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Vol. 53, No. 17, September 29, 2011 The official newspaper of the Royal Australian Air Force
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Fifth C-17A arrives, possible sixth to come
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HISTORIC OCCASION: Accompanied by CAF AIRMSHL Geoff
Brown, Defence Minister Stephen Smith announces the possibility of a
sixth C-17A at the arrival ceremony for the fifth aircraft at RAAF Base
Amberley on September 23. Photo: LACW Rosaleen Normoyle
THATS
BRAND NEW: Air Forces fifth
C-17A, A41-210, on the tarmac
at RAAF Base Amberley at the
arrival ceremony.
Photo: LACW Jessica Smith
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IN BRIEF
Crash anniversary
A COMMEMORATIVE service will
be held at RAAF Base Richmond
Chapel on October 29 to mark
the 20th anniversary of the B707
accident near East Sale which cost
the lives of five crew members.
Killed were SQNLDR Mark Lewin,
FLTLT Mark Duncan, FLTLT Tim
Ellis, WOFF Jon Fawcett and WOFF
Al Gwynne. The commemoration
will start at 10am with a light lunch
to follow in the Sergeants Mess.
Those wishing to attend should
RSVP to WGCDR Robyne Green
by October 14 on robyne.green@
defence.gov.au. Dress for the ser-
vice will be Service Dress 4B long
sleeve shirt and tie with medals.
OH&S high five
DEFENCE has been recognised as
a leader in Occupational Health and
Safety after it took home five awards
at the prestigious 2011 Safety
Rehabilitation and Compensation
Commission Safety Awards on
September 13. Defence had eight
finalists competing in five out of the
six Safety Award categories. Defence
won: Best Workplace Health and
Safety Management System; Best
Solution to an Identified Workplace
Health and Safety Issue; Best
Individual Contribution to Health and
Safety in Category A & B; and the
Return to Work Award in Category A.
Thirteen other finalists from across
government attended the awards.
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Bonus for veterans
THE Government will fund 74
projects and initiatives to support
veterans and their families as part
of the Australian Governments
Veteran and Community Grants
program which supports local
health and wellbeing activities
for members of the veteran com-
munity. Veterans Affairs Minister
Warren Snowdon said $837,927
had been allocated to 74 projects,
which will assist with a range of
initiatives from delivering health
and exercise programs to purchas-
ing equipment and materials to
enhance services and resources
provided to the veteran community.
Triple celebration
THREE distinguished squadrons
celebrated their 95th anniversa-
ries at RAAF Base Williamtown on
September 23. Numbers 2, 3 and
4SQNs were formed in 1916 and
were sent to England to train, later
deploying to France. Commander
Air Combat Group AIRCDRE Mel
Hupfeld said the anniversaries
provided a unique opportunity to
celebrate the rich histories of the
units. These decorated squadrons ...
continue to serve with a great sense
of pride today, he said.
Full coverage, next edition
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Eamon Hamilton
THE RAAFs new, fifth C-17A is al-
ready being put to work and a sixth
may be on the way.
A41-210 touched down at RAAF
Base Amberley at the end of its deliv-
ery flight on September 19 carrying a
full hold of cargo for the ADF.
CO 36SQN WGCDR Paul Long
said the squadron was excited to
receive the aircraft.
Were keen to put it to work
straight away, he said.
Delivery of the fifth C-17A for
36SQN follows a whirlwind six
months to increase Air Forces heavy
air lift capability after Defence
Minister Stephen Smith announced a
fifth Globemaster was to be acquired.
When the Letter of Request for
a fifth C-17A was given to the US
Government in March, the exist-
ing fleet was heavily involved with
Operation Pacific Assist in Japan after
the earthquake and tsunami that dev-
astated much of the country.
Subsequently, the US Government
approved the RAAF receiving a
C-17A that was being assembled on
the Boeing production line in Long
Beach, California.
It was scheduled to fly in late
August.
On September 14, Mr Smith offi-
cially accepted the aircraft at Long
Beach before joining Air Force mem-
bers at Amberley on September 23
for the arrival ceremony for the new
aircraft.
CAF AIRMSHL Geoff Brown
said Air Force had to be pleased
about the new arrival.
In terms of the ADF, and joint
operations, this aircraft will provide
much more capability, he said.
We now have four aircraft avail-
able but this one gives us new capa-
bilities. Were flying direct into Tarin
Kot, so well have a lot better logis-
tics support in the Middle East and
more flexibility now.
A41-210 joins 36SQNs existing
four aircraft which entered service
between December 2006 and March
2008 and its acceptance into ser-
vice effectively delivers an increase
in capability for the squadron.
The new C-17A will expand
Australias capacity to deploy person-
nel and equipment rapidly all around
the world.
WGCDR Long said the new arriv-
al would be kept as busy as its sis-
ter aircraft. During its delivery flight,
other 36SQN C-17As were flying in
the MEAO and supporting new Super
Hornets, which were also being flown
from the US.
This new aircraft is the same
look, feel and functionality as the
aircraft we already have, WGCDR
Long said.
It will provide the ADF more
flexibility in how it responds to oper-
ations, exercises, and humanitarian
assistance when required.
During the arrival ceremony
at Amberley, Mr Smith announced
that the RAAF may receive another
Globemaster.
Mr Smith said that Australia had
sent a Letter of Request to the US
regarding the potential purchase of an
additional C-17A aircraft through the
US Foreign Military Sales program,
formally seeking cost and availability
information.
A sixth Globemaster would give
the Government increased options
to support a wider range of contin-
gencies that might require heavy-
lift aircraft and would increase the
number of C-17A aircraft available
for operations at any one time.
Straight to work
Fifth C-17A arrives with a full
load, as sixth aircraft raised
IMPRESSIVE:
Defence
Minister
Stephen Smith
and CAF
AIRMSHL
Geoff Brown
survey the
Globemaster
at the arrival
ceremony at
RAAF Base
Amberley.
Photo: LACW
Rosaleen Normoyle
BUSY FROM THE
OUTSET: 36SQNs
fifth C-17A is unloaded
by Air Movements
personnel after it
touched down from its
delivery flight to RAAF
Base Amberley.
Photo: LACW Jessica Smith
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AN AIR Force member who was
seriously burned in an explosion
at Rockhampton airport on July
25 died of his injuries in the burns
unit of Royal Brisbane Hospital on
September 20.
SGT Michael Dunn, of 322
Expeditionary Combat Support
Squadron based at RAAF Base
Tindal, was deployed to the airport as
part of Exercise Talisman Sabre 2011.
He was part of the airfield
arrester crew, whose duties included
operating the arresting cable across
the runway in the event of an emer-
gency landing by a fast jet.
After the explosion, colleagues
immediately extinguished the flames
on his body and applied first aid.
He was transferred initially
to Rockhampton Base Hospital
for treatment and then to Royal
Brisbane where he remained in a
serious condition.
Eamon Hamilton
THE first flight by a 33SQN KC-30A
Multi-Role Tanker Transport has been
made from RAAF Base Amberley.
The aircraft, A39-002, soared in to
a clear Queensland sky on September
16 for a 2 hour flight.
Until now, all KC-30A flights
have been made by Airbus Military,
although some have carried RAAF
crewmembers.
CO 33SQN WGCDR Geoff Fox
said the flight was a proud moment
for a unit which had worked hard to
prepare people and aircraft alike.
The flight was a milestone in that
weve now brought the weapon sys-
tem online, WGCDR Fox said.
At the controls were SQNLDRs
Craig Whiting and Justin Ryder. Other
crewmembers were FLTLT Ben Goring,
WOFFs Darrell Bent and Aleisha
OBrien, and FSGT Talwyn Davies.
On board as observers were
WGCDR Geoff Fox and US Air Force
exchange member, TSGT Lindsay
Moon.
The KC-30A flew over Roma,
Airman dies of injuries after explosion
SADLY
MISSED:
SGT
Michael
Dunn.
Tanker
makes
maiden
flight
Maroochydore, and into military
airspace off the Sunshine Coast. On
board, 33SQN members validated
the flying procedures they will use to
bring the KC-30A in to service.
The aircraft flew profiles similar
to those used for air-to-air refuel-
ling missions, although all refuelling
equipment remained stowed.
Much of the crew has conduct-
ed training on Airbus A330s with
Qantas or on the KC-30A with Airbus
Military.
Before the first flight, the crew
extensively rehearsed their procedures
to ensure they were ready.
33SQN technicians, HALSPO and
Qantas Defence Services staff have
worked extensive hours to prepare the
two KC-30As at 33SQN, including
scheduled servicings and the incorpo-
ration of special inspections and man-
ufacturer service bulletins required
before the start of RAAF flying.
Subsequent flights by 33SQN will
continue validating how the unit oper-
ates the KC-30A, focusing on crew
training and an Operational Test and
Evaluation (OT&E) program.
We will initially aim for two to
three flights a week, with our goal to
reach Initial Operational Capability,
WGCDR Fox said.
Weve got a very clearly defined
work-up process under our Special
Flight Permit recommended by the
Airworthiness Board, so we know
how and where we need to train and
conduct OT&E.
Theres certainly excitement
about us being used for air-to-air
refuelling but we need to work-up
to that capability with a coordinated
approach to training and crew devel-
opment.
33SQN has two KC-30As and can
expect to take delivery of a third at
RAAF Base Amberley in October.
The remaining two aircraft will
arrive in 2012.
HAPPY DAY ARRIVES: Top,
aircraft captain SQNLDR Craig
Whiting (left) and co-pilot
SQNLDR Justin Ryder prepare
the KC-30A for its first flight with
an all-Air Force crew. Inset: The
tanker taxis before taking off on
the historic flight from RAAF Base
Amberley.
Photos: LACW Rosaleen Normoyle and
LACW Jessica Smith
CAF AIRMSHL Geoff Brown
expressed his deepest sympathies
and those of the Air Force commu-
nity to SGT Dunns family.
SGT Dunn was highly respect-
ed and well liked by his col-
leagues, AIRMSHL Brown said.
Those who visited Mick since
the accident were all affected by the
courage and determination that he
showed during his treatment and are
extremely saddened by his passing.
Our thoughts are with his family,
friends and colleagues.
He served 27 years in the Air
Force and most recently he was
serving at RAAF Base Tindal
where he and his family were
long standing members of the
Katherine community.
Air Force and the Defence
Community Organisation are
providing his family with sup-
port.
Meanwhile, investigations into
the incident continue. Inquiries
by the Queensland Police and the
ADF Investigative Service deter-
mined there were no criminal
actions involved. The COMCARE
investigation is ongoing and the
exact details are still unclear.
It is believed he may have been
exposed to a fuel spill, with the
substance igniting while he was in
the portable toilet.
The source of the ignition is
yet to be ascertained.
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SOUTH Australian training capabili-
ties have been boosted with the com-
pletion of new facilities at Horseshoe
Barracks and upgrades to the Cultana
Training Area.
