AIRF RCEVol. 57, No. 5, March 26, 2015 The official newspaper of the Royal Australian Air Force

VITAL CARE

Celebrating strong women Centre

Spartan crews’ first training flight Page 5

Air Force balloon turns 25 Page 13

In the aftermath of Cyclone Pam, our life-saving assistance to Vanuatu continues

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SGT Sammy Melville, of No. 3 Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron, cradles a baby evacuated from the Island of Tanna in Vanuatu during Operation Pacific Assist. Photo: CPL David Said

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THIS EDITIONFirst training flight for Spartan crew Page 5

Poppy Park commemorates lives lost in war Page 7

Air Force Balloon celebrates 25th birthday Page 13

We mark International Women’s Day Centre

New memorial honours airmen lost at sea Page 17

Corporal wins work, health and safety award Page 22

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Living the Air Force Values: RESPECT – EXCELLENCE – AGILITY – DEDICATION – INTEGRITY – TEAMWORK

T HE PEOPLE of Vanuatu were still trying to compre-hend the devastation left in the wake of Cyclone Pam

when the first RAAF aircraft arrived with relief and medical supplies, ADF and medical personnel.

The Category 5 tropical cyclone smashed into the island nation on March 14 and was one of the largest recorded in the South Pacific.

Port Vila suffered extensive dam-age while many villages on outer islands were flattened and suffered loss of life.

Two AP-3C Orions deployed to Honiara in the Solomon Islands and surveyed the damage and provided initial assessments. Two KA-350 King Airs are supporting the AP-3C operations.

C-17A Globemasters and C-130J Hercules have flown around-the-clock operations delivering relief stores, urban search and rescue personnel and members of the Australian Medical Assistance Team while also evacuating Australian citizens.

The much-needed stores include hygiene kits, blankets, shelter kits,

insect nets, water storage buckets and water purification tablets.

Director Air Mobility Division GPCAPT Paul Long said his team had been poised and ready to respond as authorities tracked the course of the cyclone.

“The AP-3C and King Airs pro-vide a surveillance capability, the C-17A Globemasters provide a high-speed and high-volume response, while the C-130J Hercules provide an airdrop capability to affected areas with no airstrip. Our team has been performing well and is focused on the operation. We’ve been working around the clock at Richmond and Amberley to prepare and fly stores to Port Vila.

“They are working closely with Defence and relief teams from France, New Zealand and the UK. It’s very crowded at Port Vila, we’ve got to be very careful about ramp space and moving aircraft.”

Meanwhile, Orion crews con-tinue to report widespread damage with vegetation down and houses destroyed. Commander Surveillance and Response Group AIRCDRE Chris Westwood said he was proud of

the assistance his aircraft provided.“We were fortunate to have had

one Orion already in the region undertaking a patrol for the Pacific Islands Forum Fisheries Agency at the time,” he said.

“No. 92 Wing responded imme-diately to deploy a second AP-3C Orion to survey the cyclone dam-age. Our AP-3C Orion aircraft are equipped with surveillance equip-ment for imagery reconnaissance flights across affected areas including outlying islands.”

AIRCDRE Westwood said ini-tial Orion reconnaissance efforts focused on Temotu and Malaita provinces in the Solomons and other outlying areas in northern Vanuatu. Continuing efforts will also encom-pass southern Vanuatu.

“Our personnel are very pleased to be able to respond and assist so quickly,” he said.

GPCAPT Long said the duration of the operation would be determined as teams got into outlying areas and surveyed the damage. “I see we will have an enduring air transport capa-bility there for some time,” he said.

Ready to help friends in need

FLTLT Gemma Godfrey helps Liliui Okalani Botleng and her son, Mathew, get settled on board a C-17A Globemaster. Right, Cpl Jay Johnson helps an injured local during Operation Pacific Assist. Photos: SGT Hamish Paterson and Cpl David Said

Air Force springs into action to assist relief efforts in Vanuatu, CPL Max Bree and CAPT Brad Richardson report.

Left, LAC Rohin Ennis, of No. 37 Squadron, engages with locals

during Operation Pacific Assist.

Photo: Cpl David SaidCAPT Brad Richardson

AUSTRALIAN citizens and foreign nationals are grateful for the support provided by the ADF in the wake of Tropical Cyclone Pam.

Australian national Liliui Okalani Botleng and her fam-ily were stranded after the cyclone devastated the island nation.

