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ADF cycling president Squadron Leader Aaron Pyle, left, races after Private Jarrod Hughes during the 2024 Cannonball Mountain Biking Festival at Thredbo.
23 Feb 2024
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ADF mountain bikers mix it with the best

ADF cyclists take on international competitors at the Cannonball Mountain Bike Festival in Thredbo.

Sports, health & wellbeing | People & service
Aircraftwoman Cindy Cao prepares food during her initial employment training at HMAS Cerberus, Victoria.
23 Feb 2024
Air Force
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A tasty journey of reward

An emerging talent in Air Force, making mouths water with her culinary skills, is chef-in-training, Aircraftwoman Cindy Cao.

People & service
Pilot Officer Ashlee Staneke holding her graduate certificate from 268 PC-21 ADF Pilots’ Course last year.
22 Feb 2024
Air Force
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Gaining altitude after graduating

Flying Officer Ashlee Staneke's motivation to become a pilot carried her from a young age through to the ADF Academy.

People & service
A United States Navy MH-60S Sea Hawk takes flight at Tinian North during Exercise Cope North 24.
22 Feb 2024
Air Force
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Island agility proves force readiness

The RAAF has deployed with the US and Japan to conduct agile operations for Exercise Cope North.

Alliances & relationships | Exercises & training
ADF ARRTS program participant Leading Aircraftwoman Emily Foote in the visual arts studio at the University of Canberra's Inspire Centre.
21 Feb 2024
Air Force
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Air Force mechanic changes gears

Leading Aircraftwoman Emily-Jane Foote shares how the ADF Arts for Recovery, Resilience, Teamwork and Skills program helped clear her head.

Sports, health & wellbeing | People & service
The E-7 Trilateral Working Group at RAAF Base Williamtown.
21 Feb 2024
Air Force
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Working with partners to control the skies

Controlling almost 4 million square km a mission, the Royal Australian Air Force has established its position in the skies.

Alliances & relationships
Leading Aircraftwoman Indianna Biles and Leading Aircraftwoman Olivia Jacobs conduct a stocktake prior to sealing the container ready for transportation to RAAF Base Tindal, Northern Territory.
19 Feb 2024
Air Force
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F-35A readiness boosted with deployed spares pack

Aviators have built a second deployed spares pack for the F-35A Lightning II, enhancing supply-chain resilience and operational preparedness.

Capability & technology
Aircraftman Ronan Duff from 383 Contingency Response Squadron at Tinian North during Exercise Cope North 24 joined Air Force as a personnel capability specialist under the Gap Year program.
19 Feb 2024
Air Force
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Far from home in Guam

Aircraftman Ronan Duff's most rewarding deployment so far has been to Guam and Tinian for Exercise Cope North.

Exercises & training | People & service
RAAF Leading Aircraftman Carl Dransfield, from 27 Squadron Air Movements, during Exercise Cope North 24 at Andersen Air Force Base, Guam, USA.
16 Feb 2024
Air Force
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Dynamic moves for Cope North

Leading Aircraftman Carl Dransfield learnt a lot while working alongside the US in Darwin and now he gets to apply this knowledge in Guam.

Alliances & relationships | Exercises & training
Australian and United States personnel were re-tasked to conduct a real-world aeromedical evacuation during Exercise Cope North 24, flying to Micronesia to extract a patient requiring medical care in Guam. Photo: CPL Deniele Oehm.
16 Feb 2024
Air Force
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Swift response validates Cope North partnerships

RAAF and US Air Force assets and personnel were re-tasked during Exercise Cope North to respond to a real-world aeromedical evacuation.

Alliances & relationships | Exercises & training
Air Vice-Marshal Di Turton in Brussels, Belgium, where she is Australia’s first female military representative to NATO and the EU.
15 Feb 2024
Air Force
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Flying through the glass ceiling

Air Vice-Marshal Di Turton is Australia’s first female military representative to NATO and the EU.

People & service
The Royal Australian Air Force Band plays at a function to mark 50 years of diplomatic relations between Australia and the Maldives, as part of Indo-Pacific Endeavour engagement activities.
14 Feb 2024
Air Force
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Air Force band adds Maldivian folk to their mix

Air Force's band learns Maldivian folk music to mark five decades of diplomatic relations.

Alliances & relationships | Operations & missions