The upgrades have been brought
on by the relocation of Armys 7
Royal Australian Regiment from
Darwin to RAAF Base Edinburgh
earlier this year.
Working accommodation, train-
ing, fitness, health, community
facilities and a combined mess were
among $623 million worth of new
facilities incorporated into Horseshoe
Barracks, located on the Edinburgh
base.
LTGEN David Morrison and
Parliamentary Secretary for Defence
Senator David Feeney officially
opened the facilities on September 9.
Senator Feeney said the facilities
were among the best in Australia and
provided Army with state-of-the-art
working accommodation and training
areas.
The project has also improved
bas e engi neeri ng s ervi ces at
Edinburgh by providing substantial
upgrades to the electrical, water, sew-
age, storm water, gas and communi-
cations systems and to the security
and transport infrastructure.
Upgrades are also planned for the
Cultana Training Area including new
permanent camp accommodation.
The new camp area will provide
sleeping, dining, ablutions, adminis-
trative and logistic facilities to main-
tain a high standard of training.
The upgrades and additions at
Cultana expand the operational area
from 470 to 2000 square kilometres,
enabling training between the three
services.
Graham McBean
AIR Force will receive an extra 55
G-Wagons as part of the purchase of an
additional 950 of the vehicles for ADF
under Project Land 121.
Approval for the G-Wagons,
costing about $425 million, was
announced in a joint statement by
Defence Minister Stephen Smith
and Defence Materiel Minister Jason
Clare on August 30.
The additional vehicles will come
with 200 variant modules and 830
trailers under Phase 5A of the project,
which over all its phases will replace
more than 10,500 lightweight vehicles
and trucks used by the ADF.
Director General Land Development
BRIG Mal Rerden said the first batch
of the G-Wagons had been accepted by
Upgrades at Edinburgh
G-Wagons
boost in
pipeline
Defence and were in the final phase of
delivery preparation before first deliver-
ies to units in early 2012.
The G-Wagons will be used
by Combat Support Group,
Surveillance and Response Group,
Air Lift Group and Air Force
Training Group.
The Land 121 Introduction into
Service Training School based at
RAAF Base Amberley has already
trained more than 100 Air Force
drivers in the new vehicle.
BRIG Rerden said the acquisition
in subsequent phases of the project of
protected vehicles for the fleet to meet
operational demands would be a first
for vehicles of these types.
He said there was still a long way
to go with development of the protect-
ed lightweight vehicles but he expect-
ed similar levels of protection for the
light-weight vehicles to that offered
by the Bushmaster.
The medium heavy trucks would not
reach that same level of protection but
he said it was important to understand
that these were not combat vehicles.
If they are going into a threat
environment they will be supported
by fighting vehicles, which will give
a level of protection around them,
BRIG Rerden said. This means they
dont have to be necessarily to the
same level of protection as the fight-
ing vehicles.
A new methodology for manag-
ing the fleet would also be introduced
to optimise use through the life of the
vehicles.
G-Wagons that clocked up more
kilometres and were used more often,
depending on the unit and rotation of
vehicles throughout the fleet, would
better distribute that demand.
Phase 3 and Phase 5 Light-
Lightweight unprotected vehicles would
roll out from 2012 through to 2015.
Protected lightweight vehicles would
begin roll out from 2017 onwards.
Protected and unprotected Medium
Heavy vehicles would begin from
2015 through to 2018.
MORE G-WAGON WHEELS: An additional 950 protected and unprotected G-Wagons will be purchased for
the Army and Air Force under Project Land 121.
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THE memory of 76SQNs traditional
father, SQNLDR Peter Turnbull, was
honoured when the unit exercised its
Freedom of Entry into Glen Innes in
northern NSW.
SQNLDR Turnbull was appointed
the first CO to lead 76SQN into com-
bat in 1942. He was a highly deco-
rated WWII pilot who was killed in
action.
Over the years, 76SQN has devel-
oped strong historical links with Glen
Innes, acknowledging SQNLDR
Turnbulls former home town.
With swords drawn, rifles car-
ried, drums beating and Colours
flown, CO WGCDR Chris Hake
led 76SQN through the city on
September 3 as the unit was granted
entry by police officer SGT Duane
MacPherson, of Glen Innes Local
Area Command.
WGCDR Hake said it was a privi-
lege to march through the town.
The right of Freedom of Entry
is a significant honour that dem-
onstrates trust, loyalty and a sense
of community between a city and a
military unit, WGCDR Hake said.
Over the last six years, 76SQN
has developed a strong association
with the township of Glen Innes,
he said.
We are proud to exercise a tradi-
tion that recognises this involvement
and to continue to foster an enduring
relationship between the town and the
Air Force.
Four Hawk Lead-In jets performed
a four-ship formation fly-past over the
town to honour the significant occa-
sion.
76SQN was granted the freedom
of the town to recognise the offic-
ers and airmen of the base who had
served in war and peace, thereby
bringing added prestige to the town-
ship and district.
Glen Innes
open arms
GREAT HONOUR: Left, CO
76SQN WGCDR Chris Hake is
challenged by local police for
the right of entry to Glen Innes
as part of the Freedom of Entry
to the City of Glen Innes parade.
IN A LINE: Bottom, 76SQN
members line the street on
parade.
COLOURFUL: Below inset,
FSGT Tony Collie and LACW
Amelia Westfield unveil the
76SQN Colours.
Photos: LACW Casey Gaul
NINE former 38SQN Caribous are
about to start new lives following
a government decision about their
future.
Brisbane-based company
Amrock Aviation will use seven
of the aircraft for humanitarian
work in PNG and the Solomon
Islands and the Historical Aircraft
Restoration Society in the
Illawarra will preserve in a fly-
ing condition the remaining two
aircraft.
As well as these aircraft,
seven propellers were sold to a
range of historical organisations,
including Upwey RSL in Victoria,
Clarence City Council in Tasmania,
Caboolture Warflight and Heritage
Museum and the Northampton
Branch of the RAAF Association in
Queensland, Narromine Aviation
Museum and Dorrigo RSL in NSW,
and Northampton RSL in WA.
Nine Caribous to find new homes
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September 29, 2011 RCE AIRF News
FIGHTER fleets around the world
are ageing and interest from For-
eign Military Sales customers in
the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter is
increasing.
Project Manager New Air
Combat Capability AVM Kym
Osley said that this represented
good news for the international
F-35 partnership.
The cost of the F-35 is heav-
ily dependent on the number of
aircraft produced, and any addi-
tional sales will have a positive
impact on the cost for all custom-
ers, AVM Osley said.
In addition to our regular
contact with counterparts in the
other seven non-US F-35 part-
ner countries, my office receives
many enquiries from prospective
F-35 export customers.
Most recently, I hosted dis-
cussions with F-35 evaluation
teams from both Japan and South
Korea.
The F-35 Program is the first
international collaborative devel-
opment program for a US combat
aircraft. In addition to about 2400
F-35s being manufactured for
the US, more than another 1000
F-35s are expected to be built for
the eight non-US F-35 partners
and further export sales.
Japan and South Korea, in
addition to Singapore, are con-
sidering the F-35 for their fighter
replacement programs.
Getting a feel for each oth-
ers plans is obviously mutually
beneficial. My main message was
that transition to fifth generation
F-35 will provide Air Force with
a significantly enhanced ability
to contribute to regional security,
AVM Osley said.
On current plans, Australias
initial 14 F-35s will be delivered
through 2014 to 2017.
A SYDNEY-based tooling com-
pany is playing a key role in main-
tenance training on the US Air
Forces F-35 Joint Strike Fighters
at Eglin Air Force Base in Florida.
In mid-2010, Pratt & Whitney,
which is providing the fight-
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and installation of the engines
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It was a critical piece of
ground support and Broens won
the contract in the face of stiff
international competition.
The companys system was
subsequently displayed in late
August as part of the rollout cere-
mony of the first US F-35 at Eglin.
The Int egrat ed Trai ni ng
Centre (ITC) at Eglin will be
the nucleus of all F-35 pilot and
maintainer training and eventu-
ally about 2200 maintainers and
100 pilots will train at the centre
annually.
RAAF Base Williamtown
will undergo a significant facil-
ity upgrade program to establish
Australias ITC at which main-
tenance training will start in
January 2017.
Project Manager New Air
Combat Capability AVM Kym
Osley said it was good to see
Australian technology at the
worlds first operational F-35 base.
Despite the good potential
for considerably more F-35 work
in Australia, AVM Osley said
Broens knew challenges remained.
Participation in global supply
chains of the worlds larger aero-
space primes is not easy, especially
when compared to, he said.
However, it should be more
rewarding for those companies
that succeed in terms of return
on investment and international
competitiveness.
F-35 interest grows
Sydney-based tooling
company gets on board
TAKING OFF: An F-35
takes flight during testing in
Florida; left, an F-35 engine
gearbox installation and
removal trailer at the Eglin
Air Force Base engine shop.
Main photo courtesy USAF
7 Air Force Improvement September 29, 2011 RCE AIRFF
A PUSH at Headquarters Air Com-
mand (HQAC) at Glenbrook to
save and recycle Aviation Turbine
Fuel (AVTUR) could one day result
in savings between $2 million to
$3 million a year.
According to WGCDR Ken
Roberts, from Air Commands Air
Force Improvement (AFI) team,
Air Force consumes about 250 mil-
lion litres of Aviation Turbine Fuel
(AVTUR) each year, which equates
to about one sixth of the Air Force
sustainment budget; about $250 mil-
lion.
Most waste AVTUR is col-
lected from daily drains of bulk
fuel t anks, hydrant syst ems
and mobile tankers, WGCDR
Roberts said.
Our initial estimates indi-
cated that across Air Force we
could be disposing of about one
million litres of AVTUR per year
from those drains; thats more than
$1 million in value.
Re d u c i n g f u e l wa s t -
age is therefore an Air Force
Improvement initiative that makes
good sense.
HQAC was concerned about
those costs and determined that if
AVTUR wastage was reduced by
a mere 1 per cent, the result could
save about $2 million to $3 million
a year as well as provide more fuel
for operations and exercises.
Accordingly, HQAC initiated
a project to reduce the amount of
waste AVTUR that is disposed of
through contractors.
Work conducted by Combat
Support Group (CSG) determined
that fuel farms in many instances
could be modified to accept waste
fuel so it could be settled, pro-
cessed and tested and then trans-
ferred back into general use.
Additional wastage could then
be recycled in the same way.
WGCDR Roberts said that it was
work in progress and at this stage it
was too early to determine whether
the work was cost-effective.
We are still trying to quantify
the amount of waste generated on a
base-by-base basis, he said.
At this stage, I am working
with Williamtown to quantify their
waste and have some preliminary
data from Amberley.