“Everything was ruined fol-lowing the cyclone,” she said.

“Not being able to control how we would get back home has been on my mind for the last couple of days.”

Two RAAF C-17A Globemasters and a C-130J Hercules have transported emergency relief stores into Vanuatu and assisted in the evacuation of civilians.

“I am very glad I am an Australian citizen and can go home,” Mrs Okalani Botleng said.

“The Royal Australian Air Force is doing a very good job and are very helpful. I am able to go home because of them.

“This is my first time on a military aircraft and one my family and I will not forget.”

RAAF pilot FLTLT Ashley Kissock is flying evacuees from Vanuatu as part of Operation Pacific Assist.

“We are assisting Australian nationals and foreign nation-als in evacuating them out of Vanuatu,” FLTLT Kissock said.

“It feels good to be able to assist anyone in need and those that have been affected by the cyclone.

“As we flew over Vanuatu on approach, we saw a lot of devastation on the ground.

“It’s just good to be able to help out and assist those in need.”

Sulia Manaroto is one of many islanders glad to see Australian personnel and aid following the cyclone.

“It was very scary and the first time many of us have experienced such a big storm,” Mrs Manaroto said.

“For most of us, everything is gone. Our houses are dam-aged and are belongings are missing.

“Australia was the first to arrive in Vanuatu to pro-vide help. It shows that the Australians have big hearts.”

HELP TO RETURN HOME

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RAAF Base Tindal Officers’ Mess donated $1000 to the St John Ambulance Service at the Defence Community Organisation Expo held in January. CO No. 17 Squadron WGCDR Mark Larter said it was one way the RAAF could support the service in recognition of its outstanding work in the Northern Territory. From left: Leanne McGill and Tarn Rudder from St John’s Ambulance accept a cheque from WGCDR Mark Larter and SQNLDR Scott LeFevre. Photo: CPL Terrence Hartin

Acting Deputy Commander JTF 636, COL Andrew Plant (left) presents SQNLDR Mitchell Clarke with the Australian Active Service Medal and the Afghanistan Campaign Medal for his service in Afghanistan on Operations Slipper and Highroad. SQNLDR Clarke deployed as a communications officer embed within Headquarters Resolute Support. Photo: SGT Ray Vance

CPL Russell Libbis has joined the ranks of Australia’s Federation Guard after returning from a four month deployment to the Middle East. He worked as an aircraft technician as part of Operation Slipper. CPL Libbis’ commitment to the Air Force and to his country was recognised with several medals, including the Australian Active Service Medal.

Photo: LACW Casey Gaul

RAAF personnel on Operation Okra recently completed a 5km Colour Run in support of a US Air Force sexual assault prevention response program. The Australian contingent ran alongside 130 men and women from the USAF and the UK’s Royal Air Force. Photo: SGT Shane Gidall

A young racegoer is being fitted with a RAAF pilot’s helmet by SGTs Jacob Clayton (left) and Jarrod Harris (right) from No. 292 Squadron at the RAAF display during the Clipsal 500 V8 Supercar Race in Adelaide. Crowds enjoyed the infra-red and radio threat simulator displays of Joint Electronic Warfare Operational Support Unit as well as a chance to be Air Intelligence Analysts using the 3D mapping software of No. 87 Squadron. Aircraft Stores Compatibility Engineering Squadron provided an impressive munitions display and 92 Wing captivated the crowd by allowing people to operate the Star Sapphire Forward Looking Infra-Red camera. No. 3 Security Forces Squadron showcased a number of small-calibre firearms and two vehicles. A Hornet display topped off Air Force’s commitment to the event. Photo: SGT Pete Gammie

No. 295 Squadron supply manager WOFF Kent Scott, retires after 34 years of service. WOFF Scott was presented with a mounted certificate of service by AIRCDRE Scott Winchester followed by a farewell from colleagues at RAAF Base Amberley. Photo: CPL Shannon McCarthy

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25March 26, 2015RCEAIR F Finance

You may think that spending on big things is what gets you into trouble with money. But often it’s the everyday expens-

es that end up costing you more.Knowing where your money is

going will help you control your spend-ing and live within your means.

Here are a few things you can do to stay on track.

Match budget with bank statementone way to keep an eye on your

spending is to match your budget with your bank statement.

Look at the money coming into your account and the money going out.

use both your transaction account and credit card statements to see if your spending truly reflects your budget.

