PAY BOOST
AIR Force members can look forward to a 2.5 per cent pay rise on May 20.

Place of tears and laughter
IT’S a sobering place, Gallipoli. Many good men fought and died from Australia, New Zealand, England, France and Turkey.

A special dawn
AUSTRALIAN soldiers, sailors and airmen and women paused and paid tribute at Anzac Day services around Iraq.

Enduring spirit of mateship
IN THAILAND, the Anzac spirit is commemorated each year at a dawn service at a remote site charged with significance.

Hats off to unity
AFTER hosting one of the most high-profile Anzac Day ceremonies in the world, the Air Traffic Control detachment at Baghdad International Airport held its own informal celebration later in the afternoon.

Chipping in for ideal cause
WHEN it was realised Baghdad lacked a memorial stone for Anzac Day, Flight Lieutenant Rob Seabrook, of Australian Headquarters at Camp Victory, took the matter into his own hands – literally.


Campaign medals to be struck
AIR Force members who have served in the Afghanistan and Iraq campaigns against terrorism will be eligible for new medals.


Life guards
INCOMING mortars and rockets are an expected part of the job for the Air Traffic Control detachment at Baghdad International Airport.


Ruling the sky
F-111 dump and burn.


Balanced innovation
THE Defence Science and Technology Organisation’s exploration of the potential to use the C-130J on-board engine monitoring system for propeller balancing has attracted interest from the aircraft’s manufacturers and the US military.

Active ADGs
NO. 2 Airfield Defence Squadron at RAAF Base Amberley has conducted its annual fitness tests, a capability display for HQAC and its first Squadron level exercise for 2004 – all in the space of a month.


Prime reason to visit
PRIME Minister John Howard has thanked RAAF Base East Sale personnel for their work, particularly those who have served in the MEAO.

Super fund turnaround
THE Military Superannuation Benefits Scheme (MSBS) has turned around its performance to become the fourth best performing Australian superannuation fund over the past year.

Tanker shelters for Top End
NEW fuel tanker vehicle shelters are being built at RAAF Bases Darwin and Tindal to protect fuel tankers from the extremes of the Top End’s weather.


Invitation to join Society
AIR Force members are invited to join the Royal Aeronautical Society (RAeS), which was founded in 1866 and has been at the forefront of developments in the aviation and aerospace field ever since.


Run for their money
FOR the third year running, a team from AFHQ has put their hearts and soles into the Cancer Council’s 24-hour Relay for Life.


Celebrating Anzac spirit
WORLD War II WAAAF veteran Moyna Sands was the RAAF Central Band’s special guest at the Victorian Arts Centre’s Celebrating the Anzac Spirit, an emotion-charged concert in the lead up to Anzac Day.


BULLETIN BOARD


Doctrine relevant to us all
WHAT is air power doctrine and what’s in it for me? This is a question you might hear around the workplace when people are asked about Air Force doctrine.


Lessons from Luftwaffe’s demise
AS JANUARY 1945 dawned, Germany faced the reality of the unthinkable – defeat.