The disposal process varies
from base to base and depending
on where the waste fuel is collect-
ed. We pay 80 cents per litre to
have some waste collected, some
waste is collected for free (and re-
sold by the collector as low-grade
fuel), and in some places contrac-
tors actually pay Defence to collect
it (less than 20 cents per litre).
As a first step in the process,
CSG is coordinating development
work in conjunction with Defence
Support Group (DSG) and Joint
Fuels and Lubricants Authority to
design and implement the necessary
modifications (where viable) to base
fuel installations in order to harvest
AVTUR.
Initial waste analysis has been
done at Amberley and Williamtown
with other bases to follow.
Each will need to be consid-
ered on an individual basis as there
is no consistent design for fuel
farm design at each base.
No figure on the costs of modi-
fying farms is currently available.
At this stage, Amberley is closest to
obtaining cost estimates. Even then,
the modifications will need to be
approved through the DSG design
change process before funding can
be progressed with any degree of
confidence, WGCDR Roberts said.
Sandra Onus
IF THE Air Force were a song what would it be?
That was the question posed by a leading
international motivational speaker who present-
ed a series of workshops at Headquarters Air
Command (HQAC) during its AFI Transformer
Week.
Music, motivation and improvement were
the themes of the workshops, which were con-
ducted by Glenn Capelli, who set out to motivate
staff to work smarter in a crazy world.
Capelli is the founder of the True Learning
Centre, a company focused on quality learning
and creative endeavour. He is a leading interna-
tional keynote speaker and trainer.
His message was for all staff to build creativ-
ity, innovation, leadership and dynamic thinking.
If we allow it we teach it, he said, which
motivated staff to re-assess their own workplace
behaviours.
He also challenged underlying philosophies
and attitudes towards reform and accountability,
advocating a positive future-orientated approach.
To build a positive cost-conscious culture, all
staff at HQAC participated in the three sessions,
which concentrated on sharing knowledge,
enhancing morale and learning new tools and
strategies that would improve the HQAC work-
place.
HQAC Chief of Staff AIRCDRE John Samulski
said taking the time to talk, listen and think about
what we do has improved HQACs attitude,
which translates into real workplace improve-
ments.
The challenge is to maintain the tempo and
support similar initiatives across Air Command,
AIRCDRE Samulski said.
Transformer Week was designed to address
issues and concerns identified in the culture
assessment survey conducted six months ago at
the inaugural HQAC AFI Awareness Week.
The same survey was repeated at
Transformer Week and the results indicated a
significant improvement in AFI awareness and
openness to improvement.
And what song would Air Force be?
The participants chose a wide range of
options ranging from country and western to
thrash metal (these were the pilots).
Suggestions included the Top Gun theme.
And on that
creative note...
Fuel
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A COMMEMORATIVE ceremony to
mark the 64th anniversary of Austral-
ias involvement in peacekeeping was
held at the future site of the Australian
Peacekeeping Memorial on Anzac Pa-
rade, Canberra, on September 14.
Australias first United Nations
peacekeeping deployment was to
Indonesia in 1947.
Veterans Affairs Minister Warren
Snowdon said Australia had a proud
record of peacekeeping and peace-
making, participating in more than 50
UN and multi-national operations.
Currently, almost 600 Australian
Defence Force and Australian Federal
Police personnel are deployed in oper-
ations across the globe in locations
including the Middle East, Timor-
Leste, Solomon Islands and Sudan,
Mr Snowdon said.
Australian Federal Police Assistant
Commissioner Frank Prendergast said
the 100th Australian police contingent
to Cyprus had recently deployed. AFP
members first deployed to Cyprus in
1964.
The courage, tenacity, resource-
fulness and empathy shown by our
peacekeepers in the face of challeng-
ing and dangerous environments is a
continued reflection of the Australian
spirit, Mr Prendergast said.
The Australian Government is
funding a University of Melbourne
study that investigates the long-term
effects on mental health and quality of
life of ex-serving ADF peacekeepers
deployed from the 1990s to 2002.
The study will consider Australian
involvement in locations such as
Rwanda, Somal i a, Cambodi a,
Namibia, Western Sahara and East
Timor and is expected to be complet-
ed by the end of 2012.
PAYING TRIBUTE: AIRCDRE Terrence Delahunty and MAJGEN John Caligari lay wreaths at the
commemorative service in Canberra. Photo: LAC Bill Solomou
SENIOR Air Force legal personnel joined hundreds of
mourners at Adelaides Centennial Park cemetery on Sep-
tember 13 to farewell No. 24 (City of Adelaide) Squadron
reserves legal officer WGCDR Andrew Swifte, who died
suddenly at his home on September 4.
He was 60.
Director-General Australian Defence Force Legal
NUMBER 37 Squadron has re-
turned to Australia another Aus-
tralian serviceman who has died
in the line of duty, this time in
East Timor.
CFN Beau Pridue, who was
serving with the International
Stabilisation Force (ISF), died
from injuries that he sustained
in a motor vehicle accident
near the town of Baucau on
September 15.
A second Australian ISF sol-
dier was injured in the accident.
The two soldiers were
Army reservists posted to the
8
th
Combat Services Support
Battalion in NSW.
They were travelling in an
ISF Unimog vehicle when the
accident occurred.
CFN Pridues repatriation
started on September 20 with
a memorial service in Dili and
then a ramp service at the air-
port as his body was ceremoni-
ously placed aboard the waiting
Hercules.
After the C-130 touched
d o wn a t RAAF Ba s e
Williamtown on September
21, soldiers from 8th Combat
Service Support Battalion
formed an honour guard and
bearer party.
Then, led by the chaplain
and a piper and drummer, they
escorted his casket from the air-
craft to CFN Pridues waiting
family.
ISF CO COL Luke Foster
said CFN Pridue would be sadly
missed by his mates and the
entire ISF.
Beau was an excellent solid-
er, a great contributor and a real
team player, COL Foster said.
CA LTGEN Da v i d
Morrison, Commander 2
nd

Divi si on MAJGEN Crai g
Williams and Commander 8
th

Brigade BRIG Phillip Bridie
were also waiting to welcome
CFN Pridue home and paid
their respects to his family.
64 years
of keeping
the peace
Mourners farewell
reserves officer
Services AIRCDRE Paul
Cronan, Air Force Legal
Specialisation Sponsor
GPCAPT Chr i st opher
War d and Speci al i s t
Reserve (Legal) Principal
Panel Leader Air Force
GPCAPT David McLeod
were among the mourners.
Swiftee, as he was
known to his mates, was
described as a RAAF Base
Edinburgh identity.
In his eulogy, GPCAPT
McLeod paid tribute to WGCDR Swifte, who was his
deputy, for his dedication and enthusiasm for the Air
Force.
He was a great bloke, funny and warm, a highly suc-
cessful lawyer in private practice, who did not take himself
too seriously, but reliably provided expert assistance and
representation to personnel and commanders of RAAF Base
Edinburgh for over 23 years, GPCAPT Ward said.
He was a loyal and highly effective legal officer,
who was also Adelaides Deputy RAAFSR Panel Leader
since 2005.
WGCDR Swifte is survived by his wife Deb, daugh-
ter Alexandra and sons Nicholas and Edward.
GREATLY MISSED:
WGCDR Andrew Swifte.
Digger back home after East Timor tragedy
SOMBRE SCENE: The bearer party carries the casket of CFN Beau Pridue from the
C-130 at RAAF Base Williamtown and, right, a photograph of CFN Pridue displayed at
the ramp ceremony. Photos: LAC Craig Barrett
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JUMPING through a hoop, swimming
in muddy water and crawling under
a net is hard enough for any dog, but
35 entrants at a recent canine biathlon
had to do it with their handlers.
The annual Australian Service Dog
Association (ASDA) seminar, which
included the Police and Service Canine
Association Queensland (PASCAQ)
biathlon, was conducted at RAAF Base
Amberley on September 1 and 2.
Entrants included Air Force, Army,
Customs, NSW, Northern Territory
and Queensland State Police,
Corrective Services, and Australian
Federal Police. Four handlers from
RAAF Base Williamtown attended.
Military Working Dog Handler
(MWDH) SGT Tricia Reynolds, who
attended with 7-year-old German
Shepherd Duke, said: During the
seminars we discussed scent and agita-
tion work and man trail/tracking tech-
niques from the Queensland police.
The biathlon course, which was
run over 3km, included man-made
and natural obstacles.
SGT Reynolds and Duke won
the ADF Challenge, while MWDH
FSGT Dave Towerton and his juve-
nile dog Fortune won the handicap
event.
There were two cam nets pegged
to the ground and you had to take
your dog and crawl under them
(one was in a muddy swamp), SGT
Reynolds said.
As you can imagine, its hard
enough to do it by yourself, let alone
with a dog running after you.
FSGT Towerton said he was very
pleased with Fortunes efforts.
Its a dog-meet-
dog world, eh?
A-PAWS PLEASE: SGT Tricia Reynolds, right
of front row, and FSGT Dave Towerton, middle
of the back row, were among the winners at
the K9 Cross Country Biathlon at RAAF Base
Amberley. Left, LAC Bevan Case competes with
his dog Mace. Aside from competition, the day
was also an opportunity for handlers to discuss
training methodologies and to problem-solve
training issues. Photos: LAC Benjamin Evans
A PAWS PLEASE: SGT Tricia Reynolds right

With both of them being in the Air Force, LACW Kylie
Bremner and LAC David Bremner have been living in
DHA houses up and down the east coast of Australia for
the past 12 years.
We really love the opportunities weve had and we
love moving around. Weve seen the east side of the
country basically and weve got so many memories from
different locations, says Kylie.
In Townsville Chloe was one of the cheerleaders for
North Queensland Cowboys and the boys went to all of
the games - they still remember that. And now were
near Canberra and have been spending some time at
the snow - just different little things that weve done,
Kylie adds.
Yeah, the kids love it. In fact they actually asked the
other day when are we moving next mum?, said Kylie.
But the Bremners are thinking about the future...

Im sure theres going to be a time when we have to
settle for our kids, especially for schooling as they get
older, says David.
But for now, we make the most of it, whatever location
we are living in.

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139 DHA
We really love the opportunities
weve had and we love moving
around.


DAVI D AND KYLI E BREMNER, RAAF
Darren Saffin
AIR Force reservist FLTLT Geof-
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his dream to become a fully
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and owns
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and pilot-training enterprise.
He is a reservist flying instruc-
tor on Hawk Lead-in fighters with
79SQN at RAAF Base Pearce.
Prince of Wales Award recipi-
ents receive up to $8000 to under-
take a training or development
activity directly related to their
civilian occupation or profession.
FLTLT McDougall plans to use
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testing to become a Civil Aviation
Safety Authority-certified grade 1
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IT WILL be the final homecoming
for chaplain SQNLDR Kevin Murray
when he returns from his deployment
in East Timor in October.
The 62-year-old reservist chaplain
from RAAF Base Williams Laverton
will then retire in the town of Melton,
Victoria, which he has called home
for the past 34 years.
