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Spectacular Air Force shines in twilight birthday celebration. A record crowd, ideal weather and entertainment of the highest calibre helped make this year's annual RAAF Williams Twilight Spectacular the most successful ever. |
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New recruits
take to the sky Following an intense recruiting and training process, three women will soon take to the sky as Air Force Crew Attendants (CREWATTs) aboard the Royal Australian Air Force's fleet of VIP Falcon 900s. |
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Preserving
our 'coveted record' Since 11 September, Australian aviation safety has embraced a new definition with respect to the threat of terror. Hijacking? Sky Marshals? Clearly, Australian aviation is far from immune to the threat of terror. Yet let's not lose sight of the bigger threat. |
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Air Force joins
the race While the 'Army uniform' may have initially confused Clipsal 500 race-goers, members of No. 1 Airfield Defence Squadron didn't take long to set the record straight. The group of 27 enthusiastic permanent and Reserve Airfield Defence Guards and Ground Defence Officers... |
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Historic Deployment Heightened security results in Joint Task Force. No less than three task forces composed of around 2400 people have successfully maintained heightened security levels at the recent CHOGM 2002 meetings on Queensland's Sunshine Coast. |
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Breaking through
the language barrier ADF School of Languages has grown from strength to strength in the past 58 years as a state-of-the-art military language training facility. Known around the world, and as a western world-leader in the instruction of Asian languages, ADF Langs confidently and effectively... |
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Tingwell takes
off For Charles 'Bud' Tingwell, there has been a lot of 'air time' between flying RAAF Spitfires and Mosquitoes during World War II, and receiving acting accolades, achievements in the arts and induction to the TV Logie's Hall of Fame as one of Australia's most distinguished... |
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Memories flood
back No.32 Squadron celebrated 60 years of proud achievements from World War II to the present with a parade of Squadron personnel at RAAF Base East Sale recently. The occasion was marked with a flypast of Hawker Siddley 748 and Beechcraft Kingair 200 aircraft. |
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Royal duties
for 34SQN Being a country town 600 km west of Brisbane, things are fairly quiet in Roma most days - until something out of the ordinary happens and the Duke of Edinburgh comes to town. |
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Fire breathing RAAFies navigate watery victory Dragon boat crew win successive titles. Lake Burley Griffin was left muddy and churned, as the 2002 Canberra Festival Dragon Boat Regatta was recently held in conjunction with the National Capital birthday celebrations. Air Force Headquarters was favorably... | |
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