If you haven’t done a budget yet, use ASIC’s MoneySmart budget planner to plan where you want your money to go.

Keep a spending diaryA spending diary is another way to

work out where your money is going. This will only take a few minutes

each day. Here’s what to do:

$ First, decide how long to track your spending. Choose a timeframe you can stick to (for example, a week, a fortnight or a month). The important thing is to do it every day.

$ Get a small notebook to use as your spending diary and take it wherever you go. or, if you have a smart-phone, download our free spending tracker app, TrackMySpend.

$ Record everything you spend (for example, groceries, bus tickets, magazines, clothes and bills). Do this straight away and keep receipts if you buy a few things at once.

$ Don’t try to alter your spending hab-its during the tracking period – just notice where your money goes.

$ At the end of the tracking period, add everything you’ve spent. Now you have a good snapshot of your day-to-day spending.

Check for spending leaksWhat would you do if you had

$840? use it for a holiday? Pay off your credit card? or buy cups of coffee?

That’s right, just one $3.50 cup of cof-fee every morning will cost you $840 over a year.

Spending leaks are those small regu-lar purchases, like a morning cup of cof-fee, that add up over a period of time.

If you’re trying to save some extra cash, look at your spending leaks.

Spending leaks are often the fun things like drinks or entertainment.

Don’t cut them out completely. Instead, choose just one or two things to cut back on, or think of ways to spend smarter. For example:

$ Instead of spending $3.95 on a mag-azine every week, or $205 over the year, take out a subscription, which will cost $148 for the year.

$ A gym membership can cost about $60 a month, or $720 a year, but going for a walk or a run is free.

It’s good to keep track of where your money goes so you don’t live beyond your means.

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It’s all about the little thingsKeeping track of small expenses may be key to success, says Australian Securities and Investments Commission chairman Greg Medcraft.

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Practice is stroke of geniusIn the second instalment of a two-part series, ACT Defence Triathlon Swim Coach and PTI WO2 Pat Thomas, of RMC-Duntroon, shares his top tips on how to improve your swimming technique.

Striving to improve your swimming efficiency will increase your enjoyment of the sport. Photo: LSIS Yuri Ramsey

Last edition, I discussed five tips to improve your swimming technique. these were:

seek advice from a coach or experi-enced swimmer. Keep your head down and hips high to

reduce frontal drag. Flexible ankles and shoulders will

improve the strength and speed of your kick and stroke. strong legs equal a strong kick. Land-based exercises will build core

strength, flexibility and power.My next five tips focus on freestyle

stroke technique. Regardless of your swimming ability

or motivations, striving to improve your swimming efficiency will increase your enjoyment of the sport in the long term.

�Body rotation increases power

Rotating the body toward the pulling arm will increase the power of the stroke.

It is important not to lean on the shoulder during this rotation. any shoul-der drop will increase drag and reduce your pulling power.

the rotation will make use of core strength.

throwing a ball is a good example of this. If you throw a ball forward with your feet facing the front, it will not go far.

If you stand with one foot facing forward and one placed further back, and rotate the torso to generate power, the ball will travel much further.

this is because the core gives addi-tional power to the pulling arm.

Long arms assist glide and length

When your leading arm enters the water it should be as straight as possible. any bend in the elbow will slow the swimmer.

try pushing the arm forward with force at the same time the opposite arm is pulling. It is important to focus on both arms’ actions.

as the arm pulls back it should stay under the edge of the body in a straight line. avoid any sweep away from the body as this will increase frontal drag.

Bent, high elbow on catch and pull

after one arm enters the water and is fully extended, the elbow should then bend at a 90-degree angle.

the elbow should remain high in the water as you pull it back past the body.

a common fault with beginners is dropping the shoulder or pulling under or across the body with a straight arm.

some pulley machines can help you replicate the correct action in the gym.

Using a pull buoy in swim sets will also allow you to concentrate on arm action as the body maintains a streamline position.

Keep your stroke count low

a great way to keep your stroke effi-cient and long is to count your strokes over 50m.

as your swimming improves the stroke count will reduce.

top 400m swimmers will average 30 strokes or less every 50m in 30 or less seconds. a good rule of thumb is one sec-ond equals one stroke.

as you become fatigued, generally your stroke count will increase due to shortened catch and exit and a lower powered, slower kick.