SQNLDR Murray heads up
t he l ogi st i cs capabi l i t y of t he
International Stabilisation Force (ISF)
in East Timor.
I have enjoyed the challenge and
diversity of my role and the wonderful
new friendships that will endure in the
years ahead, SQNLDR Murray said.
He is also establishing some new
benchmarks while overseas with the
ADF.
I believe I am the oldest ADF
member on the East Timor deploy-
ment and certainly the only great-
grandfather.
In fact, he served in the Middle
East last year with his son also a
SQNLDR and soon returns home
to six granddaughters and two great
grandsons.
Theres an old saying that you
are as old as you feel. I have real-
ly enjoyed my deployment and I am
always up with the rest of the troops
for morning PT.
A personal achi evement for
SQNLDR Murray will be coming
home with two more campaign med-
als to match the number awarded to
his own father who was a WWII vet-
eran.
A special medal in his kit bag will
be the coveted East Timor Solidarity
Medal, awarded by President Dr Jose
Ramos-Horta in recognition of forces
involved in the contribution to stabil-
ity and peace in East Timor.
Great
grandad
calls it a
day
BENCHMARKS:
SQNLDR Kevin
Murray at work with
the International
Stabilisation Force in
East Timor.
Photo: SGT Bill Guthrie
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September 29, 2011 RCE AIRF Battle of Britain
Andrew Stackpool
AIR Force personnel and assets played a major
role in commemorative activities for the 71
st
anni-
versary of Battle of Britain that were held around
Australia.
DCAF AVM Neil Hart attended commemo-
rations in Hobart on September 10 and 11.
The day included a church service at St
Davids Cathedral, a memorial service and com-
memorative wreath-laying ceremony at the
Cenotaph and a fly-past by a 79SQN Hawk Lead-
in jet fighter from RAAF Base Pearce.
Speaking at the ceremony, AVM Hart said the
Battle of Britain was a significant battle in itself,
but it was also the first military campaign to be
determined by air power alone.
Success was realised as a result of many
factors, but none more so than the bravery, deter-
mination and leadership displayed by the aircrew,
together with the unwavering support offered by
the ground elements, AVM Hart said.
Commemorations continued during the week.
On September 16, Hornets from RAAF Base
Williamtown performed a three-ship fly-past of
the service in Newcastle.
On September 18, the Roulettes and a WWII
Harvard from the RAAF Museum performed fly-
pasts of the Shrine of Remembrance and later the
Roulettes performed an aerobatics display at Point
Cook.
The ceremony in Newcastle, which was hosted
by the RAAF Association Newcastle Branch, was
held at the Cenotaph.
Many Newcastle residents fought during
WWII in the skies over Britain and Europe as
members of the RAF and later the RAAF.
The service remembered PLTOFF John
Crossman, a former student from Newcastle Boys
High School who became a fighter pilot in the
Royal Air Force.
He was killed in combat during a German air
raid over southern England on 30 September 1940.
The aircrew that gave their lives should be
remembered, and its important that we continue
to remember those people 71 years later, AVM
Hart said.
Our modern Air Force has been shaped by the
strength of character drawn from the actions of
those airmen who fought in the skies during the
prolonged Battle of Britain.
BRITISH prime minister Winston Churchill said after the Battle
of Britain: Never in the field of human conflict was so much
owed by so many to so few.
Although he was primarily referring to the struggle against
the raids of the vastly-superior and experienced German
Luftwaffe by the RAF, the battle involved pilots from several air
forces.
While 10SQN was the only RAAF unit in Britain, among
their ranks were more than 22 Australian fighter pilots, 47
Remembering them
who flew with Bomber Command and several more with
Coastal Command. At the end of the battle, of the 1503
allied aircrew who died, at least 14 Australian fighter
pilots, five from Bomber Command and eight from
Coastal Command were killed.
Seven Australians became air aces by shooting down
five or more enemy aircraft. Chief among them was
FLTLT Pat Hughes from Cooma in NSW.
He shot down 14 enemy aircraft, which puts him
among the leading six allied aces of the battle.
The battle started on July 10, 1940 and officially
ended on October 30 as the first major defeat of German
forces during the war.
Despite having its back to the wall, the skill and tenac-
ity of the RAF and the effectiveness of the Hurricane and
Spitfire fighters were critical in turning the tide of the
battle.
The climax occurred on September 15, 1940, when
the Luftwaffe launched two huge raids against England
after the German High Command believed the RAF had
been beaten. In response, the RAF literally threw every
fighter it had against the armadas. When the day was
over, more than 60 German aircraft were destroyed to
the RAFs 25.
IN HONOUR: Flags are raised
during the commemoration
for the 71st anniversary of the
Battle of Britain at the cenotaph,
Queens Domain, Hobart.
Photo: SGT Andy Hall
REFLECTION IN NEWCASTLE: Catafalque Party member FLGOFF Melissa Picton, of RAAF
Base Richmond, Rests on Arms during the ceremony in Sydney. Photo: LAC Chris Hall
TRIBUTES IN SYDNEY: From left, OC 81WG GPCAPT Joe Iervasi, MAJ
Scott McManus and LCDR David Hughes at the Newcastle service.
Photo: LAC Mark Friend
JOINING TOGETHER IN HOBART: DCAF AVM Neil
Hart talks to WGCDR Charles Hill, president of the RAAF
Association, Tasmania Division (right), and Lieutenant
Governor of Tasmania Justice Ewan Crawford, after the
Hobart commemoration at the cenotaph.
Photo: SGT Andy Hall
At least 14 Australian fighter pilots died in the battle
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GETTING ON
BOARD: Above,
AIRCDRE Noel
Derwort with Battle
of Britain veteran
Mrs Katharine
Cowper in front of
the new honour
board; right, the
driving force behind
the honour board,
former SQNLDR Bob
Cowper; left, part of
the primary schools
performance. Photos:
LACW Nicci Freeman
FLTLT Melody Earl
RETIRED SQNLDR Bob Cowper
worked tirelessly to create a special
Battle of Britain honour board that was
unveiled at RAAF Base Edinburgh on
September 15.
The board contains the names of
Australian aircrew who fought in the
battle.
Mr Cowper, who is one of our most
distinguished night fighter aces and
the last CO of 456SQN, researched
the information for the board from
the book, A Few of The Few
Australians and the Battle of Britain.
Besides designing the honour
board, he was the prime mover in sub-
mitting the design to the Air Force and
then in having it made.
It will eventually be installed in the
RAAF Museum Battle of Britain display
at Point Cook.
Commander Aerospace Operational
Support Group AIRCDRE Noel Derwort
addressed the attendees at the unveiling.
Something many people do not real-
ise is that the Battle of Britain was more
than a pivotal battle when it comes to air-
power, it was the first time a battle was
fought entirely in the air, he said.
Mr Cowpers wife, Katharine, who
also attended the ceremony, is the
only known surviving Australian-born
Battle of Britain veteran.
Mrs Cowper was a member of the
Womens Auxiliary Air Force (WAAF)
stationed at RAF Kenley airfield,
which was a prime target.
Without the radar operators and
WAAF plotters to relay directions,
the defending fighters would not have
been able to achieve all that they did.
The attendees also watched pupils
from Playford Primary School perform
an interpretive dance of the song I Was
Only 19, written by John Schuman.
Playford had recently won the
Most Innovative Activity award in an
Anzac Day award project.
Air Force News will feature more on Bob
and Katharine Cowper in a future edition.
Air Force News souvenir poster International Defence Rugby Competition 2011
ONTHE CHARGE:
CPL Michael Wallace
will be a key playmaker
for the Warriors.
Photo: LAC Bill Solomou
SMN Aaron Louden
Service, unit: Navy,
RAAFSTT. Club: RARC.
ABTait OSullivan
Service, ship: Navy,
HMAS Kuttabul; Age: 22;
Club: Randwick.
AB Adam Powell
Service, ship: Navy, HMAS
Watson; Age: 24; Club:
Drummoyne.
AB Dan Robertson
Service, ship: Navy,
HMAS Kuttabul; Age: 26;
Club: Randwick.
AB James Smith
Service, unit: Navy,
37SQN; Age: 23; Club:
Northern Suburbs.
CPL Michael Wallace
Service, unit: RAAF,
37SQN; Age: 24; Club:
Gordon.
LAC Chris Tuttiett
Service, unit: RAAF,
2OCU; Age: 25; Club:
Southern Beaches.
CPL Bodine Luscott
Service, unit: RAAF,
81WG; Age: 26; Club:
Waratahs.
FLTLT Andre Holmes
Service, unit: RAAF,
76SQN; Age: 24; Club:
Hamilton Hawks.
SGT Richard Falkenmire
Service, unit: RAAF,
37SQN; Age: 29. Club:
Penrith.
LAC Alex Chan
Service, unit: RAAF,
10SQN; Age: 23; Club:
Port Adelaide.
BDR Harley Whaikawa
Service, unit: Army, 2/10
Fd Regt. Club: Melbourne
University.
PTE John Tanuvasa
Service, unit: Army, 8/7
RVR; Age: 20; Club:
Melbourne University.
CPL Craig Rogerson
Service, unit: Army, 8/9
RAR; Age: 26; Club: GPS
Ashgrove.
SPR Shaun Richardson
Service, unit: Army, 21
Const Regt; Age: 32.
Club: Randwick.
PTE Ben Radmall
Service, unit: Army, 9
RQR; Age: 20. Club:
Sunshine Coast Stingrays.
PTE Adam Nixon
Service, unit: Army,
ASEME; Age: 30; Club:
Albury Steamers.
CFN Jeremy Nelson
Service, unit: Army,
RAMS; Age: 21; Club:
RARC.
SCDT Tony Luxford
Service, unit: Army,
RMC-D; Age: 24; Club:
RMC/Randwick.
LCPL Shaun Kober
Service, unit: Army, 5
RAR; Age: 26; Club:
Casuarina.
SGT Dean King
Service, unit: Army, 1
RAR; Age: 32; Club: Ross
River Redskins
SGT Ben Jones (v-capt)
Service, unit: Army, SME;
Age: 30; Club: Randwick.
WO2 Shaun Jolley
Service, unit: Army, 1
Regt RAA; Age: 32. Club:
Caboolture
CAPT Ben Grumley
Service, unit: Army, QUR;
Age: 29.
PTE Isikeli Fukofuka
Service, unit: Army, 1
RTB; Age: 28; Club:
South Brisbane.
CPL Ricky Dumigan
Service, unit: Army, 2/17
RNSWR; Age: 34. Club:
Wagga Wagga City.
OCDT Lewis Crothers
Service, unit: Army,
ADFA; Age: 20; Club:
ADFA.
LCPL Joven Clarke
Service, unit: Army, 3
RAR; Age: 28. Club:
Philippines national team.
CPL Tom Boole
Service, unit: Army, 2
HSB; Age: 24; Club: West
Brisbane.
