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HMAS Toowoomba during her transit to the Solomon Islands during Indo-Pacific Endeavour 2018.

HMAS Success transits through the Pacific Ocean to Papua New Guinea as part of Indo-Pacific Endeavour 18.

Royal Australian Navy sailors, Able Seaman Marine Technician Ryan Kok (left) and Able Seaman Marine Technician Grant Watson (right), control the probe from the Cargo Control Room on board HMAS Success during a replenishment with HMAS Toowoomba.

HMAS Sheean berths alongside Diamantina Pier at Fleet Base West, Western Australia.

MRH-90 helicopters on HMAS Adelaide supporting a medical evacuation from an island near Honiara, Solomon Islands.

The medical team and Solomon Island Police Force personnel walk to a waiting MRH-90 helicopter on HMAS Adelaide supporting a medical evacuation from an island near Honiara, Solomon Islands.

Members from the Australian Defence Force Parliamentary Program on the flight deck of HMAS Adelaide with a United States Marine Corps CH-53 Sea Stallion Helicopter in the background during flying operations

HMAS Adelaide Aviation Support team members display deck chains to indicate that the United States Marine Corps Bell Boeing V-22 Osprey is safe to take-off during Indo-Pacific Endeavour 2018.

A United States Marine Corps Bell Boeing V-22 Osprey participates in deck landing practice evolutions with Royal Australian Navy MRH-90 helicopters on the flight deck of HMAS Adelaide during Indo-Pacific Endeavour 2018.

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Royal Australian Navy sailor, Able Seaman Boatswains Mate Michael Ramsden-Smith, from HMAS Toowoomba, conducts firefighting door entry training with members of the Royal Solomon Islands Police Force during a patrol boat workshop in Honiara, Solomon Islands.

Members of the ship's company of HMAS Toowoomba and the Royal Solomon Islands Police Force get together after completing firefighting training during a patrol boat workshop in Honiara, Solomon Islands.

HMAS Harman Catafalque Party member, Seaman Maritime Logisitics - Personnel Operations Jayden Mansfied, rests on arms during a memorial service for Vietnam Veterans' Day held at Rotary Park in Batemans Bay, New South Wales.

The ship's company of HMAS Success gather on the flight deck for a memorial service for Australian submarine AE1 during the transit to Papua New Guinea for Indo-Pacific Endeavour 2018.

Royal Australian Navy sailor, Able Seaman Musician Benjamin Smith, performs The Last Post at the memorial service for HMAS Canberra I on HMAS Adelaide during Indo-Pacific Endeavour 18.

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Students on the P-8A Armament Systems Course 18-01 utilise the new Integrated Training Centre at Royal Australian Air Force No. 292 Squadron, RAAF Base Edinburgh.

Students on the P-8A Armament Systems Course 18-01 utilise the new Integrated Training Centre at No. 292 Squadron training facilities at RAAF Base Edinburgh.

Aircrew utilise the Operational Flight Trainer inside the new Royal Australian Air Force No. 292 Squadron training facilities at RAAF Base Edinburgh.

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Winch hoisting familiarisation with a 5th Aviation Regiment MRH-90 helicopter during the Rotary Wing Aeromedical Course held in Townsville, North Queensland.

Task Group Taji-7 Multimedia Technician, Australian Army soldier, Lance Corporal Juliet Manalo, at Taji Military Complex, Iraq.

(L-R) Australian Army officer, Captain Patrick Walton, of Train Advise Assist Command – South, joins United States Army officer, 1st Lieutenant Matthew S. Wolbolt, of Task Force Panther, to inspect a AH-64 Apache attack helicopter while deployed on Operation Highroad to Kandahar Airfield in Afghanistan.

Australian Army officer, Captain Aaron Condon (centre), the Force Protection Officer of Train Advise Assist Command - South, and United States Army officer, 1st Lieutenant Daniel Spencer (left), discuss security with an Afghan National Police officer manning a guard tower at theJoint Readiness Afghan National Defense and Security Forces Centre in Kandahar, Afghanistan.

Australian Army officer, Major Derek Morris (centre), working with Afghan National Army officers at the Kabul Garrison Command.

Australian Army officer, Lieutenant Philip Cameron, from Sydney is a Scientific Officer serving on Operation Highroad at the NATO Military Medical Facility in Kabul, Afghanistan. He holds a portrait of his children Mackenzie and Olivia.

