Australian Army Aviation
Chinook | RAAF to Australian Army
Brian Lugg talks us through the transition of the RAAF Chinook to the Australian Army and some of his experiences in both services.
Black Hawk Walkthrough
Brian Lugg, former instructor on the Black Hawk, takes us on a tour of this important army helicopter.
Recovery of Army Sioux Helicopter | Cape York | July 1973
On 13 July 1973 an Australian Army Sioux helicopter, A1-726, was recovered from a swamp ‘well west' of Cooktown near the west coast of the Cape York peninsula - probably somewhere between Edward River, Pormpuraaw, and Kowanyama. The recovery aircraft was RAAF UH-1H...
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Sikorsky S-70 Black Hawk [A25]
The Sikorsky S-70 is an American medium transport/utility helicopter family manufactured by Sikorsky Aircraft. It was developed for the United States Army in the 1970s, winning a competition to be designated the UH-60 Black Hawk and spawning a large family in U.S....
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Boeing CH-47 Chinook [A15]
The Boeing CH-47 Chinook is an American twin-engine, tandem rotor heavy-lift helicopter. Its primary roles are troop movement, artillery placement and battlefield resupply. It has a wide loading ramp at the rear of the fuselage and three external-cargo hooks. With a...
Battle of Long Tan
During the Battle of Long Tan on 18 August 1966 two No. 9 Squadron Iroquois flown by Flight Lieutenants Cliff Dohle and Frank Riley completed a hazardous mission to resupply D Company, 6 RAR which was heavily outnumbered and running dangerously low on ammunition. The...
SAS and No. 9 SQN RAAF SVN
SAS and No. 9 SQN RAAF SVN This is an extract from Episode 3, Phantoms of The Jungle, a documentary produced around 2014 about the ASASR in South Vietnam. The extract record what past CO No. 9 SQN RAAF SVN, WGCDR John Paule DSO AFC, and past SAS members stated: ...
Australian Army Tracker Dogs in Vietnam
Of all those sent to Vietnam eleven members of the Australian Army carried out their allotted tasks without a word of complaint, which was all the more commendable considering they could not return home when their tour of duty ended. These veterans were, of course,...