Tense time in Timor
DURING June 12 to September 6, 1999, Operation Concord flights transported UN volunteers, police and military liaison officers to East Timor to assist with the independence poll.

Look who’s talking the lingo now
LEARNING the local lingo could be troublesome, as Wing Commander Peter Shinnick, the No. 381 Expeditionary Combat Support Squadron commanding officer, recalled.

The short answer

Chaos in dusty hovel
WHEN members of No. 381 Expeditionary Combat Support Squadron landed at Comoro on September 20 at the start of the deployment to East Timor, the scene was one of chaos.

A hard slog at home
STAFFING was a major problem faced by the Air Force at RAAF Bases Townsville, Tindal and Darwin during the initial stages of Interfet. At Darwin, tanker drivers worked 24-hour days to refuel 1970 aircraft.

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