PO Jason Harrington (capt)
Service, ship: Navy,
HMAS Tobruk; Age: 32;
Club: Randwick.
ASRU WARRIORS
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Contingent commander: COL Tim Simkin
Coach: CAPT Damien Cahill
Assistant coach: Mark Giacheri
Analyst: SGT Gav Whiteside
Assistant analyst: PTE Luke Tabutoa
Team manager: FLTLT Chris Scott
Assistant team manager: WO2 Matt Brooks
Doctor: LCDR Richard Loizou
Physiotherapist: FLTLT Anna Lewis
Strapper: Fred Cantlon
ASRU draw
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W
HEN six of Air Forces
finest young pilots finish
their Hornet intensive
operational conversion
course in December, they will join an
elite group.
They will be fully fledged Hornet
fighter pilots.
The six pilots began their training at
2 Operational Conversion Unit (2OCU)
at RAAF Base Williamtown in July and
will graduate as qualified fighter pilots
in December after the ground attack
phase of their training, Exercise High
Sierra, in Townsville, which will call on
their many new skills.
For students to be accepted on to
the course they must have graduated
within the top quarter of the Air Force
pilot training system.
2OCUs primary role is to convert
Hawk Lead-in fighter graduates to be
Hornet fighter pilots. It is something it
has lots of practice doing with a new
six-month course every 18 months.
CO and senior instructor of 2OCU
WGCDR David Smith said the course
contained three phases.
The first six weeks involves
converting the students on to the
aeroplane, including learning all of
its systems, how to take off, land, fly
in close formation, in bad weather
day or night, with the end result them
being awarded an instrument rating,
WGCDR Smith said.
The next three months they par-
Feature RCE AIRFF September 29, 2011
16
ticipate in an air-to-air phase begin-
ning with visual manoeuvring or the
art of dog-fighting, both offensively
and defensively and they then pro-
gress on to working as a wingman to
effectively achieve a kill in a visual
arena.
Students then move on to the
intercept component of the air-to-air
phase, operating in pairs employing
the Hornets radar for the long range
use of air-to-air weapons.
They also work as a team and
build up to the point of working in
pairs to target multiple groups of
adversaries of up to four aircraft,
WGCDR Smith said.
The last six weeks of the course
is dedicated to an air-to-ground phase,
teaching them the core skills of find-
ing targets, dropping bombs, during
day and night, utilising all aircraft
sensors, including the radar, targeting
pod and joint mounted helmet cueing
system.
During the last three weeks of
this phase we take them away in a
squadron environment to Townsville
Striving for the best
and conduct an exercise getting them
to the point where they are flying in
formations of four aircraft and carry-
ing live weapons.
During this exercise, students
for the first time will be exposed to
warlike operations and be expected
to fight their way to ground targets
theyve never seen before, drop bombs
on those targets and fight their way
home back to base.
Instructors on the course are some
of the most skilled and experienced
fighter pilots serving in the Air Force.
One of them is 2OCU B Flight
Commander SQNLDR Ray Simpson.
In 1998, when he was a member of
77SQN, he was named as Air Forces
fighter pilot of the year and in 2003 he
led combat missions over Iraq as the
Fighter Combat Instructor for 75SQN.
He is one of the duty flight com-
manders that runs the flying program
and is an instructor on the course.
For me the favourite part of
instructing is helping students who
need assistance at a remedial level,
SQNLDR Simpson said.
LOVING
HIS NEW
JOB: LEUT
Ben Scorey
who will
transfer
to the Air
Force after
completing
the course.
Photo: SGT
Andrew
Hetherington
Most students could pass
an F/A-18 course if it had
no time limit, but the rea-
son we put a time limit on
it was for students to show
they can demonstrate a
level of learning and handle
the progression through
the training and continue
to progress learning to an
operational fighter squad-
ron, providing capability to
Defence.
SQNLDR Ray Simpson
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FLTLT Skye Smith
TOP training tips were exchanged
when staff from the Australian Insti-
tute of Sport (AIS) visited 2OCU.
The Coaches Exchange opened
dialogue between training staff at
both AIS and 2OCU to discuss the
similarities for training elite athletes
and F/A-18 Hornet instruction and
operational training.
CO 2OCU WGCDR David Smith
said the visit provided a unique
opportunity to discuss the need for the
highly critical development of coach-
ing and instructional staff for high
performance outcomes.
The skill acquisition and training
techniques for fighter pilots and elite
athletes is very similar, he said.
The visit by AIS was a valuable
experience for everyone involved and
provided the opportunity to share
knowledge, training and development
between staff.
2OCU briefs on the 81WG training
cycle and dual instruction provided AIS
staff with an insight into Hornet training
and pilot development.
In return, AIS staff provided briefs
on skills and drills, coaching perspec-
tives and innovation.
A simulator mission demonstrated
the eye-tracking system, which is simi-
lar to that used with elite athletes at AIS.
To round out the pilot training
experience, 2OCU instructors dem-
onstrated a mission brief, including
intercepts and basic fighter manoeu-
vres, plus passenger debriefs.
The AIS trainers described the visit
to 2OCU as stimulating and a worth-
while coaching experience as they
compared training techniques for elite
performance with the Hornet instruc-
tors.
The AIS team included Shannon
Rollason, AIS swimming head coach;
Emmett Lazich, AIS sailing and
national coach; Greg McFadden, AIS
and national womens water- polo
head coach; Damian Farrow, AIS/
Victoria University, Skill Acquisition
and Research; and Derek Panchuk,
Victoria University, Vision Expert and
Skill Learning Lecturer.
Institute of Sport coaches look skywards
SGT Andrew Hetherington
AFTER FLTLT Gus Larard ferried
one of Australias first Hornets
from the US in 1985, he posed
behind the aircraft for a photo-
graph.
Well, now his son PLTOFF
James Larard has a matching
picture.
When it came time for a
photograph for Air Force News,
PLTOFF Larard, one of the stu-
dents on the course, posed for a
photo of similar composition.
Its a picture that will fit fine in
the family album too. Hes con-
tinuing a proud tradition.
Far from just following in his
fathers footsteps, both his grand-
father and great grandfather were
airmen.
My great grandfather was a
gunner on Catalinas in WWII, my
grandfather joined the Air Force
in the 50s and flew the Sabre,
Vampire, Meteor and Mirage and
was a forward air controller in
Vietnam, PLTOFF Larard said.
Aside from flying Hornets, his
father also flew Mirages.
PLTOFF Larard, who joined Air
Force after finishing high school
in 2007, recalls his first solo flight
in a Hornet after only completing
three other flights in the jet.
I did the flight in a single seat
aircraft and when I looked over
my shoulder I couldnt see anyone
behind me, PLTOFF Larard said.
I flew a supersonic run, did
some maximum performance
handling manoeuvres and came
back and did some circuits around
the airfield.
Its always been my dream to
fly it and Ill be stoked if I get to
continue and increase my experi-
ence and further develop myself
as a pilot.
in the Hornets nest
ANOTHER ONE FOR THE
FAMILY ALBUM: PLTOFF James
Larard poses with a Hornet just
like his dad Gus did in this inset
photo in 1985.
Main photo: SGT Andrew Hetherington
Following in a
family tradition
2OCUs Flightline Aircraft Mainte-
nance and Avionics Officer FLGOFF
Travis Quick said the unit has
130 personnel working in three
sections to keep the aircraft and
students airborne to complete the
course in time.
Avionics, aircraft and gunnery
engineers work around-the-clock
to keep up to 16 aircraft airborne,
FLGOFF Quick said.
Engineers work up to 12
hours, in one of two shifts a day;
an A and B shift. The A shift works
between 7am to 4pm and B shift
between 3.30pm and 12.30am.
LAC Ravneel Maniam is a
Hornet avionics fitter and has been
in the Air Force for two years.
On a daily basis my job varies
with working on jets which have
been classified as unserviceable,
LAC Maniam said.
I could be replacing a box out
of a certain system, working on an
oxygen system and I trouble-shoot
on problems which pop up on
something like a radar.
Its a pretty straight forward
job if you have a lot of experience
on the systems.
Despite the many challenges,
he said he comes into work each
day happy to be here.
It can be a challenge some-
times trying to balance the military
side of my career with getting all of
my jobs on the aircraft done.
But the biggest challenge
would be trouble-shooting prob-
lems, especially when there are
multiple faults with the aircraft.
130 PERSONNEL KEEP THEM FLYING
BUSY, BUSY: LAC Ravneel
Maniam at work.
Photo: SGT Andrew Hetherington
them and their families, particularly
students who have changed aircraft
types.
One of the six students who fits
this description is former Navy heli-
copter pilot, LEUT Ben Scorey.
He juggles his hectic course rou-
tine and workload living with his wife
and four children aged between one
and six years old.
He was in the Navy for 15 years
and flew Seahawks.
Growing up seeing fast jets in
the magazines and in the movie Top
Gun, flying jets was what I wanted to
do and I took a circular route to get
here, LEUT Scorey said.
I was always keen to come over
to Air Force and after I did my time
flying Seahawks, Navy let me transfer
across in October 2009.
The jets are awesome to fly and
the manoeuvrability is eye watering.
You cant understand what its like
until you fly it.
He said you cant really compare
flying a Seahawk to a Hornet.
Flying jets is awesome but when I
was flying choppers I was also having
a ball, LEUT Scorey said.
Even though we are only a short
time into this course, so far weve
been pitting ourselves up against
instructors and other pilots, which is
what well have to do when we leave
here; its going to be part of our job.
The most difficult part of the
course so far was getting through all
of the work, as the bar is set high, and
is there for a reason and you have to
be hard on yourself to get through it.
Im working five days a week
and studying on Sundays, helping
my family when Im at home and my
wifes very understanding.
2OCU also runs a six-month
Fighter Combat Instructor course
every two years.
Its a really neat part of the job
and its pretty motivating for me to try
to help them fix their problems.
I try to find out what the students
thinking and how I can help him by
trying to think back to when I was a
student on the course.
SQNLDR Simpson said students
had to develop a thick skin during a
course and be extremely responsive to
constructive criticism about their fly-
ing skills.
Guys take a few psychological
hits during the course and for us to
help them we have to try to under-
stand their personal circumstances,
such as if they have any domestic or
personal administration issues, he
said.
Instructors almost get a psy-
che degree by proxy working here,
because they end up instructing so
many students with so many different
personalities.
Sometimes we get students who
appear confident, but they are not.
Its really a faade to try to overcome
what they are feeling. And other stu-
dents need a push, as they are always
giving themselves a hard time, expect-
ing too much from themselves and
think they are not performing as well
as they really are.
For students to succeed on the
course they need to keep up with the
rapid pace of information being fed
to them.
Most students could pass an
F/A-18 course if it had no time limit,
but the reason we put a time limit
on it was for students to show they
can demonstrate a level of learning
and handle the progression through
the training and continue to progress
learning to an operational fighter
squadron, providing capability to
Defence, SQNLDR Simpson said.
