Gun Ho
FIFTEEN of the Air Force’s top explosive ordnance disposal (EOD) technicians gave the ADF’s new AW 50 anti-materiel rifles their first real test during Exercise Dugong.

Singapore high five
THIS year’s Exercise Bersama Lima was bigger and more complex than ever before.

River ablaze with light
Two F-111's conduct an amazing dump and burn display over Brisbane.

Fast jets return
TWO weeks of precision and non-precision strike missions by No. 3 Squadron have reintroduced fast jet departure and recovery procedures to RAAF Base Darwin after many years’ absence.

Plan to upgrade Pearce facilities
NEW headquarters for the Combat Support Unit Pearce, Nos 79 and 25 Squadrons and a force protection facility are elements of a major upgrade of facilities planned for RAAF Base Pearce.

Battle cancer together
“TO SAY I was devastated is an understatement,” recalls Flight Lieutenant Jason Collyer. “Being 23 and being told you have a potentially
life-threatening illness strips you of every emotion and left both my wife and me feeling very shell-shocked and empty for a while.

Swift moves
THE Air Force flexed its strategic muscles to evacuate Australian and foreign nationals during Exercise Swift Eagle.
ADG's make line call
ATC seaborne to 'sanitise' the air space
Dog has his day

Course to improve inquiry standard
IN AN effort to improve the standard of Defence administrative inquiries, 24 officers have completed the first inquiry officer course.

Warfare map is out soon
CDF General Peter Cosgrove will soon release the Network Centric Warfare (NCW) Roadmap that will pull together the ADF’s future warfighting concepts.

Tindal to the rescue
“AS CHOPPER 4 was approaching the crash site, I saw the burning wreckage, which was fully engulfed in flame,” Corporal Damien Dawes said.

Painter’s Caribous challenge
A PAINTING of two Caribous landing at the Army exercise in Townsville last month has helped raise money for Legacy.

Child care centre visits by industry
DEFENCE is seeking proposals from the child care industry to manage Defence child care centres and out of school hours facilities and to provide sufficient priority placement in highquality child care to meet the needs of Defence families.

AEWC benefits in store
THE Air Force’s Wedgetail Airborne Early Warning and Control system is likely to benefit from a five-year research program between the Defence Science and Technology Organisation (DSTO) and the US Air Force Research Laboratory.

Grads in control
A NEW group of probationary terminal attack controllers has graduated.

Surveillance and Response visits
NO. 44 Wing Detachment has been given an insight into the future direction of the Surveillance and Response Group during a visit from Commander SRG Air Commodore Graham Bentley.

A nurse of many hats in Timor
MANY people in the ADF would know the problems of wearing two hats: you have two jobs and little time to spare for life’s niceties.

Henman is a bronze star in US
THE US has recognised the outstanding service in Iraq during Operation Falconer of Group Captain Bill Henman.

New beat rocks Iraq
AUSTRALIAN rock group The Choirboys have backed up from their previous concert tour of the Solomon Islands to spearhead the latest Tour de Force concert entertaining 920 Australian service personnel in the Middle East.

Take a long look at UK
NOMINATIONS from 18 Air Force SNCOs and two junior Air Force officers have been called for Exercise Longlook 05. Exercise Longlook is an annual exchange program between the ADF and UK Defence Force.