OUR TOP DOC
SQUADRON Leader Glenn Pascoe has become the fourth RAAF medical officer in 34 years to win aviation medicine’s prestigious Stewart Memorial Prize.

Going on the route for feral glory
IT’S dirty, rough and loud, but that’s what makes this “feral” ute a winner for owner Corporal Nathan Reed, from RAAF Base Tindal.

Let’s get physical in tests
TWO weeks of physically demanding tasks put Airfield Defence Guards to the test in the name of research.

Keeping the peace on-line
Defence has adopted on-line technology to improve delivery of pre-deployment training for personnel on UN and other peace operations.

Go online for major AF event news
A NEW web page detailing significant Air Force events has been created on RAAFWEB.

Eat, drink and be merry at 381ECSS
NO. 381 Expeditionary Combat Support Squadron recently created a new tradition when it held an inaugural all ranks dining in night.

Safety boost
PERSONNEL employed on the maintenance of C-130 fuel tanks, both at RAAF Base Richmond and overseas, will soon find their work more safe, comfortable and efficient.

The Richmond link in winning Talisman Sabre’s air war
UNITS from No. 86 Wing at RAAF Base Richmond played a vital role in the defeat of red forces during Exercise Tasman Sabre 05.

VCDF inspects the HQJOC construction site at Bungendore
Vice Chief of the Defence Force Lieutenant General Ken Gillespie has inspected the site for the new Headquarters Joint Operations Command (HQJOC) near Canberra.

Quality tour
THIRTY-four top end children who are fighting cancer have recently been given a taste of Air Force life.

New restrictions to US DoD web access
AIR Force personnel who routinely access unclassified US Department of Defense (DoD) web sites in the course of their duties can no longer do so.

Robbie takes a long look
CHIEF Technician Lynden “Robbie” Stamper, from the Joint Helicopter Command at RAF Base Benson, reckons he has found an unexpected advantage to being “down under”.

Personnel system logs out of Air Force
AIR Force’s venerable Air Force Personnel and Establishments Management System (AFPEMS) has been decommissioned after more than two decades of operation.

Correction
THE June 30 edition of Air Force newspaper featured on its cover a photograph of WOFF Derek Bennett in a Caribou over Shoalwater Bay. The photo caption gave WOFF Bennett’s trade as Loadmaster. He is, however, a Flight Engineer. We apologise for the error.