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SUPER
GROUP
THE
Air Force is in for a bold new change with the amalgamation
of the Maritime Patrol Group (MPG) and the Surveillance and
Control Group (SCG) into one super Force Element Group (FEG).
Sights
set on UAV squadron
THE
ADF will acquire a squadron of long-endurance unmanned aerial
vehicles (UAVs), most likely the Global Hawk, under the Defence
Capability Plan (DCP) 2004-2014 issued last week.
We
have a great job to do
EXCITEMENT,
satisfaction, gratitude and a little apprehension is how Air
Vice-Marshal Geoffrey Shepherd felt on his appointment to
his “plum new job” of Air Commander Australia.
Changes
in force
TWO
of our Force Element Groups have welcomed new leaders, with
the appointments of Air Commodore Mark Binskin to Commander
Air Combat Group and Air Commodore Andy Kilgour to Commander
Combat Support Group.
Farewell
kindles fond memories
AFTER
a long and successful tenure as Air Commander, Air Vice-Marshal
John Kindler has said goodbye to “the best job in the
Air Force”.
Fill
her up, thanks, buddy
Corporal
David Cullen, attached to Townsville from Richmond, refuels
a US Marine Hornet with the aid of Sergeant Danny Bumgarner
of the 332 “Moonlighters”...
Military
justice inquiry
THE
CDF and Service Chiefs will appear before the Senate References
Committee inquiring into the effectiveness of the Military
Justice System (MJS) on March 1.
In
a holding pattern
THE
Air Traffic Control Detachment at Baghdad International Airport
(BIAP) will remain deployed until at least May.
Quest
to find best airman/woman
THE
Air Force is looking for its top airman/woman.
Exercises
are not a crashing bore
A
SIMULATED F-A/18 Hornet and a civilian chartered Cessna 210
collided in mid-air over RAAF Base Tindal and a simulated
King Air took a bird strike on approach to RAAF Base Edinburgh
in crash exercises late last year.
Tests
take 5 minutes
ON-THE-spot,
highly accurate, random and targeted urinalysis testing will
soon become common practice across Air Force following its
introduction last December.
Leaders’
results leaked
SENIOR
Air Force personnel became familiar with the drug screening
process when they met at a recent senior leadership forum
to discuss its implementation.
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Check-up
for health services
A
REVIEW of the Defence Health Service (DHS) is being conducted
to evaluate whether its existing capabilities can meet Defence’s
needs in the short to medium term.
Open celebration
OPERATIONAL
Health Support and Training Flight will open its hangar on February
17 to celebrate its 35th anniversary.
Imported
K9s
TEN
foreign immigrants have become the latest recruits to join the
Military Working Dog School at RAAF Base Amberley.
IN
BRIEF
THE
RAAF Museum will host a free air pageant on Sunday, February
29, to celebrate 90 years of flying at Point Cook.
Our
people recognised
RAAF
Australia Day Honours.
Now,
about that anniversary ...
SERGEANT
Lance Price had a good excuse for missing his 30th wedding anniversary
– he was on deployment in the Solomon Islands.
Strong
running efforts
AIR
Force personnel have scooped the prize pool at a fun run on
a coalition base in the Middle East Area of Operations.
A
passion for firefighting
CORPORAL
Steve Gutteridge, a dedicated firefighter from RAAF Base Richmond,
has died after a fight with pancreatic cancer.
Brilliant
wartime leader
IT
could be argued that the Royal Australian Air Force had three
major successes during the war in the Southwest Pacific from
1941 to 1945: the first defending Port Moresby in March-April
1942; the second at Milne Bay in August 1942; and the third
in the Bismarck Sea in March 1943.
Draggie’s
last flight
It’s
been a while since Wing Commander Tom Mitchison (ret’d)
stepped on to an Air Force base. In fact, he recalls that the
last time was in 1975, when he left the RAAF.
Views
sought on doctrine
The
first version of the RAAF’s air power doctrine was released
in 1990. Since then, three subsequent editions have been produced.
The most recent edition is the AAP1000, Fundamentals of Australian
Aerospace Power, which was released in August 2002.
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