A Canberra bomber with 2 Sqn RAAF in South Vietnam THE remains of an RAAF Canberra bomber flown by Australia’s last two MIAs have been found in Vietnam. The wreckage was found in a remote mountainous region near the Viet-Lao border but no human remains have been located so far, Defence Science and Personnel Minister
Taliban causing civilian casualties
Governor of Oruzgan, Assadullah Hamdam, says three men and a woman were killed when SAS troops went after the Taliban killers of a special forces soldier. Short answer. Tell the Taliban not to hide behind woman and children. Long answer. It is extremely unfortunate and no Aussie soldier would wish for it to happen but
SASR pay debacle
SPECIAL Air Service troopers and their families say they have been warned theyface new debts this week because of overpayments, amid continued confusion over army bungling of their pay. Defence Minister Joel Fitzgibbon has called in independent auditors to examine army pay systems, admitting he does not know whether to believe assurances from army chiefs
Defence accepts less, ACTU wants more
THE global financial crisis has forced the Defence Department to shelve plans to buy billions of dollars’ of military equipment, including a new $5 billion maritime surveillance system. The economic downturn will also mean the navy will not exercise the option to acquire a fourth air warfare destroyer worth $2 billion, and could force a
VC Awarded
A SOLDIER who deliberately drew enemy fire and then carried a wounded colleague to safety through a hail of bullets has been awarded the Victoria Cross. Details of the SAS soldier’s bravery first emerged last year. At the time the chief of Australia’s special operations, Major-General Tim McOwan, said in late 2007 Australian troops had
Traditions: just add spin
Barely a month ago Defence Minister Joel Fitzgibbon decides to abrogate defence responsibility and stand the navy down for two months over summer as a means of retaining sailors and already Debbie Guest, a journalist with The Australian cites it as ‘traditional’ In an article about the Navy rescuing a yachtsman south west of Albany,
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Do the ALP now want to help Iraq?
CONTINGENCY plans are being prepared for an abrupt end to Australia’s military presence in Iraq within a fortnight unless a new legal accord can be hammered out by December 3. I think the article is a bit of a beat-up as Staff Officers will prevail and it’s odds on that a new legal accord will
Navy to be stood down
SHUTTING down the Navy for the summer holidays is a way of retaining sailors, Defence Minister Joel Fitzgibbon says. It’s also a way of abrogating defence responsibilities. I can just see the people smugglers in Indonesia frantically putting out the message that it will be open season for queue jumpers over the summer break. Docked
Good men all
Pause and remember. “In September, for example, there came to the medical officer of the 9th a youngster named Gray (of Murgon, Q’land), whom he remembered having seen before. This was one of two brothers, Queenslanders of the 9th Bn., who during the voyage from Australia nearly a year before had both become ill with
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RAAF C-130 HERCULES – 50 YEARS OF OUTSTANDING SERVICE
This weekend the Royal Australian Air Force will celebrate fifty years of outstanding achievements by its enduring ‘work horse’ – the C-130 Hercules aircraft. I flew on all variants from the old A model in 1964 through to the J model in the mid 80s and appreciated their capabilities. I spent some time as Unit
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