END PLAY: CAF AIRMSHL Geoff Shepherd prepares to pilot the last F-111G mission out of RAAF Base Amberley. The F-111G was used to train aircrew before transition to the F-111C.

Photo by LAC Scott Woodward

ALL IN THE FAMILY: WOFF Ron Marsh is presented his Certificate of Service by brother-in-law, DCAF AVM John Blackburn, before retiring recently after 31 years’ Air Force service.

Photo courtesy of Chris Marsh

IN TRAINING: AEA trainee NCOCDT Jocelyn Parkinson takes in the AP-3C action during an exercise sortie.

Photo by AC Glen McCarthy

PANTHER’S CLAWS: LAC Neville Maitala from 76SQN works on a Hawk during Exercise Northern Panther at RAAF Base Darwin.

Photo by AC Glen McCarthy

WATCH OUT: Clerk LACW Rebecca Whiting on the night shift as a ground operations watchkeeper at the C-130 Detachment in the Middle East.

Photo by LEUT Pete Bounty

IN FOCUS: LACW Melina Mancuso from 87SQN gets ready for a photographic task in a Kiowa helicopter over RAAF Base Amberley.

Photo by LAC Scott Woodward