P-3C Orion members returning from the MEAO.

Hello and goodbye
THE first Orion contingent to deploy to the Middle East was officially welcomed home at RAAF Base Edinburgh on June 6 as a new rotation of air and ground crew – which left last Saturday – was farewelled.

Victims of 1 in 50-year event
SQUADRON Leader Peter Szypula, Flight Sergeant Michelle Hackett and her daughter Kathleen were the victims of a one in 50-year avalanche, according to a Military Board of Inquiry into the Army Alpine Association’s conduct of Exercise Everest 2001.

Defence satellite launched
Defence is heading towards a new era of operational communications following the successful launch of the C1 satellite from French Guiana on June 12.

RAAF Base Fairbairn to close
As RAAF Base Fairbairn ends an era, Nos 34 and 28 (City of Canberra) Squadron will maintain the Air Force traditions in Canberra.

Alcohol testing on way
Providing a safer workplace for all ADF members is the driving factor behind the proposed introduction of alcohol testing to the ADF.

The best of British luck
NINETEEN Air Force members are participating in Exercise Long Look, the annual four-month exchange with the RAF.

A fine mess for Townsville
WORK has started on the construction of a new combined mess as part of the ongoing RAAF Base Townsville redevelopment project.

Shock tactics not new
Historians tend towards caution: truth is the daughter of time.

Dragonflies teach tricks of flight
THE Defence Science and Technology Organisation (DSTO) and the Australian National University (ANU) are drawing on nature in a project to develop techniques for automatic flight manoeuvres with possible applications in uninhabited aerial vehicles (UAVs).

Wing Commander’s stint in Parliament
SENATOR for the Northern Territory Nigel Scullion got a new wingman for a few days when Wing Commander Lynton Dixon joined his office as part of the ADF Parliamentary Program.

Exercise leads to disaster
Williamtown became a disaster scene when a tour bus failed to stop at the traffic lights at the end of Runway 12 and was hit by a civilian aircraft making a landing approach on May 28.

DHA conducts annual surveys
THE Defence Housing Authority (DHA) is conducting two surveys to assess ADF members’ views of particular aspects of its service.


International

Medical team saves mother
THE Health Supplementation Team (HST) that provides medical support to the Australian Battalion Group (AUSBATT) in East Timor had to perform emergency surgery to assist an East Timorese woman experiencing complications during childbirth.

SLR drill recalled on a day of peace
Air Force personnel were in the forefront of the first Day of International Peacekeepers during commemorations in Dili, East Timor.


PMG in final stages
OPERATIONS of the multinational Bougainville Peace Monitoring Group (PMG) are entering the final phase.

Op Bel Isi a success
SOUTH Pacific nations have demonstrated their active commitment to bringing peace to Bougainville on many occasions.

Reserves

Hello, Governor
WHILE the weather proved ominous, even the winds and rain couldn’t dampen the sprits of No. 25 (City of Perth) Squadron personnel as they welcomed the Governor of Western Australia, Lieutenant General John Sanderson, and OC Reserve Wing Group Captain Monty Smith.

Review looks at specialists
A REVIEW of the Specialist Reserve (SR) will be conducted between June and August because of changes in the legal, medical, theological and journalism specialties.

Men of the centenary
Three members of No. 27 (City of Townsville) Squadron have been awarded Centenary of Federation Medals.