Operation PADANG ASSIST
03 October 2009
Operation Padang Assist
As part of Operation Padang Assist, the Australian Defence Force (ADF) Indonesian earthquake relief effort, ADF and emergency services personnel, supplies and equipment were flown from Australia by the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) to the disaster area in Padang, Indonesia.
Operation Padang Assist commenced on 02 Oct 09 after the Indonesian Government accepted an offer of emergency assistance from Australia following two large earthquakes near the Indonesian Island of Sumatra. The ADF Joint Task Force 629 (JTF629) was established to provide the best possible assistance to the Australian Government response effort in Indonesia.
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Darwin Air Load Team member, Aircraftman Scott Anderson, places a scale under a pallet of equipment destined for Padang.
(Date taken: 02 October 2009)
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Pallets of equpiment are loaded in Darwin onto a C-130H Hercules aircraft destined for assistance in Pedang.
(Date taken: 02 October 2009)
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A Royal Australian Air Force C-17 Globemaster follows a support vehicle after landing in Jakarta with equipment and personel in support of the Pedang earthquake relief effort.
(Date taken: 02 October 2009)
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An Air Load Team pushes a pallet of equipment onto a C-130H Hercules aircraft bound for Pedang, Indonesia.
(Date taken: 02 October 2009)
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An Australian Defence Force disaster support team board a C-130H Hercules in Darwin, bound for Padang, Indonesia.
(Date taken: 02 October 2009)
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Members of the Queensland Fire and Rescue Service disembark a Royal Australian Air Force C-17 Globemaster at Jakarta prior to moving to assist with the Pedang earthquake.
(Date taken: 02 October 2009)
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Members of the Queensland Fire and Rescue Service disembark a Royal Australian Air Force C-17 Globemaster at Jakarta prior to moving to assist with the Pedang earthquake.
(Date taken: 02 October 2009)
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A United States Air Force C-130 prepares for departure as Australian Defence Force personnel, assisted by members of the Indonesian Army, unload equipment from a Royal Australian Air Force C-130 Hercules in Padang.
(Date taken: 02 October 2009)
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