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CAUTION: Personnel from 23SQN refuel a C-17A Globemaster III as part of Exercise Toxic Gauntlet at RAAF Base Amberley.

Exercise Toxic Gauntlet

COMBAT Support Group personnel prepared for chemical, biological, radiological and Nuclear Defence…

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EXPERT TRAINING: Australian soldiers demonstrate patrol techniques to recruits from the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the UK.

Aussies train Ukrainian troops

The third rotation of Ukrainian recruits has commenced initial training with Australian…

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HARD STUDY: Flight Lieutenant Joshua Fuad from 17 Squadron, RAAF Base Tindal, Northern Territory.

Chef cooks up new role as an flight engineer

Fighter jets and frying pans have as much in common as bombs…

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Royal Australian Air Force and United States Air Force loadmasters sit on the ramp of a No. 36 Squadron C-17A Globemaster III during a low level navigation sortie in North Queensland as part of Exercise Global Dexterity 23-1.

Aussies join US at low level

THE return of Exercise Global Dexterity over the past two months had…

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PROUD MOMENT: Royal Australian Air Force Corporal Tegan Ross from Australia’s Federation Guard with representatives from Commonwealth countries escort the Gold State Coach during the Coronation of His Majesty The King.

Marching with the King and Queen

ON one of the biggest days of their lives, 22-year-old Corporal Tegan…

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Warrant Officer Class 2 Beau Thomas reads the biography of a fallen soldier before the workout begins at the fundraiser for Wounded Heroes. Photo: TrewBella Photography

A little hurt for our fallen heroes

Doing 24 gruelling workouts in 24 hours isn’t an ideal way to…

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