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Royal Australian Air Force member, Sergeant Jarrod Seaton, checks the serial numbers on an inert guided bomb unit GBU-31 prior to loading on an Australian F-35A Joint Strike Fighter at Luke Air Force Base, Arizona, USA.

Lockheed Martin personnel load one of the first inert GBU-31 guided bomb units into an Australian F-35A Joint Strike Fighter.

Royal Australian Air Force Joint Battlefield Airspace Controller, Flying Officer Aidan Ward, in the top tower cabin of the air traffic control tower at RAAF Base Richmond.

A Royal Australian Air Force F/A-18F Super Hornet from No. 1 Squadron (top) in formation with a SU-30MKI Flanker aircraft from the Indian Air Force

An Indian Air Force Su-30MKI Flanker flies off the wing of a Royal Australian Air Force No. 75 Squadron F/A-18A Hornet

Air Force Technical Camp for Young Women participants and team leaders in front of an Royal Australian Air Force No. 2 Operational Conversion Unit F/A-18B Hornet, at RAAF Base Williamtown.

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HMAS Success returns to her homeport of Fleet Base East in Sydney, New South Wales, after a five-month deployment through South East Asia and the Pacific.

Family and friends farewell HMAS Stuart as the ship sails from her home port, Fleet Base West, Western Australia.

HMAS Sirius departs Fleet Base West, Western Australia, for a four month deployment.

An MRH-90 helicopter flies past HMAS Canberra off the coast of Townsville, Queensland.

Lines are passed as HMAS Toowoomba returns home to Fleet Base West to a large gathering of excited friends and family after a seven month deployment.

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Royal Australian Navy sailor, Able Seaman Aviation Technician - Avionics Thomas Bieleny (left), and Leading Seaman Aviation Technician - Avionics Carman Watson, on the flight deck of HMAS Melbourne during a winching exercise.

HMAS Melbourne (foreground) on standby to conduct a replenishment at sea with USNS Carl Brashear (centre).

A Rheinmetall Boxer combat reconnaissance vehicle on display during Land Forces 2018 at the Adelaide Convention Centre, South Australia.

Royal Australian Air Force No. 11 Squadron Air Combat Officer, Flight Lieutenant Bruce Wilson, conducts a pre-flight check of the weapon bay of the P-8A Poseidon aircraft before a mission on Operation Resolute.

Royal Australian Air Force member, Sergeant Ajaaz Thaker, an Airborne Electronics Analyst with No. 10 Squadron, loads a sonobuoy during an anti-submarine warfare evolution during Exercise Kakadu 2018.

Boatswains mates in HMAS Newcastle, Able Seaman Andrew Gill and Seaman Nathaniel Sanders, conduct 12.7mm heavy machine gun drills with Chief Petty Officer Boatswain Jeffrey East, during Exercise Kakadu 2018.

HMAS Gascoyne sails through Sydney Harbour as the ship departs to undertake a north-east Asia deployment.

Air Warfare Destroyer NUSHIP Brisbane arrives in Sydney for the first time.

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An Australian Army trainer gives directions to Iraqi Army soldiers during urban clearance training at Taji Military Complex, Iraq.

Australian Army soldier, Corporal Tim Leighton, observes Iraqi Army soldiers during urban clearance training at Taji Military Complex, Iraq.

Royal Australian Navy frigate, HMAS Stuart (foreground), and Royal Canadian Navy tanker, MV Asterix conduct a replenishment at sea during Exercise Kakadu 2018.

A 'Hawkei' Protected Mobility Vehicle-Light fitted with a Kongsberg M153 Protector Remote Weapon Station during an integration activity in Townsville, Queensland.

HMAS Melbourne takes position as HMA Ships Sirius and Newcastle conduct a replenishment at sea during Exercise Kakadu 2018.

HMAS Melbourne during Exercise Kakadu 2018.

HMAS Newcastle's replenishment at sea party heaving lines during Exercise Kakadu 2018.

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HMAS Newcastle's embarked MH-60R Seahawk helicopter refuelling during a coordinated anti-submarine warfare exercise as part of Exercise Kakadu 2018.

Royal Australian Air Force maintainers, Sergeanta Brooke Saunders and David Thomson work on the Australian F-35A Joint Strike Fighter flight line at Luke Air Force Base, Arizona, USA.

Royal Australian Air Force F-35A Joint Strike Fighter, A35-009, taking off from Luke Air Force Base, Arizona.

