





SWIFT EAGLE 04
Qld's northern rainforests echoed to the sound of a major Joint Evacuation Exercise as 3 Bde units including 1RAR, 3RAR, 3/4 Cav, 3 CER, 3CSR and 3CSSB were joined by the Kiwis for Swift Eagle 2004....
JTF 633: IRAQ OPS
The ADF's luck runs out with SECDET 5 suffering a VBIED near the Green Zone. The RAN continues Op Catalyst missions in the NAG and the AATT-I works to improve Iraqi skill sets....
TIGER TIME
The Army's new PAH-2 HAP Tiger Armed Reconnaissance Helicopters have arrived with the first hand over of two airframes in December.....
SINGAROO 2004
The RAN and the Republic of Singapore Navy got together off Darwin for their annual maritime warfighting exercise - Ex Singaroo 2004....
SMALLER STORIES:
MRH90 - NEW ADDITIONAL TROOPLIFT HELICOPTER, RAN'S FUTURE LANDING HELICOPTER DOCK, RAAF'S NEXT GEN PRECISION GUIDED MUNITIONS, EX RED FLAG 04, RAN IN TOKYO PSI EX, NEW ADF BODY ARMOUR, ASLAV PHASE III ROLE OUT, TIMOR SAPPERS FIX ROADS BEFORE MONSOON.


JOINT STRIKE FIGHTER
The RAAF is pushing hard to make sure that the Lockheed Martin F-35A Joint Strike Fighter will be its next and possibly last manned combat aircraft....