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Air Chief Marshal (retd) Sir Angus Houston, Dr Ron Houghton, President of the Bomber Command Association of Australia, Bert Adams, Dr Max Barry, and Chief of Air Force Air Marshal Robert Chipman, gather for the Bomber Command Ceremony at the Australian War Memorial, Canberra. Photos: Leading Aircraftman Ryan Howell
14 Jun 2023
Air Force
News

Australian Bomber Command aviators remembered

RAAF personnel who served in Royal Air Force Bomber Command 81 years ago have been honoured at the Australian War Memorial.

Ceremonies & events | Commemoration & history
  Wing Commander Darren Dolan received an AM in the Miliary Division of the King's Birthday Honours List for exemplary service in Air Force. Photo: Corporal Kylie Gibson
13 Jun 2023
Air Force
News

Recognising excellence in service

Wing Commander Darren Dolan has been recognised in this year's King's Birthday Honours List.

Awards & recognition | People & service
RAAF Squadron Leader Christopher Godfrey was awarded a Conspicuous Service Cross in the King’s Birthday Honours List. Photo: Warrant Officer Gillian Kennedy
12 Jun 2023
Air Force
News

Honour fuels pride in aviator’s work

Receiving a birthday honour from newly crowned King Charles III is an award RAAF Squadron Leader Christopher Godfrey will treasure.

Awards & recognition | People & service
A number of ADF personnel have been recognised in the King’s Birthday honours list. Photo: Petty Officer Paul Berry
12 Jun 2023
Navy, Army, Air Force
News

King’s list honours exceptional personnel

More than 70 ADF personnel have been recognised in this year's King's Birthday honours and awards.

Awards & recognition
The display of a replica of the Air Force MQ-4C Triton Remotely Piloted Aircraft System at this year’s Avalon International Airshow. Photo: CPL David Cotton.
11 Jun 2023
Air Force
News

Squadron reforms after decades

Air Force marks the beginning of a new era after announcing the reformation of 9 Squadron after disbanding in 1989.

Capability & technology
Flying Officer Riley Smith, right, at the Singapore Sports Hub with NSW Country hockey players Clare Bosman and Millie Leard. Photo: Flying Officer Riley Smith
09 Jun 2023
Air Force
News

Air Force hockey star blooms as a Wattle

Flying Officer Riley Smith was four years old when she started playing hockey at Albion Park. 20 years later she represented Australia.

Sports, health & wellbeing | People & service
 Wing Commander Stuart Wheal, is congratulated by Deputy Force Commander Brigadier General Amitabh Jha (Indian Army) after receiving the UNDOF medal. Photo: Major Shobit Bahadur Chand (Nepali Army)
08 Jun 2023
Air Force
News

On parade with UN in Syria

Wing Commander Stuart Wheal received a United Nations Disengagement Observer Force medal to mark the International Day of UN peacekeepers.

Alliances & relationships | People & service
Senior Australian Defence Force Officer Amberley, Group Captain Dennis Tan, escorts Ms Jean Jackson around the Amberley History and Heritage Centre at RAAF Base Amberley. Photo: Sergeant Peter Borys
08 Jun 2023
Air Force
News

At 99, veteran presses rewind

One of Ipswich’s oldest war veterans recently returned to RAAF Base Amberley for the first time in 78 years.     

Commemoration & history | People & service
From left, Aircraftman Max Webb, Pilot Officer Toby Olabarriaga, Aircraftwoman Ellie Hawke and orporal Eliott Jones receive a lesson on the cockpit module of the B-24 Liberator from Paul Rourke during a tour of the B-24 Liberator Restoration Museum in Werribee, Victoria. Photos: Flight Lieutenant Brent Moloney
08 Jun 2023
Air Force
News

One-of-a-kind history lesson

On 21 Squadron's 87th birthday, the unit's aviators got a special history lesson at the B-24 Liberator Memorial Restoration hangar.

Commemoration & history | People & service
RAAF personnel from 23 Squadron prepare to refuel a C-17A Globemaster III aircraft as part of Exercise Toxic Gauntlet at RAAF Base Amberley, Queensland. Photos: Leading Aircraftwoman Taylor Anderson
07 Jun 2023
Air Force
News

Ready for any environmental threat

Air force personnel prepared for chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear defence operations during Exercise Toxic Gauntlet.

Exercises & training
Loadmaster Flight Sergeant Christian Allison of 35SQN teaches Samoan police officer Constable Fetuao Nuuvali how to use the camera during Operation Solania. Photos: LAC Chris Tsakisiris
06 Jun 2023
Air Force
News

Fishy business caught out in the Pacific

A Royal Australian Air Force C-27J Spartan conducted maritime surveillance to detect and deter illegal fishing activities.

Alliances & relationships | Operations & missions
269 ADF Pilots’ Course members with a Pilatus PC-21 aircraft at RAAF Base Pearce in WA. Photos: Chris Kershaw
06 Jun 2023
Air Force
News

Sky's the limit for pilot graduates

Fourteen students from 269 Pilots' Course have received their wings to become the newest pilots in the ADF.

Awards & recognition
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