Royal Australian Air Force F-35A aircraft, A35_007, on the United States Air Force, 61st Fighter Squadron flight line at Luke Air Force Base, Arizona.

A pair of Hawk 127 aircraft from Royal Australian Air Force No. 79 Squadron depart for a mission from Darwin during Exercise Kakadu 2018.

Exercise Executive Stretch participants patching up holes during a flooding exercise at HMAS Cerberus.

Australian Army soldiers, Private Eric Williams and Private Jacob Innamorati of 51st Battalion, Far North Queensland Regiment (51 FNQR) move stealthily through bushland during the Patrolman's Course.

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HMAS Ballarat ship's company prepare to cast off lines ahead of departure from Fleet Base West, Western Australia.

Australian Army engineers from the 1st Combat Engineer Regiment attached to a 7th Battalion, the Royal Australian Regiment combined arms team wait to begin training activities under Exercise Predators Run 2018.

Australian Army M1A1 Abrams tanks of B Squadron, 1st Armoured Regiment sits idle before moving with the 7th Battalion, the Royal Australian Regiment-led combined arms team into the first training activity during Exercise Predators Run 2018.

Australian Army soldiers break down a pallet of blank ammunition ahead of their first training activity during Exercise Predators Run 2018.

A MRH 90 helicopter takes off during Exercise Predator’s Run at the Cultana Training Area, South Australia.

Team Aero - which consists of Airbus Australia Pacific, Lockheed Martin, and StandardAero - is responsible for providing Through-Life Support to the Royal Australian Air Force's fleet of 12 C-130J Hercules aircraft.

HMAS Ballarat steams toward Amsterdam Island in the Indian Ocean as part of efforts to rescue an injured Indian solo yachtsman.

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The Royal Australian Air Force No. 2 Squadron standard in front of an E-7A Wedgetail aircraft during a parade held at RAAF Base Williamtown, New South Wales.

A Royal Australian Air Force pilot at Luke Air Force Base, Arizona, USA.

Australian Army special operations military working dog 'Kuga' from the Special Air Service Regiment (SASR) was awarded the Dickin Medal for gallantry by British charity the People's Dispensary for Sick Animals in a ceremony at the Australian War Memorial in Canberra on Friday, 26 October 2018.
Kuga, a Belgian Malinois breed, was awarded the PDSA Dickin Medal for his actions during a Special Operations Task Group patrol in Uruzgan province, southern Afghanistan, on 26 August 2011.
Kuga, who was shot five times during his PDSA Dickin Medal action, served with SASR from 2008 until his death from wounds in 2012.

Ship's company of HMAS Ballarat wave to families and well-wishers as the ship departs Fleet Base West to take part in Operation Manitou.

HMAS Ballarat departs Fleet Base West to take part in Operation Manitou.

Australian Army soldiers from Special Operations Training and Education Centre prepare to parachute into the waters off Manly, Sydney, NSW, during a training activity as part of the Commando Amphibious Operations Course in late-September 2018.

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A Royal Australian Air Force C-27J Spartan drops a mock air sea rescue kit during Operation Resolute off the coast of Townsville.

A Royal Australian Air Force EA-18G Growler from RAAF Base Amberley flies over Brisbane`s iconic Story Bridge as part of a display for Sunsuper Riverfire.

A Royal Australian Air Force C-17A Globemaster aircraft from No. 36 Squadron based at RAAF Amberley performs a low pass over the Story Bridge for Sunsuper Riverfire.

A Royal Australian Air Force C-17A from No. 36 Squadron at RAAF Amberley performs a low pass along the Brisbane River

A Royal Australian Air Force EA-18G Growler from No. 6 Squadron at RAAF Base Amberley flies low above the Kangaroo Point

A Royal Australian Air Force C-130J Hercules aircraft on the tarmac at RAAF Base Darwin prior to flying to Indonesia to deliver humanitarian aid.

Australian Army soldiers from the 1st Military Police Battalion march onto parade for the transition of command ceremony at Gallipoli Barracks.

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A Royal Australian Air Force member unloads humanitarian aid supplies from a C-130J Hercules aircraft in Palu, Indonesia.

Royal Australian Navy personnel line the forecastle as HMAS Melbourne sails into Jeju, Republic of Korea, as part of the ship's North East Asia deployment.

A team of 30 Vietnamese medical personnel arrive in Juba to begin their deployment to the United Nations Mission in South Sudan, transported by a Royal Australian Air Force C-17A Globemaster aircraft.