Its a difficult course to pass and
requires a huge commitment from
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TAKE A LOOK:
Left, 75SQN
pilot FLGOFF
Thomas Quin
shows life support
equipment to
Ebony Mackey
and Laura Gale at
the RAAF Base
Tindal Open Day.
75SQN provided
an F/A-18
demonstration
and static displays
for the open day,
which attracted
more than 600
members and
their families.
Photo: LAC Terry
Hartin
SHOPPING FOR A CAUSE: Above, from
left, Air Force Standards and Compliance
Manager Michele McGee and Air Force Shop
Director Lindsey Davies hand over a cheque
for $9552.37 to chaplain AIRCDRE Murray
Earl and Russ Thompson, representing the
RAAF Welfare Trust Fund. A percentage of
the profits from all items sold at the Air Force
Shop is donated to the trust fund, to go towards
providing low cost loans to serving Air Force
personnel. Photo courtesy Michele McGee
ADMIN SUPPORT: Above, clerk SGT Lia
Halsall in front of Headquarters Joint Task Force
633 at Al Minhad Air Base in the United Arab
Emirates. Only one month into her nine-month
deployment, SGT Halsall works in the Theatre
Personnel Support Centre with Force Support
Unit-Five specialising in the administration of all
ADF members in the MEAO.
PIG PUT-TOGETHER: Above, member of the
82WG F-111 Disposal Team, avionic technician
WOFF Gavin Slater, oversaw the reconstruction
of F-111 aircraft A8-132 at RAAF Base
Edinburgh. Photo: CPL Glen McCarthy
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LT Martin De Meter
ARMY imagery analysts (IAs) have an
enhanced understanding of the capa-
bilities of the Heron Remotely Piloted
Aircraft (RPA) after conducting full
motion video training with Air Forces
5 Flight at RAAF Base Amberley.
Th e I As we r e f r o m 1 s t
Topographical Survey Squadron (1
Topo Svy Sqn), 6th Engineer Support
Regiment, and their training used
the Flights Heron Ground Mission
Station (GMS) simulator.
IAs from the Army and Air Force
conduct the same training at the
Defence Intelligence Training Centre
in Canungra, Queensland.
This training opportunity gave the
Armys IAs a deeper understanding of
how Air Force conducts RPA opera-
tions as well as provide them with
the ability to conduct IA work with
the Shadow 200 Unmanned Aerial
Vehicle (UAV) in the future.
Heron simulator training coordina-
tor SGT Leah Karszniewicz facilitated
the training.
She said it started with theory les-
sons about: Heron capabilities and
how the flight operates; the software
used; how the GMS personnel work
with the Ground Control Station as an
integrated crew; and the RPAs man-
ning.
Imagery analysts from Navy have
also undertaken the 5FLT training and
have deployed with the Heron detach-
ment at Kandahar.
82 Tactical Intelligence Flight geo-
Analysing the Heron
spatial imagery analyst LAC Gareth
Broadhurst, who is employed with
the simulator, said the training then
moved on to utilising the SOCET
imagery exploitation software to
measure distances and produce
imagery intelligence packages.
It was the same pre-deployment
training that Heron RPA detachments
receive, he said.
CPL Andrew Scott, an IA from
1 Topo Svy Sqn, said: The training
gave us a better understanding of how
UAVs can be incorporated into the
planning process.
CPL Brendon Patrick agreed.
The mission and job-specific training
allowed us to put our fundamental IA
skills into a relevant UAV context.
The training with the imagery
simulator was valuable and realistic,
as we conducted simulated tasks such
as route reconnaissance, pattern-of-
life analysis and overwatch.
SGT Karszniewicz has developed
5FLTs GMS training to a point where
Herons supported force elements
benefit from consistently high data
quality.
CO 5FLT WGCDR Lyle Holt said
because 5FLT geospatial imagery
analysts were developing and deliv-
ering the GMS training, Air Force
was helping to reduce the risk to
our supported Force Elements in
Afghanistan.
I welcome all opportunities to
collaborate and share this knowl-
edge with our Army counterparts,
WGCDR Holt said.
WORKING TOGETHER: 5FLTs
SGT Leah Karszniewicz assists
6ESRs PTE Cameron Bryce and
SPR Mitchell McKean in the Heron
Ground Mission Station simulator.
Photo: LT Jack Bowrey
TRAINING OPPORTUNITY: Army and Air
Force imagery analysts conducted training
together on the Heron RPA at RAAF Base
Amberley. File photo: LAC Scott Woodward
September 29, 2011
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THE reserve payroll system will
be incorporated into PMKeyS
from October 4.
This will involve a number
of changes to reserve pay forms
and processes from October 1,
including:
a move from monthly to
fortnightly pay cycles;
the use of PMKeyS ID
instead of service numbers;
the use of Department ID
instead of pay station;
the use of pay centre;
a new-look payslip (deliv-
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a new WebForm (AE126-1)
for attendance diaries.
There will also be new
PMKeyS Activity Category
Codes that will be communi-
cated via each service chain of
command.
Attendance diaries
From October 1, members
must submit attendance diaries
and other claims for payment via
email at bandiana.reservepay@
defence.gov.au or fax
(02) 6055 2494 or (02)
6055 4447 to Reserve Pay
Administration Centre (RPAC)
by the Wednesday of off-pay
week, for payment the following
Thursday.
Attendance forms
Members are to submit
attendance diaries with effective
dates pre-October 1 on the
current WebForm AE126.
Attendance diaries with effective
dates from October 1 onwards
are to be submitted on WebForm
AE126-1. New Excel versions
of the attendance diary and
multi-member attendance
record will be made available
on the PMKeyS online library,
reserve Service web and
intranet sites or by emailing
payrollimprovementproject@
defence.gov.au
FAQs have been developed in
conjunction with representatives
from Navy, Army and Air Force and
are available from the respective
service web and intranet sites.
You can also call 1800 DEFENCE
for all payroll queries. For more
information about the project, visit
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22 September 29, 2011 RCE AIRF Personnel
SQNLDR Samantha Freebairn
AIR Force female officer cadets got an
invaluable opportunity to meet female
aircrew when they attended an Air Force
Flying Females breakfast at the Aus-
tralian Defence Force Academy on Au-
gust 26.
The Flying Females concept was
originally a recruiting strategy planned
to introduce young women to the many
benefits of a flying career in the ADF.
However, Air Force has developed
the concept further and now it is part
of a number of initiatives designed to
broaden the pool of high calibre air-
crew, provide role models for trainees,
and to enhance Air Forces standing
as an inclusive employer and organi-
sational leader in cultural and gender
diversity.
Third year ADFA cadet OFFCDT
Nikki Allen, who attended the break-
fast, said: I found it very useful as I
have never spoken to female aircrew
before.
She aims to become an air combat
officer on Super Hornets.
WGCDR Dee Gibbon from the
Directorate of Workforce Flexibility
and Diversity said that Air Forces tra-
ditional pool of recruiting candidates,
17-18 year old males, will shrink dra-
matically over the next few decades.
If we dont act now to start attract-
ing and retaining members from differ-
ent demographics, we are really going
to struggle to fill all Air Force positions
in future, she said.
Other organisations are already
WARRANT Officer of the Air
Force JJ Millar is encouraging
all permanent and reserve
personnel with operational
leadership experience to con-
tribute to the April 2012 issue
of the ADF Journal.
It may win them $250 or
$500.
The theme of that edi-
tion of the official journal of
the profession of arms in
Australia is the junior ADF
leadership experience over
the past 20 years.
It should be an extremely
interesting issue and one of
considerable benefit to cur-
rent and future members of
the ADF, WOFF Millar said.
Contributions should be
about 1200 words and writ-
ten as the authors personal
recollection of one or more
ADF operational deployments.
They should be about the
operational experiences of
ADF leaders across all ranks
and services.
The best article from each
service will be awarded $250,
with another $500 for the
best overall article.
Contributions should be
submitted by email to
publications@defence.adc.edu.
au by mid January 2012.
Lets raise a toast
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wants your
experience
HIGH FLYING
BREAKFAST:
Pilot FLTLT
Natalie
Pietrobon talks
to ADFA cadet
OFFCDT
Ellen Mace
at the Flying
Females
breakfast.
Photo: FSGT John
Carroll
implementing initiatives to increase
their diversity, in preparation for the
future shortfall of employees.
She said that while Air Force is cur-
rently targeting aircrew in the initial
stages, there are plans to roll out simi-
lar initiatives across other employment
areas such as the technical trades and
engineering.
Director of Personnel-Air Force
GPCAPT Geoff Harland welcomed the
women to the breakfast and noted the
benefits of building these types of net-
works across the Air Force.
He looks forward to the day when
high levels of female participation
across all specialisations and muster-
ings are the norm.
We have certainly come a long
way, but there is still more work to do
be done. Fortunately we have clear stra-
tegic intent as well as a team of highly
motivated staff dedicated to growing a
more diverse workforce, he said.
The establishment of such a net-
work within the female aircrew com-
munity is seen as a critical link between
women joining the Air Force, being
successful throughout their training and
then staying in the service long-term.
Anyone with suggestions or feedback
about how to improve gender diversity
in Air Force should email suggestions to
RAAF.DiversityIdeas@defence.gov.au
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Air Force
Roulettes
September 30-October
1: Deniliquin Ute
Muster, NSW.
October 1-2: 2001
Ceduna Oyster Fest.
October 2: Oakey
Museum.
October 6: Bathurst
1000.
Air Force
Museum
October 2: National
Servicemen Pilgrimage,
Point Cook.
Amberley her-
itage centre
October 9: Public Open
Day from 9am-3pm.
Air Force
Balloon
September 30: Ferodale
Sports Complex,
Medowie.
October 2-3: 30 Years
Ballooning, Hunter
Valley.
October 4: King Park
Raymond Terrace.
Air Force Band
September 30: SAW
graduation from
11.45am.
October 2: National
Servicemens
Pilgrimage service at
Point Cook from 11am.
October 4: Royal
Melbourne Show from
4pm.
October 6: Defence
Reserves Support
Victoria Employer
Support Awards at the
MCG, Melbourne.
October 9: AAFC 70th
anniversary parade at
RAAF Base Williams
Point Cook from
12.45pm.
October 13: Port
Phillip Seniors Ball in
Melbourne.
Andrew Stackpool
A FORMER Air Force fighter aircraft
is to become a major star attraction at
the Australian War Memorial (AWM)
in Canberra.
Avon Sabre A94-954 was con-
structed by the Commonwealth
Aircraft Corporation and delivered to
the RAAF in January 1957.
The AWM acquired it in July this
year and will restore it to its original
condition.
The Sabre served with a num-
ber of squadrons, including 3,
77 and 79SQNs, and its service
included deployments to RAAF
Base But t er wor t h dur i ng t he
Malayan Emergency (the operations
against communist guerrillas) and
Confrontation with Indonesia, and to
Ubon in Thailand.
