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No. 32 Squadron pilot and Detachment Commander Flight Lieutenant Murray Turland performs pre-flight checks on a King Air before a flight in support of Exercise Talisman Sabre.
30 Jul 2021
Air Force
News

No. 32 Squadron lends support for Talisman Sabre

Exercise Talisman Sabre is the first time Flight Lieutenant Murray Turland has been given command of a detachment.

People & service
The Commander's Pennant for Air Task Group 630 is passed from outgoing commander Wing Commander Ric Peapell, left, to the incoming commander Wing Commander Alexander Cave. Photo: Glen McCarthy
30 Jul 2021
Air Force
News

Change of command for Air Task Group 630

Command of Air Task Group 630 in the Middle East was on July 25 handed to Wing Commander Alexander Cave from Wing Commander Ric Peapell.

Operations & missions
Aircraftwomen Alese Clark, left, and Maeghan Lewis inside the base command post bunker at RAAF Base Scherger. Photo: Corporal Brett Sherriff
30 Jul 2021
Air Force
News

Valuable experience for young RAAF members

In their first exercise since joining the Air Force, two young aviators have deployed to the remote RAAF Base Scherger.

People & service
A United States Marine Corps F-35B Lightning II aircraft connects to a RAAF KC-30A multi-role tanker transport aircraft refuelling hose during an air to air refuelling sortie on Exercise Talisman Sabre 21. Photo: Sergeant Ben Dempster
29 Jul 2021
Air Force
News

Refuelling first fosters partnership

An Air Force No. 33 Squadron KC-30A multi-role tanker transport aircraft on Exercise Talisman Sabre refuelled an F-35B for the first time.

Exercises & training
No. 75 Squadron F/A-18A Hornet A21-018 sports a bold black-and-white commemorative livery ahead of the squadron's transition to the F-35A Lightning II in 2022. Photo: Sergeant Ben Dempster
29 Jul 2021
Air Force
News

Hornet's new livery a tribute to squadron

One of the last F/A-18 A/B Classic Hornet aircraft to grace the skies over the Northern Territory will be a distinctive magpie Hornet.

People & service
A Royal Australian Air Force FA-18A Classic Hornet aircraft approaches HMAS Brisbane during an air-warfare serial, off the coast of Queensland during Exercise Talisman Sabre 2021. Photo: Leading Seaman Daniel Goodman
29 Jul 2021
Navy, Air Force
News

Crews work together to fend off Hornets

Air Force Hornets no match for a united multinational naval task group on Exercise Talisman Sabre

Exercises & training
US Army’s Chief Warrant Officer 2 Robert Schenk, right, Air Force’s Flight Lieutenant Rebekah Johnson-Costigan and Navy’s Lieutenant Michael Van Den Berg in HMAS Brisbane's operations room. Photo: Leading Seaman Daniel Goodman
29 Jul 2021
Navy, Air Force
News

United in directing the fight from the sea

Fighter controllers from Navy, Air Force, and the United States Army, have joined forces to conduct tactical warfighting simulations from the sea.

Exercises & training
Rear Admiral Michael Rothwell, left, and Air Commodore David Paddison, right, after signing the Transfer of Authority for Command of Joint Task Force 633, witnessed by Warrant Officer Class One Mark Retallick. Photo: Sergeant Andrew Sleeman
29 Jul 2021
Navy, Army, Air Force
News

Change of command in Middle East

Rear Admiral Michael Rothwell has handed command of the ADF contingent in the Middle East to Air Commodore David Paddison.

Operations & missions
Alaskan based US Army paratroopers from 3rd Battalion, 509th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 4th Infantry Brigade Combat Team (Airbone), 25th Infantry Division “Spartan Brigade”, paradrop from a RAAF C-17A  on Talisman Sabre 21. Photo: LACW Emma Schwenke
28 Jul 2021
Army, Air Force
News

Paratroopers in the skies over Queensland

Alaskan-based US paratroopers fill the skies above Charters Towers on Talisman Sabre 21.

Exercises & training
Representing the families of crew members of Catalina A24-50 at the Cairns memorial service are Greg Oliver, left, with Deanne Lawrence and Melville Lawson. Photo: Warrant Officer Ian Gosper
28 Jul 2021
Air Force
News

Catalina crew remembered

A memorial service has been held in Cairns for the crew of No. 11 Squadron Catalina A24-50 who perished on a mission 78 years ago. 

Commemoration & history
A Royal Australian Air Force Avionics Technician guides a P-8A Poseidon aircraft into position, as it prepares to depart RAAF Base Townsville in Queensland, during Exercise Talisman Sabre 2021. Photo: LACW Emma Schwenke
27 Jul 2021
Air Force
News

An alliance in the air and on the ground

Australian and US P-8 Poseidon crews integrate seamlessly on Talisman Sabre 21.

Exercises & training
Air Force personnel from No. 452 Squadron arrive at RAAF Base Scherger from RAAF Base Amberley with a transportable air operations tower during Exercise Talisman Sabre 2021. Photo: Corporal Brett Sherriff
27 Jul 2021
Air Force
News

Teams work hard to activate air base

Personnel have transformed a bare base to a functional Air Force base for Exercise Talisman Sabre.

Exercises & training
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