Australian Army soldiers demonstrate urban clearance training during Exercise Bersama Lima at Seralang Camp, Singapore.

Australian Army members from 1st Battalion and 8/9th Battalion, the Royal Australian Regiment, provide training in marksmanship for Philippine Army Scout Ranger trainees as part of Operation Augury.

A Supermarine Spitfire taxies down the runway, during the 2018 Temora Warbirds Downunder. Temora Warbirds Downunder.

A P-51 Mustang during an aerial display, at the 2018 Temora Warbirds Downunder.

A Royal Australian Air Force F/A-18A Hornet flys in formation with a Gloster Meteor, at the 2018 Temora Warbirds Downunder.

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A Royal Australian Air Force F-35A turns onto the runway to join a United States Air Force F-35A on a training mission at Luke Air Force Base, Arizona, USA.

Australian Army soldier, Lance Corporal Lawrence Odlin, checks the accuracy of Iraqi Army soldiers from 41st Brigade during a live fire range practice at Taji Military Complex, Iraq.

HMAS Melbourne sails past USS Ronald Regan as she departs Jeju, Republic of Korea after participating in the Republic of Korea Navy International Fleet Review.

A simulated munition explodes next to an Australian Army Protected Mobility Vehicle – Light Hawkei during Land Trial 02-18 at the Townsville Field Training Area in North Queensland.

Australian Army soldier, Private Matt Wood, prepares to launch a PD-100 Black Hornet Nano unmanned aircraft vehicle during Land Trial 02-18 at the Townsville Field Training Area in North Queensland.

Crew members depart a Royal Australian Air Force E-7A Wedgetail Airborne Early Warning and Control aircraft on arrival in the Middle East.

A pair of FA-18F Super Hornets return from a sortie out of Royal Malaysian Air Base, Kuantan.

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A Royal Australian Air Force No.1 Squadron ground crewman gives the thumbs up to the crew of a FA-18F Superhornet aircraft on return from a training serial as part of Exercise Bersama Lima 2018.

Australian Army Tiger Armed Reconnaissance helicopters conduct a fly-over of Darwin and Mindil Beach Markets to mark the 50th Anniversary of the Army's Aviation Corps.

Family and friends of HMAS Adelaide ship's company watch a display by a Royal Australian Air Force F/A-18 Hornet aircraft from the flight deck of HMAS Adelaide during the ship’s family day.

Royal Australian Air Force officer Flight Lieutenant James Bevin, of Task Group Taji-7, controls the airspace for the advanced forward observers course at Besmayah, Iraq.

A Royal Australian Air Force KC-30A Multi-Role Tanker Transport aircraft flies in formation with a United States Air Force F-22 Raptor over Edwards Air Force Base in California.

Australian Army soldier Corporal Keith Hall, provides a lesson on advanced marksmanship to Iraqi Army soldiers at Taji Military Complex, Iraq.

Australian Army soldier Sapper Alex Butler, waits on the water's edge prior to placing underwater demolition charges during a course in Sydney.

Members of the ship's company march on board during HMAS Brisbane's commissioning ceremony held at Garden Island, Sydney.

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On December 10, 2018, two F-35A Lightning II multipurpose aircraft with serial numbers A35-009 and A35-010, belonging to the 3rd Australian Fighter Squadron (Royal Australian Air Force), landed at the RAAF Williamtown air base in New South Wales.
The Australian government has so far ordered 72 conventional F-35A, giving up in 2015 the short / vertical take-off and landing F-35B.
Planes took off on December 3 from the American airbase Luke, Arizona, making a stopover and stopover until December 5 at the Pearl Harbor-Hickam sea-air base in Oahu, Hawaii, and fueled several times in the air from a KC-30A tank aircraft (A330 MRTT) . Thus, Australia became formally the seventh user of aircraft from the F-35 family, which took its copies, while RAAF Williamtown became the sixteenth air base, operating them.

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The Bitch
Nickname to this rather unassuming FAL rifle. During the Vietnam War the FAL saw use with Australian troops as well as the SAS. Some rifles were modified at the base to better adapt to the thick jungle battlefield; The Bitch was the result. A shortened barrel and gas system, M16 flash hider and was reconverted to full-auto. This particular example is one of the only ones left from the Vietnam War, now residing at an Australian military base for training purposes. It’s serial number? AD006BEAST. This was done by the field gunsmith.