�Practise breathing less frequently

Each time you breathe it will slow you, even if it is a small amount.

swimmers racing short distances will barely breathe during their event as it cre-ates too much drag.

swimmers in longer events require good aerobic capacity, which means more frequent and controlled breathing.

the advantage of breathing every stroke is good oxygen delivery to the muscles. However, the price you pay is slowing speed and potentially an unbal-anced swim technique.

some distance swimmers will only breathe to one side but every lap they will do a couple of breaths to the opposite side to maintain balance.

Breathing every three strokes allows a good even balance without an oxygen deficit. It is also good for triathletes in open-water events as they can become more aware of other swimmers around them.

this requires practice as most novice swimmers will find it difficult breathing to their off side. Unfit swimmers will also struggle with breathing control, but prac-tice will pay off in the long term.

For open-water swimmers, it is advan-tageous to breathe on both sides as this assists in maintaining a straight swim course.

Breathing every five strokes is for the seasoned swimmer who has good fitness and breathing control. It is generally done as part of a drill or sprint session and is not recommended for beginner or unfit swimmers.

Contact your local PTI for more advice.

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Rookie netballers excel

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SGT Dave Morley

AIR FORCE strayed into unfamiliar territory when they competed in net-ball at the Kapooka K-Series compe-tition on March 7.

The team from RAAF Base Wagga lost all four games but they won the admiration of their oppo-nents for their on-field sportsmanship and fair play.

The Air Force players enjoyed the opportunity to compete, enhance their fitness and develop skills against more experienced opponents.

LACW Lauren Miatke, of RAAF Base Wagga’s school of post-graduate studies, said the competition was full of surprises, including being awarded the players’ player.

LACW Miatke played a total of six games, four for Air Force and two as a substitute for a South Australian team that needed players.

“I’m really happy with how we played and how everyone had a go at all of the positions,” she said.

“Our team featured players who had not played netball for a good many years, or had never played at all.”

LACW Miatke was surprised to receive the Air Force players’ player award, because she was away from the court for a long time.

“I played netball many years ago in primary school, but stopped to take up gymnastics and golf,” she said.

“It wasn’t until last year that I played some games for the East Wagga Kooringal Hawks in the Farrer league netball competition.”

Air Force team manager FLTLT Louise Hill, of HQ Ground Training Wing, said LACW Miatke was the stand out player for Air Force.

“Not only is she a very skilled net-

baller, she plays regularly for a local Wagga team, but she also embodied a great team spirit,” she said.

“She always had a smile on her face, even when we were losing by a significant number of goals, and she was happy to share her netball tips and tricks with some of the less expe-rienced players on our team.”

FLTLT Hill said it was commend-able that the team improved in each game and never gave up trying.

“We were inexperienced and just playing for fun, while all our oppo-nents trained regularly and were seri-ous about winning,” she said.

“However, we gave 100 per cent effort in each game and used it as an opportunity to rotate players through the different positions.”

FLTLT Hill said the RAAF Wagga netballers would return to the K-Series competition next year.

FSGT Michele Cronin, of the RAAF School of Administration and Logistics Training, spearheads the team attack. Photo: SGT Dave Morley.

WO2 Andrew Hetherington

NOT even surgery to mend a dislocat-ed shoulder will stop OFFCDT Rachel Crothers from continuing to train for the 2015 Australian Rugby Union (ARU) and Australian Services Rugby Union seasons.

OFFCDT Crothers had surgery on March 5 and won’t be able to play for six months.

But she is determined to do the work to get back on the field in pursuit of her Olympic dream.

“If I recover well I’ll be back play-ing in August in the lead up to the start of the international rugby series in December,” she said.

OFFCDT Crothers, an ADFA cadet who has been given elite athlete status by the Air Force Sports Council, is a member of the Australian sevens side, which is training for the Olympic Games in Rio next year.

“I’ve entered the rehabilitation pro-gram with the rehab coach at the NSW Institute of Sport,” she said.

“I have six weeks in a shoulder brace; I’ll work out on a bike, pull a

sled around an oval and make a slow progression from jogging to running.

“I’m focusing on coming back stronger and fitter.”

This is the third time she has dislo-cated her shoulder. It happened during an ARU tournament in Newcastle on February 21.

OFFCDT Crothers had hoped to use the five matches she would play there to prepare for the Australian Services Rugby sevens national cham-pionships in Sydney from March 7-8.

