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Remembering Australia’s First Submarine

09/22/2019
By Sub-Lieutenant Jacob von Marburg 19 September 2019 While conducting survey operations off the coast of Papua New Guinea, the crew of HMAS Melville took time to commemorate the first Australian casualties of WWI and the loss of the Australian submarine AE1. Melville’s commanding officer, Lieutenant Commander Michael Kumpis, addressed the ship’s…

RAAF in Exercise Mobility Guardian 2019

09/21/2019
By Flying Officer Clarice Hurren 20 September 2019 In the valley between the mammoth volcano Mount Rainier and snow-capped Mount Adams, personnel from 383 Contingency Response Squadron (383CRS) were flown into Selah Airstrip at Yakima Training Center as part of Exercise Mobility Guardian. The team, made up of airfield engineers,…

Wedgetail Returns to the Middle East

09/21/2019
A Royal Australian Air Force E-7A Wedgetail aircraft has arrived in the Middle East as part of Australia’s contribution to the US-led global coalition against Daesh. Defence Minister Linda Reynolds said the deployment of the E7-A Wedgetail will support the Iraqi Security Forces (ISF) in their ongoing fight against terrorism…

France, Germany and New Defense Projects: Framing the Challenge

09/18/2019
By Pierre Tran BOURGES/AVORD AIRBASE, France France and Germany need to resolve political, industrial and operational differences hanging over projects for a new fighter jet and a new tank, a French senator said Sept. 13. A New Generation Fighter is key to the planned Future Combat Air System, backed by…