Anniversary

Snapshot in time and history
Hundreds of Air Force personnel and all in-service aircraft and ground assets mustered in the same place at the same time for an historic photo.

Ceremony marks 75 years since VE Day
The Australian Defence Force has marked 75 years since the end of World War II in Europe with a simple ceremony held in Adelaide.

Bond with neighbour recognised in celebration
The Governor-General was on hand to help Army mark 119 years with special acknowledgement of the good work done in East Timor.

Recording history in Timor-Leste
An Air Force photographer preparing to deploy to East Timor realised things were getting serious when he was issued with live ammunition.

Wedding bells among the ruins
Rifles, a disposable medical sheet and bride with a pistol on her hip featured at this Air Force wedding.

Remembering Australia's first submarine
Off the coast of Papua New Guinea, the crew of HMAS Melville took time to commemorate the first Australian casualties of WWI.

Bringing order to the streets
Serving in Timor-Leste in 1999 was a family affair for Colonel Scott Palmer.

Navy photographer remembers capturing INTERFET
A Navy photographer still receives requests for the imagery he captured on deployment in Timor-Leste 20 years ago.

9/11: Air Force remembers the help it gave to US
It was a surreal flight to New York for a Royal Australian Air Force aircraft in the days after September 11, 2001.

Sixty years of soldiers' stories
The Australian Army's fortnightly newspaper has celebrated six decades since the publication of its first edition.

Happy birthday, Hercules
A workhorse for the Australian Defence Force, the C-130J Hercules aircraft has marked 20 years since entering service.

Fly-past has Newcastle locals seeing double
No. 77 Squadron has taken to the skies in an impressive ‘double-seven’ formation to commemorate 77 years of operations.