Its roles were patrol and intercep-
tion.
In 1969, A94-954 was removed
from service and paid off for disposal
in 1971.
It was acquired by two private citi-
zens who exported it to the US where
it was repainted in American mark-
ings as a US Air Force F-86E and dis-
played for a time at a museum there.
I n 1999, i t was r et ur ned
t o Aust ral i a and di spl ayed at
Toowoomba airport, still in US mark-
ings.
Later, it was acquired by some
New Zealanders who planned to
restore it to flying condition as a
warbird. However, they were unable
to do so and the aircraft returned to
Australia and AWM ownership.
Senior curator at the AWM John
White said that the Sabre was in great
condition.
We are beginning the detailed
work required for its preservation and
restoration to its original markings as
an Australian aircraft.
Its great to see this historically
significant aircraft back in Australia,
he said.
Other aircraft undergoing conser-
vation there are a Lockheed Hudson
bomber and a DAP (Australian built)
Beaufort bomber.
The museums head of military
heraldry and technology, Rebecca
Britt, said the AWM had been
keen to acquire a Sabre for almost
40 years as it would help tell the
story of Australias involvement in
Confrontation.
The Australian Government decid-
ed to acquire the Sabre fighter in 1950
to replace the RAAFs Mustang and
Vampire fighters.
Sabres new home

Its great to
see this histori-
cally significant
aircraft back in
Australia.
AWM senior
curator John White
AN IMPRESSIVE
SIGHT: Rebecca Britt,
head of Military Heraldry
and Technology at the
Australian War Memorial,
examines former RAAF
Sabre A94-954 at
the memorials major
equipment complex at
Treloar, Mitchell, in the
ACT. Photo courtesy AWM
Left, the aircraft in its
glory days.
Back Side Left Side Right Side
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The unknown enemies
Deployed personnel must also protect against
disease and injury. Medic CPL Carmel Barratt
speaks to SGT Andrew Hetherington.
W
HEN ADF personnel
deploy overseas they
usually know who their
enemy will be.
But its the unknown enemies
diseases and injuries that many
personnel dont consider before they
deploy but which, in some cases, can
end up crippling them as badly as a
gunshot wound.
Since 2009, one medic posted to
39PSB has briefed more than 3000
ADF personnel on potential health
issues for all overseas deployments.
CPL Carmel Barratt runs health
and medical lectures in addition to
hands-on first-aid training during force
preparation courses.
I give lectures covering health and
hygiene, first-aid revision and the care
of battle casualties, CPL Barratt said.
My lectures focus on where ADF
personnel will deploy to, including the
Middle East Area of Operations, East
Timor and Solomon Islands.
CPL Barratt said one of the big-
gest environmental factors personnel
had to deal with wherever they were
deployed was airborne pollution.
If youre operating in sandy or
dusty environments or if theres any-
thing burning, this can kick up a lot of
dust, which can carry airborne pollu-
tion and diseases, CPL Barratt said.
Diseases such as anthrax, occur-
ring naturally in livestock, can be
transferred to humans.
To prevent inhaling the dust
spores personnel can wear a face scarf
or what is called a recon wrap made
out of t-shirt material.
People should also wash their
faces, eyelids and creases in their skin
frequently to remove any soil residue.
Injuries associated with exposure to
heat are also a threat to personnel.
Wearing body armour and work-
ing in 50-degree heat can put you
more at risk of coming down with a
heat injury such as dehydration, heat
exhaustion and heat stroke, CPL
Barratt said.
Early signs of heat exhaustion
are dehydration, headaches, muscle
cramps and fatigue.
With heat stroke other symptoms
include nausea, vomiting, agitation and
dry, hot skin.
To combat heat injuries personnel
should try to acclimatise to their new
work environment, work in teams to
share the task load, minimise caffeine
intake, drink plenty of water and moni-
tor the colour of their urine.
For the urine test, the rule is the
clearer and lighter the colour, the more
hydrated you are.
In Afghanistan during winter, per-
sonnel also face cold-weather injuries
such as chilblains, frostbite and hypo-
thermia, CPL Barratt said.
Initial signs and symptoms of
hypothermia are mild numbness of the
hands, shivering, difficulty with walk-
ing and incoherent behaviour.
Treatment involves warming the
body very slowly by giving the per-
son warm decaffeinated drinks, while
keeping the person motionless so as to
not put strain on their heart.
Both Afghanistan and East Timor
share a common disease malaria.
Personnel will need to take doxy-
cycline daily as a preventative medica-
tion for this, CPL Barratt said.
Communal living environments,
such as ships, barrack blocks, tents
and patrol bases, can harbour health
threats.
Colds, flu and gastroenteritis can
spread quickly throughout communal
environments, she said.
To prevent exposure to yourself
and others it is important to wash your
hands properly after going to the toilet
and before eating.
Also the living environment
should be cleaned regularly to prevent
the build up of dust and the possibility
of rodents entering these areas.
For more information on what to do
for your health before, during and
after an operational deployment
visit http://intranet.defence.gov.au/
vcdf/sites/jhcops_exercises/comweb.
asp?page=38775&Title=Welcome
LIFE-SAVING TIPS: CPL Carmel Barratt renders first-aid as part of her
pre-deployment training classes.
Bill blogs in the zone
MOVE over Rob de Castella
the Adonis is back.
Not only did I complete
a 5km Canberra Times fun
run and family walk on
September 11 in under 35
minutes (which was my
aim), but I finished it with
heaps of energy in the tank.
I surprised myself that the
Cliff Young shuffle turned into
the Yiannis Kouros jog.
It felt great passing other competitors
on the way, knowing that two months
ago I would have walked the event.
My momentum and pace were per-
fectly aligned. I was in the zone, a place
I had never been in before and, you know
what, it felt great.
My eight-year-old daughter, Amelia,
and 10-year-old son, Simeon, finished
the run with me. We worked our way
through the 600-plus crowd and by the
finish line we were in the top 200.
At the start line, I caught up with other
Defence members and their families.
In fact, one of the guys
said he saw me finish the run
and mentioned that it looked
like I had an abundance of
energy.
He suggested that
perhaps next year I should
tackle the 10km run instead.
It was an amazing feeling
crossing the finish line to
me I didnt come in 200th, I
came in first.
As we come into the last few months
of the Join Bill Challenge, I encourage
members undertaking their weight-loss
campaigns to update us on their achieve-
ments.
Please email and tell us how you are
going, as we would like to publish some
of your results.
For the time being, its back to the
running track for me.
Email Bill at vasilis.solomou@
defencenews.gov.au
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IN BRIEF
Under the water and top of
the world: our new champ Why are these
guys so happy?
PASSION: RAAFCOL players run through the banner at the
start of the game.
SUPPORTING THEIR TEAM: With one eye on
the scoreboard, 1RTU recruits watch the game
at RAAF Base Wagga.
CANT KEEP A GOOD
MAN DOWN: Ground
Training Wing ruckman
Dan Potts (No. 20)
usually plays reserves
in the West Australian
Football League.
FLTLT Stewart Parkinson has
returned from Portugal with
a world championship gold
medal. He was a member
of the Australian elite mens
team which won the under-
water hockey world cham-
pionships in Coimbra from
August 17-27. After finishing
second in the round-robin,
Australia came up against
top team South Africa in
the final. But it saved the
best till last, winning 6-1
including four unanswered
goals in the second half.
FLTLT Parkinson works for
Headquarters Surveillance
and Response Group at RAAF
Base Williamtown.
Full story, next edition.
CROWN: FLTLT
Stewart Parkinson.
Photo: LACW Jessica
Smith
Medic nod clears the way
HAVING secured a medic, the Australian Defence
Cycle Club (ADCC) will hold the ADO Mountain Bike
Championships at Stromlo Forest Park, Canberra from
November 7-10. The titles were in some jeopardy last
month because organisers had been unable to secure
a medic. But one has now been promised from 3
Expeditionary Health Squadron at RAAF Base Richmond.
The championships will be open to ADF and Defence
public service members, with sections for downhill, cross
country, four cross, cyclocross and short course cross-
country. Register at the ADCC website at www.adcc.asn.
au or get more information from event director FLTLT
Brendon Mulloy at brendon.mulloy@defence.gov.au
Mountain runners get set
THE Australian Defence Mountain Running
Championships will be held in conjunction with the Mt
Majura Vineyard Two Peaks event in Canberra on October
22. The 20km event course is over Mt Majura and Mt
Ainslie and is open to all ADF personnel in the open,
veteran and masters categories. CPL Jessica Robson,
of the Directorate of Personnel-Air Force, is coordinat-
ing the championships. For more information, follow
the links at the Australian Defence Running and Athletic
Association website, www.adf.coolrunning.com.au or see
the Australian Mountain Running Association website at
www.mountainrunning.coolrunning.com.au
FINISH IN SIGHT:
FSGT Marie Dwiar,
above left, and
LACW Vicky Parry
were among more
than 100 members
of the International
Stabilisation Force
who competed in the
First Lady Cup in Dili
in East Timor in late
August.
Photos: SGT Bill Guthrie
Fun run test
in the west
TWENTY competitors
from RAAF Base Pearce
competed in four events
in the Perth City-to-Surf
on August 28. Team man-
ager CPL David Slowiak,
who ran in the marathon,
said the event was a
great success. Although
we had a small team
everyone completed their
runs, CPL Slowiak said.
Next year I hope we will
get more support and
even more competitors.
They helped raise
money for charity
LAC Bill Solomou
THE wind might have caused a few
problems for the players but it did not
stop more than 600 spectators from
enjoying an Australian Rules foot-
ball match between Ground Training
Wing (GTW) and RAAF College on
September 9.
In fact, RAAF Base Wagga was a
swirl of colour as the respective sup-
porters cheered on.
GTW won by 38 points, after a
sterling second quarter in which it
kicked six goals against the wind.
But the win was very much sec-
ondary to the real goal of the game.
That aim was to raise money
for the National Breast Cancer
Foundation and the Cancer Council
Call To Arms, and on that score both
of the teams were successful.
More than $5000 was raised
through mufti donations, sale of food
and raffles, bringing the yearly fund-
raising total to over $10,000.
Best player for GTW was AC
Daniel Potts, who played reserves
grade last year for Swan Districts
in the West Australian Football
League. CPL Gene Wills was named
RAAFCOLs best on ground.
WINNERS: The victorious Ground
Training Wing team with their
trophy. Photos: LAC Bill Solomou
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Sat: Past v Present exhibition match at ADFA at 1330h
followed by a reunion in the Cadets mess
Sun: Lunch at Olims Hotel
Any questions and RSVPs please contact Matt at
mathew.jetson@student.adfa.edu.au
ADFA Rams 25th
Anniversary
21-23 October 2011
RSVP AND PAYMENT BY 10 OCT
27 September 29, 2011 RCE AIRFF Sp rt
From Back Page
Both teams have been grouped
in Pool A with the Peoples
Liberation Army from China.
