Pride and joy
APRIL 25 has special significance but this year’s Anzac Day will also be memorable for 58 Air Force personnel as it was the day they deployed to the Middle East.

Budget 03-04: How we fared
There are projects aplenty for the Royal Australian Air Force in the 2003-04 Budget, presented to Parliament on May 13.

Aussie eyes on Baghdad skies
Running the air traffic control at an international airport is busy enough at the best of times.

Headquarters is a palace
IT was certainly a palace fit for a king. Well, a former Iraqi president at least. The palace on the outskirts of Baghdad has become the temporary home for ASNHQ Baghdad as the Australian Government assists in the rebuilding of Iraq.

Weapons targeted
TWO Air Force people are part of a contingent of experts in weapons of mass destruction deployed to the Middle East to help complete the task of ensuring Iraq no longer has or is able to develop WMD capabilities.

Ground-breakers
ONE small sod of soil represented a ground-breaking step forward for the start of construction on the new headquarters facility for the RAAF’s No.2 Squadron at RAAF Base Williamtown in NSW.

2020 package aimed at ‘eyes of innocence’
AN educational multimedia resource package designed to encourage discussion on Defence issues by secondary school students has been launched to an appreciative audience in Canberra.

Pig’s return wrapped up successfully
IT is probably the slowest and most unusual flight an F-111 has ever taken. Swathed in plastic for protection, A8-112 was transported from RAAF Base Darwin to RAAF Base Amberley in the back of an Antonov 124, flown by a Ukranian crew, in mid-April.

F-111s mark 30 years’ service
A MEMORIAL service, presentations, a family day and buffet dinner are centrepiece events to mark 30 years of F-111 operations.

Building near full
THE “full house” sign is almost up on the new Building 861 at RAAF Base Amberley with 170 of the 177 seats now filled by workers.

Search is on
DO YOU need to refer to an article in Air Force News but no longer have the newspaper?

Defence ties strengthened
AN Air Force Airfield Defence Guard from RAAF Base Fairbairn has helped provide an ongoing commitment to East Timor.

Adam’s on his own
IF THE Australian contingent in East Timor needs something investigated, they turn to the sole representative of the Air Force police in the country.

Horizons broadened
IF YOU are flying around East Timor or between Dili and Darwin, your flight details have most likely been scrutinised by Sergeant Richard Garforth at PKF Air Operations.

Flying flag for Reserves
AN Air Force Reserve officer is adding valuable operational experience to her resume with a deployment to East Timor.

Historic tie for award
Two members of No. 1 of 2003 Initial Officer Course have made history with a remarkable tie.

New badge now on offer
Chief of Air Force Air Marshal Angus Houston has approved the introduction of a new, official Air Force name badge.


A flight that went down to the wire
AT the Force Element Group Commanders conference last month Air Commodore David Pietsch was reunited with his old mount.

Hangar folds
THE collapse of a hangar under construction at RAAF Base Fairbairn is being investigated by ACT WorkCover.

History project
A PROJECT has been launched to document the history of RAAF Base Williamtown through photographs, personal recollections, newspaper reports and books.

Age won’t weary them
SIXTY is an age at which the pace slows, but approaching its 60th birthday No. 114 Mobile Control and Reporting Unit continues to live up to its motto – “swift to react”.

Motion medication not recommended
THE RAAF Institute of Aviation Medicine (AVMED) is urging all aircrew with motion sickness to avoid using Travacalm.

Concentrated payload
DURING World War II, the skies of Germany throbbed to the sound of 1000-bomber formations as the allies mounted strategic strikes against key targets in the fatherland.