Welcome
to Eagle Eye, our new column that will take a look at the
lighter side of life and happenings in the Air Force and the
wider ADF. We hope you enjoy what is designed to be an easy,
breezy feature. And we hope you will contribute your amusing,
lively and interesting anecdotes to ensure Eagle Eye occupies
an eyrie in Air Force News for some time to come.
Oh
water feeling!
Out of the shadows
Keep an eye out
The real stars of the show
Out
of the shadows
WE
received an email from a member of the US Air Force who had been
at RAAF Base Darwin for an exercise earlier this year and wanted
to know more about an aircraft on display at the base.
“I think it’s called a Silhouette,” our US correspondent
wrote. We were left scratching our heads what aircraft he was
referring to, but a call to the base cleared up the matter. “He
means the Mirage,” was the response.
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Keep an eye out
WE’RE
looking for eagle-eyed personnel to contribute to this column.
If you have amusing or interesting tales or photographs that show
the lighter side of Air Force life, send them to raafnews@defencenews.gov.au
for publication in Eagle Eye.
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The
real stars of the show
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| Pictured
are Corporal Gary Fox, Corporal Derek Green, Sergeant Mark
Nash and Corporal Tom Willison. |
GOOD
to see the blokes behind the scenes getting some media attention.
Four aircraft technicians from Central Flying School at RAAF Base
East Sale received their five minutes of fame during the Indy
500 on the Gold Coast this year.
The Roulette ground crew were rounded up by a photographer from
a local paper who spotted them near an aircraft in their red matching
overalls. (Mind you, she did mistake them for aircrew!)
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Oh
water feeling!
MANY
of us would like an office with a water view. But having the water
lapping outside the front door does pose some problems, as the
photographic section at RAAF Base Williamtown found earlier this
year.
The alley outside their workplace was transformed into the “Williamtown
canal” when an old fire hydrant fractured as it was being
moved by a workman.
“For a few hours no one was able to get access to the section
unless they had floaties or a boat,” quipped Corporal Mark
Eaton, seen here waiting for the water to recede (or perhaps waiting
for a ferry).
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