Operations
News about Royal Australian Air Force operations overseas and within Australia.
SGT Christopher Walker shares his story on deployment to Afghanistan as a plant operator during the war.
A former Hercules pilot looks back on an early Operation Slipper mission into Afghanistan.
In 2021 as the security situation was deteriorating, the ADF helped thousands of people evacuate from Kabul.
An aviation logistics specialist aided the United Nations Mission in South Sudan by moving Vietnamese peacekeepers.
A RAAF C-27J Spartan aircraft and 35SQN aviators help survey regional maritime security in the Pacific.
RAAF's latest support of Vietnam's mission in South Sudan continues more than a decade of cooperation.
RAAF aircraft maintainers and two P-8A Poseidons deploy to the Philippines on maritime domain awareness missions.
A C-27J Spartan and its crew support a third maritime surveillance operation in the Solomon Islands this year.
Having spent years of her childhood at Butterworth, FSGT Melissa Krause is now helping to carry on the base's legacy.
Operation Gateway continues to serve as a rite of passage for Australian maritime patrol crews.
RAAF and Royal Malaysian Air Force (RMAF) stage a combined aircraft crash exercise at RMAF Base Butterworth.
Australian and NZ Air Force personnel work with Pacific neighbours to keep a watchful eye out for any 'fishy business.
