HMAS Brisbane Ship Commissioning

10/31/2018
HMAS Brisbane, the second Australian-built Hobart class guided missile destroyer, was commissioned into Royal Australian Navy service, in Sydney, on 27 October 2018. The Prime Minister, the Hon Scott Morrison, MP; the Minister for Defence, the Hon Christopher Pyne, MP; and Chief of Navy, Vice Admiral Michael Noonan, AO, RAN;…

Preparing for the Commissioning of the 2nd RAN Air Warfare Destroyer

10/31/2018
Final preparations for the commissioning of Royal Australian Navy destroyer, HMAS Brisbane, the second of three warships built in Adelaide as part of the most complex defence project in Australia’s history, were full steam ahead leading up to her commissioning into service on 3 November 2018. [maxgallery id="120944"] Brisbane is…

AP-3C Orion in Exercise Kakadu  

10/15/2018
Held biennially, Exercise KAKADU is a joint exercise hosted by the Royal Australian Navy and supported by the Royal Australian Air Force.  In 2018 it included 23 ships, 21 aircraft, a submarine and more than 3,000 personnel from 27 nations, and delivered a range of activities both ashore in Darwin…

Kakadu 2018  

10/08/2018
Held biennially, Exercise Kakadu is a joint exercise hosted by the Royal Australian Navy and supported by the Royal Australian Air Force.  23 ships, 21 aircraft, a submarine and more than 3000 personnel from 27 nations are participating in a range of activities both ashore in Darwin and at sea. …

KAKADU 2018

10/01/2018
Held biennially, Exercise Kakadu is a joint exercise hosted by the Royal Australian Navy and supported by the Royal Australian Air Force. In 2018 it included 23 ships, 21 Aircraft a submarine and more than 3,000 personnel from 27 nations, and delivered a range of activities both ashore in Darwin…

HMAS Melbourne

09/14/2018
HMAS Melbourne deployed for from her home port of Fleet Base East, Sydney, in late May 2018, to participate in Indo-Pacific Endeavour, Exercise RIMPAC 2018, Exercise KAKADU 2018 and the Republic of Korea International Fleet Review 2018. [maxgallery id="119643"] HMAS Melbourne is one of the Royal Australian Navy's three Adelaide…

RAAF Working with Afghan Air Force

09/05/2018
A contingent of Australian advisors is embedded within Train Advise Assist Command – Air (TAAC-Air) at Forward Operating Base Oqab in Kabul, Afghanistan. The mission of TAAC-Air is to support Afghan Air Force counterparts to develop a professional, capable and sustainable Air Force.  The ADF members of TAAC-Air work alongside…

RIMPAC 2018: Ships Deploying to Pearl Harbor

07/27/2018
Ships enter Pearl Harbor June 26, 2018 in preparation for Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) exercise.  In order, the four ships are: French Navy frigate FS Prairial (F731), Royal Australian Navy multi-product replenishment oiler HMAS Success (OR 304), Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force destroyer helicopter shipMaritime Self-Defense Force (DDH 182), and…