Exercise CASSOWARY 2018 

05/12/2018
A joint operation between the Australian Defence Force (ADF) and Indonesian Armed Forces (TNI) to improve security along our shared maritime borders concluded in Benoa, Bali on 24 April.  Coordinated maritime patrol AUSINDO CORPAT 2018 began in Darwin, Australia on 16 April and covered waters between Australia and Indonesia over…

Executing an Air Bridge to Support Insertion Forces During Tailsman Sabre 2017

04/20/2018
The Royal Australian Air force leads a multi national fleet of military aircraft in the skies above Queensland.  In one of Australia’s biggest peacetime air movements of troops and equipment, aircraft from three nations deployed soldiers to the front lines of Exercise Talisman Sabre.  This biennial exercise cements the key…

KC-30A Operations During Tailsman Sabre 2017

04/15/2018
KC-30 Multi Role Tanker Transport Operations during Exercise Talisman Saber 2017.  Now in its seventh iteration, the Talisman Saber series of exercises is the principal Australian and US military training activity focused on the planning and conduct of mid-intensity "high end" war fighting in the air, land and maritime domains. …

B-52 in Australia to Work With RAAF

04/12/2018
U.S. Air Force B-52 Stratofortress Bombers arrive at RAAF Base Darwin to train with the Royal Australian Air Force as part of Enhanced Air Cooperation (EAC). [maxgallery id="115581"] Enhanced Air Cooperation builds on a broad range of combined air exercises and training activities undertaken between the US and Australia, which…

B-52s Arrive in Australia for EAC

04/05/2018
United States Air Force B-52 Stratofortress Bombers arrive at RAAF Base Darwin to train with the Royal Australian Air Force as part of Enhanced Air Cooperation. Enhanced Air Cooperation builds on a broad range of combined air exercises and training activities undertaken between the US and Australia, which regularly involve…

Ocean Explorer 2018

04/01/2018
Two submarines, 12 ships and embarked aircraft took  part in one of the largest fleet concentration activities, Exercise OCEAN EXPLORER 2018submarines. OCEAN EXPLORER was carried out over a three week period off the east coast of Australia, including the Bass Straight, Jervis Bay, Maitland Bay and adjacent sea and air…

Operating in Contested Urban Environments: The Aussies Look at New Technologies

01/22/2018
1/22/18: The 2017 Contested Urban Environment Strategic Challenge (CUE17), a multi-national defence technology activity led by Defence Science and Technology, was held in Adelaide from 20 November to 1 December 2017. [maxgallery id="103874"] The purpose of CUE17 was to investigate new and emerging technologies that can improve the intelligence, surveillance…

USAF B-1B Lancers in Australia

12/11/2017
12/11/17: RAAF Base Amberley is hosting two United States Air Force B-1B Lancers as part of the United States Force Posture Initiatives Enhanced Air Cooperation program. The USAF B-1B Lancers are long-range, multi-mission, supersonic conventional bomber aircraft and are taking part in a training exercise with the Royal Australian Air…