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BACK IN THE GAME: Squadron Leader Mark Oksanen with wife Joanne after transplant surgery in Perth in July last year.

Transplant gives Mark a new life

FOR more than a decade, Squadron Leader Mark Oksanen grappled with the…

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IN OPERATION: Flight Lieutenant Ben Young, Leading Aircraftman Shaun O’Brien and Flying Officer Diana Mitchell conduct control and reporting of air and ground assets during Exercise Tasman Shield 2023.

Air and sea work together

A MAJOR exercise that tested the ability of Air Force and Navy…

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MEMORIES: Jeffrey Pedrina, centre, and his family members check out a de Havilland DHC-4 Caribou (A4-236) at RAAF Amberley Aviation Heritage Centre. Jeffrey flew the same type Caribou during the Vietnam War,

Honour for Vietnam veteran

A VIETNAM veteran renewed acquaintances with the type of aircraft he flew…

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UNIT RECOGNISED: Chief of Army Lieutenant General Simon Stuart with World War Two veteran Awati Mau and members of Sarpeye (Charlie) Company at the anniversary ceremony

Celebrating an 80 year commitment

ONE of two surviving veterans of Australia’s only all-Indigenous military unit joined…

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SHOWING THE WAY: Emma Andrews at the Amberley Air Base.

Firefighter leads by example

THIS year’s theme of ‘Cracking the Code’ resonates with an Air Force…

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OUTSTANDING CAREER: An Air Force warrant officer who joined the Air Force as a young dental assistant has notched up four decades of achievement.

Women’s Day extra special one

FOR Warrant Officer Janet Brennan, International Women’s Day, on March 8, held…

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