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Vol. 49, No. 1, February 8, 2007
Welcome to the future AIR Force in the 21st century is at the forefront of exciting changes in the way it is addressing its future challenges, and while we all have a role to play in moving ahead, it is the young officers who are charged with the responsibility to take ownership of these changes and carry them on.
Our desert duellers Air Force is up against the best in Exercise Red Flag. AIR Force fast jet crews, supported by mates from the Air Lift Group, are testing their skills against their American and British counterparts in the desert skies of Nevada, USA.
Air Mail Welcome back one and all. GREETINGS, Airmen and Airwomen of the Air Force. Compliments of the season to you, one and all. It’s going to be another very busy year, and if last year’s results are anything to go by, the great airmen and airwomen of our Air Force will no doubt once again prove their worth.
Aussie reward 396 spreads its wing Wallaby Airlines has taken off 462SQN is born again more top stories ...

Vol. 49, No. 1, February 8, 2007

Welcome to the future
AIR Force in the 21st century is at the forefront of exciting changes in the way it is addressing its future challenges, and while we all have a role to play in moving ahead, it is the young officers who are charged with the responsibility to take ownership of these changes and carry them on.

Our desert duellers
Air Force is up against the best in Exercise Red Flag. AIR Force fast jet crews, supported by mates from the Air Lift Group, are testing their skills against their American and British counterparts in the desert skies of Nevada, USA.

Air Mail
Welcome back one and all. GREETINGS, Airmen and Airwomen of the Air Force. Compliments of the season to you, one and all. It’s going to be another very busy year, and if last year’s results are anything to go by, the great airmen and airwomen of our Air Force will no doubt once again prove their worth.

Aussie reward
396 spreads its wing
Wallaby Airlines has taken off
462SQN is born again
more top stories ...


Features
Rev it up and ride	Cross-country
	WITH the sounds of “I’ve been everywhere, man” ringing virtually in his ears, SGT Stephen Parker ended his career as personal driver to four Air Commanders in the back seat. more..	AIR FORCE News takes another look at 38SQN’s Western Display Tour, held along the coast of WA late last year, as captured by photographer CPL Michael Davis. more..
Farewell to a ‘great’ CANBERRA’s skies resounded to the roar of Hornet engines on December 19 as an Air Force ‘great’ was laid to rest.

Features

Rev it up and ride

Cross-country

WITH the sounds of “I’ve been everywhere, man” ringing virtually in his ears, SGT Stephen Parker ended his career as personal driver to four Air Commanders in the back seat.
more..

AIR FORCE News takes another look at 38SQN’s Western Display Tour, held along the coast of WA late last year, as captured by photographer CPL Michael Davis.
more..

Farewell to a ‘great’ CANBERRA’s skies resounded to the roar of Hornet engines on December 19 as an Air Force ‘great’ was laid to rest.


My Career
Clerks take challenge	Air Force web gets a facelift
	AFTER just 12 months in the Air Force, LACW Kelly Hyland has become the first clerk to complete the new Clerk Initial Workbook – doing it in record time. more..	AIR Force personnel and will shortly find navigation around the Air Force Intranet site much improved following a recent review and upgrade of the site. more..
The hunt is on for new AEAs TRACKING a submarine, working with aircraft carriers and destroyers, or analysing radar information is all in a day’s work for SGT Ryan Duncis.

My Career

Clerks take challenge

Air Force web gets a facelift

AFTER just 12 months in the Air Force, LACW Kelly Hyland has become the first clerk to complete the new Clerk Initial Workbook – doing it in record time.
more..

AIR Force personnel and will shortly find navigation around the Air Force Intranet site much improved following a recent review and upgrade of the site.
more..

The hunt is on for new AEAs TRACKING a submarine, working with aircraft carriers and destroyers, or analysing radar information is all in a day’s work for SGT Ryan Duncis.


Lifestyle
Love my Rifle More Than You	Babel
	BRUTALLY honest best sums up Kayla Williams’ Love My Rifle More Than You. It is a no-holds-barred account of what it is like to be young and female in the US Army. This is no chick-lit book. more..	Four separate families from different countries find their lives affecting each other, as circumstances conspire with often devastating consequences in Babel. more..
Make ’em, keep ’em New Year resolutions can be kept. Sqn-Ldr Belinda Ball looks at some ways to do it.
Sweaty Palms We could all be heroes too.
Slipped Disc See reviews of the latest CDs.

Lifestyle

Love my Rifle More Than You

Babel

BRUTALLY honest best sums up Kayla Williams’ Love My Rifle More Than You.

It is a no-holds-barred account of what it is like to be young and female in the US Army. This is no chick-lit book.
more..

Four separate families from different countries find their lives affecting each other, as circumstances conspire with often devastating consequences in Babel.
more..

Make ’em, keep ’em New Year resolutions can be kept. Sqn-Ldr Belinda Ball looks at some ways to do it.

Sweaty Palms We could all be heroes too.

Slipped Disc See reviews of the latest CDs.


Sports
Tower of strength	Air Force golfers drive home win
	RIVALS at the recent ADF Basketball Association national championships have quickly become allies with the selection of representative men’s and women’s teams for the coming Arafura Games. more..	SGT Greg Fraser won the Air Force title and LAC Bede Dickinson was the overall net champion at the recent ADF Golf Association national championships at Canberra’s Federal Golf Club recently more..
Combined effort THE combined ACT/NSW Country teams contested three of the four finals and won two at the 15th Australian Defence Touch Association (ADTA) Championships at RAAF Base Williams – Laverton from November 20-24.)
Off and away in USA TEAM ADF, a relay team comprising ADF members stationed at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base in Ohio, USA, recently competed in the 10th Annual USAF Marathon.
Amberley SGT selected for polo champs AIR Force’s SGT Jon Preston, from RAAF Base Amberley, has been selected for representative honours after the recent ADF Water Polo Association Inter-Service Championships in Townsville from December 4-8.
Game Plan Aussie Rules, Athletics, Dragon Boats

Sports

Tower of strength

Air Force golfers drive home win

RIVALS at the recent ADF Basketball Association national championships have quickly become allies with the selection of representative men’s and women’s teams for the coming Arafura Games.
more..

SGT Greg Fraser won the Air Force title and LAC Bede Dickinson was the overall net champion at the recent ADF Golf Association national championships at Canberra’s Federal Golf Club recently
more..

Combined effort THE combined ACT/NSW Country teams contested three of the four finals and won two at the 15th Australian Defence Touch Association (ADTA) Championships at RAAF Base Williams – Laverton from November 20-24.)

Off and away in USA TEAM ADF, a relay team comprising ADF members stationed at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base in Ohio, USA, recently competed in the 10th Annual USAF Marathon.

Amberley SGT selected for polo champs AIR Force’s SGT Jon Preston, from RAAF Base Amberley, has been selected for representative honours after the recent ADF Water Polo Association Inter-Service Championships in Townsville from December 4-8.

Game Plan Aussie Rules, Athletics, Dragon Boats