“I was playing in the second match of the weekend with other Australian Rugby Union players against the Warringah Rats,” OFFCDT Crothers said.

“I’d scored two tries in the match already and just before half-time I was making a tackle and dislocated my left shoulder.

“It wasn’t that painful at the time, but I immediately thought of having surgery, having to recover and pos-sibly not making the Olympics next year.”

Surgery was the only real option to fix her shoulder.

“I couldn’t keep playing with it the way it was, as I didn’t have any strength in it and if I did I could risk bone and nerve damage,” she said.

Before the injury, OFFCDT Crothers’ life was focused on train-ing for continued ARU and hopefully Olympic team selection.

“We train in a full-time, profession-al program from 8am-4pm, four days a week at the NSW Institute of Sport in Narrabeen,” she said.

“During the day we have one gym session, a field session and a skills session, as well as any treatment and video analysis sessions.

“We get Wednesdays and weekends off training, unless we are playing a tournament, and I fit my university study in on the days we don’t train and a couple of nights a week.

“My biggest supporter has been Air Force and without the opportunity they’ve given me, my goal of making the 2016 Olympics wouldn’t be pos-sible.”

OFFCDT Rachel Crothers with the ball in the semi-final against Russia in the Sevens World Series in Dubai last year. Photo: Martin Seras Lima

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Olympic dream for ace of pace PAGE 27

PATHS OF GLORY

LAC Thomas Jeffery sprints away after breaking the tackle of LS Damien Rex during the Inter-Service Rugby League competition between Navy and Air Force. Photo: CPL Shannon McCarthy

AIR Force had five players selected in the ADF rugby league team for the Centenary Test against New Zealand following completion of the Combined Australian Services Rugby League (CASRL) carni-val in Queensland from March 7-15.

Air Force played extremely well but was narrowly beaten by both Army and Navy at North Ipswich Reserve.

Air Force’s ADF players are CPL Mitch Knowles, CPL Ryan Lean, LAC Joel Munro, LAC Josh Lees and LAC Mitch Simington.

Fielding a host of new players, the Airmen lost 26-20 to Army, after conced-

ing a converted try in the last five minutes of play. Air Force had no luck against Navy, with the sailors kicking a field-goal right on full-time to win the match 35-34.

Coach SGT Geoffrey Britton said the players can be proud of what they achieved, which bodes well for their cam-paign next year.

“Both games were really tight and it was only poor ball handling and a bit of bad luck that cost us victory,” he said.

“We were on track to beat Army but conceded a try in the dying minutes, while Navy beat us with a field goal on the hooter.”

A FULL tax exemption will apply to personnel serving on non-warlike opera-tions Manitou, Accordion and Okra in the Middle East region.

The exemption will be backdated to the start of each operation and is designed to standardise tax treatment for all per-sonnel deployed to the Middle East.

Previously the full tax exemption only applied to those serving on warlike operations, including Op Highroad in Afghanistan and Op Okra in Iraq.

The change followed a request by Assistant Defence Minister Stuart Robert mid last year and was recently agreed to by Treasurer Joe Hockey.

“Government was very supportive and Treasury officials are now working to amend the necessary legislation to put this exemption into effect, to create equity across all operations in the Middle East Region,” CDF ACM Mark Binskin said.

“This change enables all ADF per-sonnel who have paid income tax while deployed on those operations to claim a full tax exemption for the period of their deployment.”

Treasury hasn’t confirmed when regu-lations will be amended but details of the income tax exemption are unlikely to be released by mid this year.

While the exemption is good news for ADF personnel, the exemption cannot be claimed until Treasury completes the leg-islative changes.

This means that early in financial year 2015-16, payment summaries will be cor-rected and reissued to affected members.

This will enable members to request a reassessment from the Australian Tax Office for their financial year 2014-15 tax returns if already lodged.

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CAPT Brad Richardson

A SMALL team from No. 3 Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron has been on the ground as part of Operation Pacific Assist.

Leading this team is nursing officer FLTLT Gemma Godfrey who ensures her team is prepared for any mission.

“We have provided medical support to the assisted departure of Australian and foreign nation-als on flights back to Australia,” FLTLT Godfrey said.

“The AME team cleared all civilians for flights home to ensure they did not require further medi-cal attention.

“Members of the team escort-ed flights because we have a duty of care to ensure any civilians

are well looked after during any flight.”

