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Life
saver
AN
ADG from RAAF Base Amberley has been recognised for his courageous
rescue efforts saving a teenager from certain death following
a jet ski accident.
92WG
helps with search for Ability
AIR
Force search and rescue support was successfully put to the
test when a No. 92 Wing AP-3C was sortied to the Solomon Islands
on April 24.
Albatros
Ausindo resumes with Indonesian military
INDONESIAN
and Australian maritime surveillance crews have worked together
on the first exercise between the two countries since 1999
– Exercise Albatros Ausindo – which operated from
Bali from April 16-20.
JOPC
off the ground
THE
first combined Customs and ADF patrols of Australia’s
northern oil and gas fields have been conducted under the
newly established Joint Offshore Protection Command (JOPC).
A
long look at UK over next four months
TWENTY
Air Force personnel will soon experience conditions in a foreign
Air Force when they participate in Exercise Long Look 2005,
the latest annual reciprocal personnel exchange program with
the RAF. The exercise will be held from June 3 to September
28.
Security
is top project in extra Budget money
DEFENCE
will receive an extra $507.3 million from the Federal Budget,
increasing the total defence budget to $17.5 billion for 2005-2006.
Seven
lines of inquiry into crash of Sea King
INVESTIGATIONS
into the loss of Sea King Shark 02, which crashed on Nias
Island on April 2, have not yet found any specific causes,
according to investigators. The Navy received the first progress
report from the Aircraft Accident Investigation Team (AAIT)
on May 4.
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From
scrap to scrub
A
1966 Toyota Crown, dubbed Car 381, has been saved from the
scrap heap to work for charity.
Tindal
PTIs try extreme painting
TWO
PTIs from RAAF Base Tindal took the plunge for their community
recently, when they abseiled down a bridge over croc-infested
waters to paint new flood level markers.
Escapees’
exploits re-told
THE
Air Power Development Centre has reprinted a book featuring
31 accounts, mostly from Australian World War II airmen, who
had the dubious distinction of having been shot down over
enemy territory in Europe, North Africa or New Guinea and
either evaded capture or escaped from captivity.
2FTS
fly into formation
TRAINEE
pilots from No. 2 Flying Training School deployed to RAAF
Base Learmonth recently for three weeks of training in formation
flying on Exercise Ca0pricorn Sunset.
Pilots
show anybody’s able
CAF
Air Marshal Angus Houston has presented pilot qualification
certificates to three recently trained, disabled pilots at
the Temora Flying Day on May 1.
Changes
to Defence HomeOwner Scheme
THE
legislation covering the Defence HomeOwner Scheme concerning
members discharged with a compensable disability has been
amended.
Bulletin
Board
Raaf
Central Band; School centenary; Looking for old friends; Unit
anniversary; Air Force annual
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