RAAF Warrant Officer Michael Allison (centre left) guides Royal Thai Armed Forces personnel through a sports injury management first aid workshop as part of Indo-Pacific Endeavour 2024 in Bangkok, Thailand.
22 Nov 2024
Navy, Army, Air Force
News

Decades of friendship

ADF and Royal Thai Armed Forces personnel exchange skills and knowledge during Indo-Pacific Endeavour 2024.

Alliances & relationships
Flight Lieutenant Jill Brix, third from left, at the third Wildlife Hazard Management training workshop at Adisutjipto Air Force Base, Yogyakarta.
22 Nov 2024
Air Force
News

Progressing aviation safety around the region

An Australian aviator has represented RAAF at an Indonesian Air Force training workshop in Yogyakarta.

Alliances & relationships | Exercises & training
Corporal Matthew Johnson watches over a recruit trialing the new fitness test standard Wattbike at RAAF Base Wagga, NSW.
22 Nov 2024
Air Force
News

Watts new with the Air Force fitness test

Recruits at 1 Recruit Training Unit are among the first aviators to be tested under the new Air Force Physical Fitness Test.

Sports, health & wellbeing
75 Squadron led a 10-day G-Wagon training course along the rugged Gibb River Road. Photos: Leading Aircraftman Lloyd Burbage
21 Nov 2024
Air Force
News

Off-road training on notorious Gibb River Road

Avionics technicians, security forces, medics, dog handlers and a chef went on a 10-day outback adventure in G-Wagons.

Exercises & training
Defence Chief of Joint Capabilities Lieutenant General Susan Coyle addresses the annual Military Communications and Information Systems Conference in Canberra.
20 Nov 2024
Navy, Army, Air Force, Space, Cyber
Editorial

Partnering with industry at the wider frontiers

Space and cyber were at the forefront of Defence's engagement in the annual Military Communications and Information Systems Conference.

Capability & technology | Industry & partnership
The Air Force Roulettes perform a handling display at the 2024 VAILO Adelaide 500 in Adelaide, South Australia.
20 Nov 2024
Army, Air Force
News

ADF revs up the crowd at Adelaide 500

The ADF provided a crowd-pleasing display at the Adelaide 500, the season finale of the Repco Supercars Championship.

Community engagement
The new Defence Space Safety Regulator will release inaugural satellite safety regulations in 2025.
20 Nov 2024
Navy, Army, Air Force
News

Defence sets sights on space safety

The new Defence Space Safety Regulator aims to make space safer in 2025.

Capability & technology | Industry & partnership
Australian Army Joint Tactical Attack Controllers from 4th Regiment, Royal Australian Artillery observe round impacts during Exercise Nigrum Pugio with RAAF at Townsville Field Training Area, Townsville, Queensland. Photos: Trooper Dana Millington
20 Nov 2024
Army, Air Force
News

Refining call-in of targeted attacks

F/A-18F Super Hornets roar overhead as joint terminal attack controllers call in strikes during Exercise Nigrum Purgio.

Exercises & training
The Reviewing Officer, the Governor-General of the Commonwealth of Australia, Sam Mostyn, receives a Royal Salute during the 2 Flying Training School Colour Consecration Parade.
20 Nov 2024
Air Force
News

Flying into the history books with new Colours

2 Flying Training School was presented with a new Governor-General Banner during a recent Colour Reconsecration Parade.

Ceremonies & events
An Australian Army M1A1 Abrams fires while working side-by-side Indonesian National Armed Forces Leopard 2 tanks during a combined joint live-fire practice on Exercise Keris Woomera 2024 in East Java, Indonesia.
19 Nov 2024
Navy, Army, Air Force
News

Explosive end to combined activity

Exercise Keris Woomera has come to a successful conclusion in East Java, Indonesia.

Alliances & relationships | Exercises & training
Australian Army Lance Corporal Andrew Sommerville strikes the ball during the ADF Cricket National Interservice Carnival in Richmond, NSW.
19 Nov 2024
Navy, Army, Air Force
News

Cricketers hit it out of the park

Teams battle it out at this year’s ADF Cricket National Interservice Carnival.

Sports, health & wellbeing
Air Force dental officer Flight Lieutenant Maryam Ferooz performs a dental examination of a resident of the Juniper Gerdewoonem Aged Care Facility at Kununurra during Exercise Kummundoo 24.
19 Nov 2024
Air Force
News

Decade of duty to Indigenous health and community

Air Force has marked a decade of an exercise that has brought the RAAF closer to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities.

Community engagement