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Wing
Commander Stephen Hayes, Commanding Officer RAAF School of Technical
Training (RAAFSTT); Air Commodore Rod Luke, Commander Training
- Air Force; and Col Bradford, Director National Aerospace Training
Centre of Excellence – the business arm of the TAFE NSW
- Riverina Institute (RIT) – sign an agreement for RIT
to continue to provide training delivery, aircraft maintenance
and other support functions of ADF aviation technical training
at RAAF Base Wagga.The signing took place at a workshop to reaffirm
a commitment to the partnering principles and philosophies that
have guided the management of the contract since its inception
in 1994, and which are pivotal to RAAFSTT being acknowledged
as a leader in tri-service training.
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Vice
Chairman of the US Joint Chiefs of Staff General Peter Pace
(centre) with Squadron Leader Greg Foley-Lewis (second from
left) and Corporal Troy Javelin (second from right) on his recent
visit to Coalition forces in the Middle East. Photo by MSgt
M. McCrossin, USAF |
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Squadron
Leader Adrian Burge, of No. 32 Squadron, shows Air Commodore
Greg Evans, Commander Air Lift Group, the cockpit of a Kingair
B350, the replacement for the B200, during AIRCDRE Evans’
visit to RAAF Base East Sale. Photo by CPL Katrina Johnson |
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Here’s
the drill
By
FLTLT Peter Meehan
THE Australian Air Force Cadets certainly have the numbers
to match their proud history and commitment.
In fact, the membership numbers of Victoria’s No. 4 Wing
are so great more than 1200 cadets had the historic Point
Cook parade ground perimeters “bursting with blue”
for the AAFC Drill Competition and Annual Parade on May 18.
The parade capped an exciting day of events for the cadets
that began with the annual Inter-Squadron Drill Competition,
with cadets vying for the coveted AAFC Trophy.
No. 404 Squadron, RAAF Williams, Laverton Base, won the competition
with a decisive display and presentation by 20 of its members.
Record numbers of Squadron Drill Teams travelled from throughout
Victoria to compete and parade, watched by hundreds of proud
parents and friends.
The cadets spent a demanding day in competition and, like
the onlookers, were challenged by the infamous “30 knots
at Point Cook” so typical of the time of year.
The annual competition finished with the wing’s annual
parade before host officer Wing Commander (AAFC) Rob Mitchell
and reviewing officer Air Commodore Rod Luke, Commander Training
- Air Force.
The VIP party included Minister Assisting the Minister for
Defence Fran Bailey and RAAF Williams Base Commander Wing
Commander Steve Edwards.
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Scott Walsh, of No. 410 Squadron, presents the AAFC colour banner,
while WOD Ceremonial Warrant Officer Ross Chavasse, parade commander
Squadron Leader Steve Cousins and other cadets stand at attention.
Photo by SGT David Grant |
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Lachlan
McKinnon, Business Operations Manager of Firearms Training Systems
Australia presents a plaque to CSU Projects Director Wing Commander
Rob Coopes at the recent opening of the Weapon Training Simulation
System Facility at RAAF Base Williamtown.
Photo by LACW Veronica McKenna |
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Sinking
remembered
CADETS from No 306 Squadron took part in a ceremony on June
1 to remember the attack by Japanese midget submarines on Sydney
in 1942 and the sinking of the ferry Kuttabul.
The ceremony at the Kuttabul Memorial beside the seawall at
Garden Island, Sydney, involved 250 Defence personnel, family
members, veterans, consular officials and members of the public.
During the attack in 1942, a torpedo missed the USS Chicago
and exploded against the seawall, smashing the ferry and claiming
21 lives.
Accompanied by their officers, the 306SQN cadets snapped to
attention when the calls came in an impressive show on the sombre
occasion.
The squadron is made up of students of Sydney Grammar School
(boys) and the Sydney Church of England Girls School at Darlinghurst. |
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