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Corporal Callum Hite supervises the preparation of a Tiger armed reconnaissance helicopter for live-fire practise during Exercise Griffin Guns at Mount Bundey training area, south of Darwin. Photo: Lance Corporal Mitchell Creek
28 April 2022
Army

Regiment gets its guns out

Ground crew aircraft support (GCAS) soldiers provided vital functions for helicopters on Exercise Griffin Guns.
Army pilot Captain Shaun Gill in front of a Tiger armed reconnaissance helicopter from 1st Aviation Regiment at Robertson Barracks, NT. Photo: Corporal Rodrigo Villablanca.
31 January 2022
Army STEM

Pilot ventures into space studies

A background in science led to a professional curiosity in space engineering for one Army pilot.
Australian Army Ground Crew Aircraft Support personnel, of the 1st Aviation Regiment, re-arm ARH Tigers at a US Marine Corps CH-53E Super Stallion air deployed ground refuel point, during Exercise Griffin Eagle. Photo: Captain Gavin Partridge
29 November 2021
Army

Griffin Eagle tests key aviation capabilities

Exercise Griffin Eagle provided an opportunity to further develop attack and reconnaissance aviation capability.
Australian Army pilot Captain David Fileman, of No. 4 Squadron, with a PC-21 aircraft during TS21 at RAAF Base Townsville. Photo: Leading Aircraftwoman Emma Schwenke
17 July 2021
Air Force, Army Talisman Sabre

Army pilot speaks Air Force lingo

Captain David Fileman is an Army helicopter pilot working in RAAF's No. 4 Squadron, deployed on TS21. 
Gunners Liam Finner, left, and Jesse-Jon Thamm, of the 8th/12th Regiment, RAA, stand next to a Pilatus PC-21 from No. 4 Squadron during Exercise Thor's Run. Photo: Captain Carla Armenti
28 June 2021
Air Force, Army Exercises

Gunners take to the sky

Gunners from the 8th/12th Regiment, Royal Australian Artillery, took to the sky with a lift in Pilatus PC-21 aircraft.
Soldiers from the 5th Aviation Regiment conduct start checks on an MRH-90 during Exercise Vigilant Scimitar. Photo: Ken Wilson
24 December 2020
Army

Helicopter power comes together

Exercise Vigilant Scimitar was held at the Townsville Field Training Area in November.
Able Seaman Lily Hardin waves off an Army ARH-Tiger as it takes off from the deck of HMAS Adelaide near Townsville during Exercise Sea Wader. Photo: Leading Seaman Nadav Harel
5 November 2020
Army

Army helicopter crews train for ship landings

Army helicopter crews flying three different aircraft types have been training to land on the deck of HMAS Adelaide right in time for summer and the...
HMAS Canberra returns to Fleet Base East, Sydney, after a three-month Regional Presence Deployment through South-East Asia. Photo: Aircraftman Stewart Gould
3 September 2020
Defence

HMAS Canberra returns home

HMAS Canberra returns to Sydney after a three-month deployment.
An Australian Army ARH Tiger helicopter lands on Pikelot Island in Micronesia. The SOS message of the stricken sailors can be seen on the beach.
3 August 2020
Navy

HMAS Canberra assists in search and rescue

HMAS Canberra and its embarked aviation assets assisted in a successful search-and-rescue mission in Micronesia. 
Craftsman Charles Dodds conducts maintenance on an Army Tiger armed reconnaissance helicopter on board HMAS Canberra. Photo: Petty Officer Tom Gibson
3 August 2020
Army

Supercar mechanic takes skills to sea

A V8 Supercar and an Armed Reconnaissance Helicopter are worlds apart, but not for Craftsman Charles Dodds.
Leading Seaman Aviation Support Daniel May marshalls Australian Army ARH Tiger Armed Reconaissance Helicopters on board HMAS Canberra during Indo-Pacific Endeavour 2019. Photo: Able Seaman Kieren Whiteley
16 May 2019
Defence Indo-Pacific Endeavour 2019

Tigers take flight on IPE19

The ARH Tiger reached an important milestone during Indo-Pacific Endeavour 2019.

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