Tag: Australian Defence Force

Two servicemen braved intense heat and smoke to assist firefighters and Australian soldiers to protect homes from blaze.

Australia’s famous special forces unit will in future be led by a more senior officer in the wake of scandals while operating in Afghanistan.

RAN’s three Hobart-class destroyers have reached final operational capability after the third ship completed successful tests off North America.

Liverpool mayor worries that deploying ADF soldiers to Greater Sydney hotspots sends wrong message and will be counterproductive.

Korean Veterans’ Day commemorates the Armistice signed on this day in 1953. More than 300 Aussies were killed and over 1,000 wounded.

The ‘Mystery of the Black Cat’ is a secret no more and the families of 10 servicemen who disappeared without trace in 1943 now have closure.

First two new Chinook transport helicopters arrived in Townsville this week to boost the ADF’s heavy-lift battlefield aviation capability.

Country’s new space defence capability begins operating next year and will cost taxpayers around $7-billion over the following decade.

Four key Defence training facilities in the NT are to receive a $747-million update to help ADF remain battle ready, says PM.

Announcement ties in with the US decision to withdraw its last remaining forces from Afghanistan over the coming months.

Cheese the kelpie was known at the Campbelltown Council’s Animal Care Facility as a troublesome escape artist. Now he’s found a new outlet for his talents.

Decommissioning of the first of the Armidale-class patrol boats clears the way for introduction of new Arafura patrol vessel fleet from 2022.

Military providing an immediate search and rescue capability and more personnel and equipment will help with clean-up operations.

Contract to supply up to 450 new vehicles could be worth around $27-billion. They will replace the current Vietnam-era personnel carrier.

Australian military contingent has completed quarantine formalities and is now working to get schools open and provide other assistance.

Personnel are to enter Australia as part of training activities with the Defence College, but will have their own quarantine arrangements.

Boeing P-8A Poseidon surveillance and response fleet is to be increased by two more aircraft. Total fleet size will be raised to 14.

Fighter jets can now be deployed on operations for the first time after they were officially signed off following two years of testing.

Australia’s soldiers are to be given 5,500 helmet-mounted fused night vision systems so they’re better equipped to fight in all conditions.

The SAS Regiment’s 2 Squadron, which has been heavily implicated in alleged crimes in Afghanistan, ceases to exist with immediate effect.

Royal Australian Navy requires more resources in the Indo-Pacific region as China engages in sabre-rattling.

First female commander for Aussie task force in annual exercise involving the warships of 11 regional partner nations.

HMAS Canberra rushes to the assistance of three sailors shipwrecked on an uninhabited Pacific island.

Plans approved to send 300 Australian military personnel to train Iraqi forces in the fight against Islamic State.

Parents of Cameron Baird, the Australian soldier who died serving in Afghanistan and was awarded the Victoria Cross for bravery, met with Queen, Prince Harry and other award recipients.

RAAF planes will commence support operations over Iraq on Wednesday in the fight against Islamic State, with a final decision to join strike operations immanent.

The prime minister says he would like to return to Arnhem Land, after send-off to Mid-East deployment, to fulfil his promise indigenous community.

Australian Defence ministry has issued a memo warning that Aussie troops run the risk of becoming victim of terror attacks on our own soil.

600 Australian personnel to join US military action against Islamic State in Iraq but PM insists it’s not like 2003.

John Howard's defence force chief, Admiral Chris Barrie, has slammed the Abbott government's handling of asylum seeker issues, labelling it ‘secretive, expensive, and unnecessary' while claiming it is damaging Australia's reputation.

The Australian government says its defence forces are ready to act against the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria if requested by the US but that conditions must be met.

Tony Abbott warns that nobody should underestimate the threat posed by terrorists bearing down on the Iraqi capital as it is revealed that a small contingent of Australian troops have already been sent to 'bolster security' at the embassy there.

Australia needs powerful air combat capabilities, which is why the nation will spend $12.4 billion on F-35 Joint Strike Fighter jets, Prime Minister Tony Abbott says.

Two Australian Defence Force Academy cadets have been found guilty over the ADFA Skype sex scandal.

Further details of the conduct of the Australian army’s so-called “Jedi Council” have been disclosed via the media, and includes senior officers and long-serving members of the defence force.

Defence has launched a massive investigation into more than 100 army and other personnel over the distribution of offensive images of women.