Tonga will play China in the
opening day of the competition at
Viking Park in Canberra on October
1.
ASRU plays Tonga in Sydney
on October 5 and then plays China
in Canberra on October 9.
TDS played a match on August
20 against the kingdoms national
team and learned useful techniques
for scrums, line outs and defence in
their preparation.
Despite a small playing pool,
only having about 600 members in
its defence service, Tongans natural
ability combined with their ferocity
make them formidable opponents.
Tonga holds the 12th position in
the international rankings.
TDSs public affairs officer
LCDR Solomone Savelio said four
members of the team had interna-
tional experience beyond military
circles.
Flanker PTE Falengameesi
Tuone Toa and prop PTE Ofa
Ki Muli Foki Kovi Lolohea have
played on the under-21 rugby
league tour of New Zealand. No.
8 PTE Vivili He Lotu Iongi has
played for a Japanese club and
flanker PTE Sosaia Tuipulotu Tapa
played for a New Zealand club.
The TDS team started when the
first Pacific Military Cup started,
LCDR Savelio said in an email.
It was a good thing for us as our
rugby was banned for almost 20
years due to a player injury (paraly-
sis) and the starting of the Pacific
Military Rugby Cup was an excuse
for us to ask the government to
change their policy, he said.
We really appreciate Australias
invitation as it fosters great friend-
ship and develops closer relation-
ships between countries.
This competition means a lot
to us as we have to show the public
that Defence can do anything and
also that our team can bring happi-
ness to our people.
See the Sipu Tau performed at www.
youtube.com/watch?v=rFiedfutQ3s
Now, listen up to Tongans Sipi Tau cry
CFN Max Bree
SHH, dont tell anyone but the word
in ADF hockey circles is that FLTLT
Peter Nugent is pretty good.
FLTLT Nugent, of RAAF Base
Edinburgh, was a strong force during
the ADFs 2-0 win over the Royal
Navy (RN) in a series-deciding match
at the Sydney Olympic Park Hockey
Centre on September 9. Earlier in the
week the ADF men downed the RN
in the first game but a goal in dying
seconds of game two snatched the
Poms a draw, making the third game
a must win for the ADF mens
team.
Afraid of inflating FLTLT
Nugents ego, teammate CFN Gareth
Hoddinott gave a cautious assessment
of his performance.
I hate to say it but hes pretty
solid out there, CFN Hoddinott said.
But Im only going to say that once.
Team captain LAC Tommy Miller
was happy all his players could make
it to the game and was impressed with
the RNs in-field performance.
They really did put it to us out
there, he said.
But we played the game plan very
well and came out on top.
In the womens competition an
unstoppable ADF side beat the British
team three games to nil.
Using a centre-field sliding
defence play know as a press, the
women piled on the points in each
contest, tearing through the visitors
to win 6-0 in the first game, 4-0 in
the second and 5-0 in the third.
The RN womens coach continu-
ally screamed Dont let em set a
press! from the dugout, while their
mens coach took photos from high
in the grandstand to try and under-
stand the Australians tactics.
Instead of marking opponents
individually, a press uses four players
to deny the opposition access to the
centre-field and can slide left or right
as needed.
The RN tour marked the end of the
2011 ADF hockey season.
FLTLT Nugent helps sink Royal Navy at hockey
After a superb season,
Rams fall at last hurdle
ON THE BURST: Above, OFFCDT
Ramy Fathelbab leads the race
for the ball. Left, OFFCDT Jack
Timperon looks for an option.
Photos: LCPL Mark Doran
LCPL Mark Doran
AFTER making the grand final of the
ACTAFL Division 3 competition for the
second year in a row, the ADFA Rams
were no match for Harman, going down
by 28 points.
Nearly 200 ADFA cadets and staff
supported the Rams at Football Park
in Woden on September 10 as they
attempted to make up for last years
grand final loss to Belconnen in the
dying minutes of the game.
A good result would have helped the
Rams celebrate their 25th anniversary
season, though this year the team trailed
in all four quarters of the final, going
down 11.8 (74) to 6.10 (46).
ADFA Rams capt ai n OFFCDT
Nick Downward said the game was
a credit to the Rams as they worked
hard for the whole match but things
just did not go our way.
The Harman boys came out and
beat us at our own game plan.
They had a good zone and we
couldnt work through it, OFFCDT
Downward said.
The Rams lost just one game this
year, in Round 3, and had beaten
Harman three times during the season
including a 100-point (107 to 7) victory
in Round 16 and a 42-point victory in
the semi-final.
ADFA Rams head coach MAJ Mat
Jones said the team had a game plan that
was well rehearsed but they just didnt
execute it on the day.
ASRU picks
RAAFie six
O
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fo
T
ONE OF
OUR SIX
REPS:
FLTLT
Andre
Holmes
in action
in the trial
game at
Wagga.
Photo:
LAC Bill
Solomou
LCPL Mark Doran
SIX RAAFies have made the final
cut for the Australian Service Rug-
by Union (ASRU) Warriors squad
to play in the International Defence
Rugby Competition (IDRC) in Oc-
tober.
After the final trial game,
five players were culled from the
35-man ASRU squad named in late
August.
The Air Force players in the final
squad of 30 are: LAC Alex Chan
(forward) of 10SQN; CPL Richard
Falkenmire (forward) of 37SQN;
FLGOFF Andre Holmes (forward) of
76SQN; LAC Bodine Luscott (for-
ward) of 81WG; LAC Chris Tuttiet
(back) of 2OCU; and, CPL Michael
Wallace (back) of 37SQN.
ASRU coach CAPT Damien
Cahill said he thought the team was
nearly ready after playing the high-
est standard of opposition ASRU
had played for many years.
Physically and in set-piece we
are getting there our defensive sys-
tems are starting to work well, but we
still have a bit to go in terms of our
attack, CAPT Cahill said.
We can only control what we
can control we cant control the
on-field management we can only
do our best to ensure we are in situ-
ations where it doesnt impact upon
us.
Dur i ng Sept ember, ASRU
faced Tasmania Rugby Union and
Victorian State teams in Wagga
and the Victorians again in
Melbourne.
ASRU will play two pool
games in the IDRC against Tonga
Defence Services in Sydney on
October 5 and against Peoples
Li berat i on Army (Chi na) i n
Canberra on October 9.
ASRU beat the Tasmanians but
lost to the Victorians both games
albeit only by two points second time
around.
The Victorian players were
well-drilled and have been play-
ing together all season. The players
were mostly big Polynesians, CAPT
Cahill said.
This was exactly what the team
needed to face as a prelude to chal-
lenging Tonga.
We learnt we have to lift our
intensity in order to win the contact
contest.
We need to work on gaining
greater penetration in our attack
and developing the ability to
change our point of attack.
A surprise selection in the
squad was Army CPL Ricky
Dumigan, who captained ASRU in
2006 but was originally selected
this time as team trainer.
CAPT Cahi l l s ai d CPL
Dumigan, the development offic-
er with the ACT Brumbies, was
exceptionally fit. He is filling an
awkward space for us as he is our
strength and conditioning trainer,
but he is still one of the best half-
backs in Defence, he said.
Coach
says
lessons
were
learnt in
trials
ALL THE PROFILES,
CENTRESPREAD
Ei e! Ei e!
Teu lea pea tala ki mamani katoa
Ko e ikale taki kuo halofia
Ke ilo e he sola moe taka
Koe aho ni teu tamate tangata
A e haafe mo e tautuaa
Kuo hui hoku anga tangata
He! He! Ei e. Tu
Teu peluki e molo moe foueti
taka
Pea ngungu mo ha loto fitaa
Keu mate ai he ko hoku loto
Ko Tonga pe mate ki he moto
Ko Tonga pe mate ki he moto
Ei e! Ei e!

Translation
Hi! Hi!
I shall speak to the whole world
The sea eagle is starved
Let the foreigner and sojourner
beware
Today, destroyer of souls I am,
everywhere
To the half back and the backs
I have shed my human charac-
teristics
Maul and loose forwards I shall
mow
And crunch any fierce hearts you
know
I drink the ocean and consume
the fire
To death or victory my will is fine
Thats how Tonga gives to her
motto
To her motto, Tonga gives all
To her motto, Tonga gives all
Hi! Hi!
SP
September 29, 2011
RT
SEEING RED AGAIN: How many faces will the Australians recognise in Sydney on October 5? Well, here are two players we
photographed last year during the Pacific Nations Military Cup, centre Taumata Vaikimounga showing his speed, left, and lock Timote
Totau He Lotu Ilaiu in the line out. Photos: CPL Aaron Curran
Now, listen up
LCPL Mark Doran and John Martin
IT WAS the talk before the opening game of the
World Cup in New Zealand now it is the turn
of the Australian Services Rugby Union (ASRU)
team to face the pre-match ritual of Tonga.
ASRUs first assignment in the
International Defence Rugby Competition
(IDRC) will be against the Tonga Defence
Services at TG Millner Field at Eastwood in
Sydney on October 5.
The Aussies have an old score to settle
but before a ball is thrown in anger, first
they have to withstand the Sipi Tau, which is
a version of the Tongan kailao war dance and
considered to be the most aggressive of the
Pacific Island war dances.
The Tongan players will advance towards
their opponents with a blood-stirring prom-
ise to crunch fierce hearts.
At the World Cup opener in Auckland earlier
this month, Tonga was allowed to perform its
war cry before the haka of the hosts. History
shows it did not do the visitors much good
there, something from which ASRU can draw
heart.
ASRU coach CAPT Damien Cahill knows
how hard the task will be. [The Tongans] are
physically superb specimens for the game,
he said. They are all big, powerful and fast.
ASRU last played Tonga in the Pacific
Nations Military Cup in Canberra in October
last year. In order to make the final of that com-
petition, ASRU had to beat Tonga in its last pool
game.
We started slowly and poorly and the
Tongans capitalised on our couple of mis-
takes and shot out to a commanding lead,
CAPT Cahill said.
ASRU fought back from 28-3 down to
lose by just one point, 35-34.
Thats sport and thats life, CAPT
Cahill said at the time, while commending
his players for their never-say-die attitude.
No doubt, the memory of that narrow
loss will be at the forefront of the minds of
players from both teams come game day.
Although the game is ASRUs first, it will
be the Tongans second.
Continued Page 27
Coach relishes good hit-out for
Tongan encounter, Page 27
Six RAAFies in
ASRU team
FROM BOTTOM OF THE POOL TO TOP OF THE WORLD, OUR NEW CHAMP PAGE 26
ALL THE PROFILES
CENTRESPREAD
Rue Britannia:
FLTLT Peter
Nugent helps
sink Royal Navy
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THE TONGANS WAR CRY, THE SIPI TAU