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Set
for Sudan
AN
air traffic control officer has become Australia’s first
female contingent commander by leading a small ADF team into
war-ravaged Sudan for Operation Azure.
Game
on for hundreds at Darwin
RAAF
Base Darwin is finalising its arrangements to support the
Arafura Games, which will be played in Darwin from May 14-21.
The
fix is quick for ROG
RESOLVING
a redress of grievance will be quicker in the future, with
CDF and the Ombudsman accepting a number of recommendations
from a review into the process.
Home
sweet home
Cove
lights up 90 years on
In
a crowd of 17,000 people it is hard to imagine it being so
quiet you could hear a pin drop, but that’s exactly what
it was like Anzac morning in Anzac Cove, Turkey.
My Anzac Day
More
child care places
MORE
child care places will be available to Defence families when
ABC Corporate Care takes up the Defence child care contract
on July 1.
Weapon
service made simpler
A
NEW weapon labelling system has been introduced to better
keep track of individual weapon servicing schedules.
Skilled
strikers shoot south
FOUR
F-111s from No. 6 Squadron have practiced terrain-following
strike operations in Australia’s south eastern high country
for Exercise Southern Mountaineer from April 19-29.
Barn
swaps screens for great outdoors
ALTHOUGH
they usually work behind closed doors, members from the intelligence
organisation known as “the Barn” were able to work
in the great outdoors during recent adventure training.
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CAF
will be next CDF
THE
Chief of the Air Force, Air Marshal Angus Houston, will be
the next Chief of the Defence Force.
Chye’s
great service is missed
AIR
Force families have been befriended by some wonderful people
in Malaysia, whose hospitality and contribution to the Service’s
time there can never be underestimated.
Medicos
super on V8 track
THE
rumble of V8 supercars on the city streets of Adelaide are
far removed from the devastated roads in Banda Aceh, but for
a small medical team in South Australia, it’s all in
a days work wherever they are.
1RTU
is told of dawn and twilight times
THIS
year’s first recruit course graduated on April 6, with
CDF General Peter Cosgrove as the reviewing officer.
Fresh
flyers
Pilots
graduate in the West
EIGHT
new pilots recently graduated from the 201st flying training
course at RAAF Base Pearce in a tough program that 13 of the
original 21 trainees failed to complete.
Whirlwind
paint job for Macchi
RESERVE
surface finishers from No. 25 (City of Perth) Squadron have
performed a whirlwind rejuvenation of a Macchi jet for static
display at RAAF Base Pearce, restoring the aircraft’s
paintwork in just over two weeks.
Call
for Annual submissions
PREPARATION
has begun on the 2005 Air Force Annual. This year’s edition
is based on the theme “The Air Force Family”. Submissions
encompassing the theme are requested from all prospective
writers.
Bulletin
Board
Raaf
Central Band; Air Command Band; Seeking WWII leaflets; Historical
enquiry
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