Operation SLIPPER: Image Gallery
06 October 2006
C130J-30 Hercules aircraft takes off from Oruzgan Province
A contingent of Australian Defence Force personnel is working in Afghanistan as part of the Netherlands-led Provincial Reconstruction Team under the NATO International Security Assistance Force’s Stage III expansion into southern Afghanistan.
Australia’s contribution, known as the Reconstruction Task Force (RTF), will be a mix of engineers and security personnel deployed to Afghanistan for up to two years and will work on reconstruction and community-based projects as part of Australia’s commitment to assisting Afghanistan achieve a stable and secure future.
The majority of the task force will be drawn from the Darwin area and made up of personnel from the 1st Combat Engineer Regiment based in Darwin which will provide combat engineers and tradesmen (carpenters, plumbers, electricians and plant operators) that will undertake the majority of the RTF’s construction activities. This will include skills training for the local population to ensure the benefits of the deployment continue well after our personnel have returned home.
The Australian protective force for the RTF is being provided by the Brisbane-based Motorised Infantry of the 6th Battalion Royal Australian Regiment, 5/7 Royal Australian Regiment and the Darwin-based 2nd Cavalry Regiment. Command, logistics and support elements have come from the Darwin-based 1st Brigade.
| 20060908adf8185016_0214 An Australian C130J-30 Hercules takes off from a dirt airstrip in Afghanistan after flying in with a load of supplies for the Australian Reconstruction Task Force (RTF). (Date taken: 30 September 2006) Photo by Corporal (CPL) Ricky Fuller Low-res | High-res |
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| 20060929adf8095516_052 A C130J-30 Hercules aircraft takes off from a dirt airfield in Oruzgan Province, southern Afghanistan. (Date taken: 30 September 2006) Photo by Corporal (CPL) Ricky Fuller Low-res | High-res |
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| 20060929adf8095516_054 A C130J-30 Hercules aircraft takes off from a dirt airfield in Oruzgan Province, southern Afghanistan. (Date taken: 30 September 2006) Photo by Corporal (CPL) Ricky Fuller Low-res | High-res |
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| 20060929adf8095516_057 A C130J-30 Hercules aircraft takes off from a dirt airfield in Oruzgan Province, southern Afghanistan. (Date taken: 30 September 2006) Photo by Corporal (CPL) Ricky Fuller Low-res | High-res |
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