Air Force

Base welfare hub a first for Air Force
The Community and Welfare Hub at RAAF Base Williamtown is the first facility of its kind on an Air Force base.

Ready for bushfire season
Bushfire operations by the NSW Rural Fire Service will continue to be mounted from RAAF Base Richmond.

Agile and excellent: Wedgetail back home
Air Force's E-7A Wedgetail aircraft and support personnel have returned to Australia following a successful year-long deployment

Air Force career a dream come true
Leading Aircraftman Amit Jindal became an Australian citizen in 2010 and joined the ADF as a way to repay the country "for all it has given me".

Long trek to enlist didn't end well for WWII veteran
So keen was he to support the World War II effort, Phil Robinson, at the age of 15, walked 96km from Perth to Northam to enlist.

Marking 80 years of care from the air
No. 3 Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron and its predecessor units have been saving lives and providing hope for decades.

Deployment a first for squadron
The inclusion of 18 members of No. 3 Security Squadron on Operation COVID-19 Assist was the first time the unit had deployed a reservists-only team.

Air base handover in Middle East a historic moment
The former home of the ADF’s air operations in the Middle East has been handed over to the United States Air Force.

Darwin bombing survivor celebrates 100th birthday
Having survived the bombing of Darwin, there was no way Flight Lieutenant Roger Winspear (retd) was going to let COVID-19 ruin his 100th birthday.

Young cancer survivor gives back to blood challenge
The Defence Blood Challenge is helping people like 11-year-old Josh Miller, the son of Wing Commander Peter Miller.

Donor's life saved by bloody good 'karma'
Flight Sergeant Tony Rohan knows more than most about the importance of blood donations.

Building named to honour Indigenous fighter pilot
Australia’s only known Indigenous World War II fighter pilot, Leonard Waters, has been honoured with the naming of a building.