As part of the ADF’s assistance to the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, Air Force has also supported the evacuation of local residents from Tanna Island in southern Vanuatu.

“They have gone through a lot and they have various injuries,” FLTLT Godfrey said.

“We have evacuated a number of people from Tanna who have been badly injured and need more definitive medical care.”

FLTLT Godfrey said flights could sometimes aggravate exist-ing medical conditions and the team was on hand to provide fur-ther medical support if needed.

“We have seen various medical conditions from cuts and scrapes

to elderly locals with existing medical conditions,” she said.

The AME team consists of one doctor, a nurse and two medics. They have configured their medi-cal equipment to suit the C-17A Globemaster and C-130J Hercules.

“We have the capability to provide whatever kind of medi-cal care we might find,” FLTLT Godfrey said.

“We can’t fly anywhere and treat patients without assistance in configuring aircraft and the air-crew and logistics staff, including the air-load team, are critical in our role.

“It feels rewarding to come and help the local population who are in need. They are appreciative for the care and know they are in good hands.”

Ready to help friends in need

Medical team gives vital assistance

Air Force personnel move emergency relief supplies at Vanuatu’s international airport. Inset right, FLTLT Tracey Milton and SGT Sammy Melville, of 3AME, treat an injured local. Photos: SGT Hamish Paterson and CPL David Said

Supplies are unloaded from a No. 36 Squadron

C-17A Globemaster in Vanuatu.

Photo: Cpl David Said

An F/A-18F crewman prepares for a mission in the Middle East. Photo: SGT Andrew Eddie

KC-30A booms ahead

FORMALLY ACCEPTEDDEFENCE Material Organisation (DMO) announced on March 6 the removal of the KC-30A Multi Role Tanker Transport from the Projects of Concern List.

Known as Project Air 5402, the KC-30A MRTT has been a project of concern since February 2010 due to delays in delivery by Airbus Defence and Space.

Among the key issues was development of the KC-30A’s Aerial Refuelling Boom System (ARBS).

In 2014, Air Force sent a second KC-30A to assist with the ARBS test program in Europe.

DMO Acting Chief Executive Officer Harry Dunstall said that following an extensive development and testing program, the issues previously identified with the introduction of the ARBS had been resolved and

Defence had formally accepted the capability.

“Resolution of this issue completes the remediation of all activities identified in the project’s remediation plan, and accordingly it has been removed from the list,” Mr Dunstall said.

“Airbus Defence and Space has worked collaboratively with us to address our concerns and I would like to recognise and thank Airbus for their efforts.

“This is a great example of the effectiveness of the projects of concern process in remediating troubled projects.”

Project AIR 5402 has delivered five new generation Airbus Military KC-30A Multi Role Tanker Transport aircraft to No. 33 Squadron at RAAF Base Amberley.

Eamon Hamilton

BOOM refuelling operations will soon be under way for the No. 33 Squadron (33SQN) fleet of KC-30A Multi Role Tanker Transport aircraft.

AIRCDRE Warren McDonald, Commander Air Mobility Group, outlined the RAAF’s test program for the KC-30A to media and industry during a briefing at the 2015 Australian International Airshow.

“In late March, we will convene a RAAF Airworthiness Board regarding the KC-30A’s Advanced Refuelling Boom System (ARBS),” he said.

“Out of the Airworthiness Board, a special flight permit will be issued to allow us to begin boom refuelling operations.”

The Airworthiness Board effectively determines that Air Force has all the right support arrangements and operating practices in place to begin using the ARBS effectively.

Some personnel at 33SQN have conducted boom training with the US Air Force, and a number of Air Force pilots have experience

receiving fuel from a boom-equipped aircraft.

But never before has the RAAF operated its own boom-equipped aircraft. The KC-30A is equipped with a 17m long ARBS, which sits underneath the tail, can off-load 4500lt of fuel a minute to a receiver aircraft.

Until now, RAAF KC-30As have only used the ARBS under test flights operated by Airbus Defence and Space crews in Europe, under a test and modification program.

AIRCDRE McDonald said that test program was completed in July 2014, and was followed by a modification program for hardware and software in the ARBS.

“Airbus had contracted a boomer originally from the US Air Force, and his feedback to us was that ‘This is an exceptional boom – where I fly it, it goes’,” he said.

The first aircraft to be refuelled by 33SQN with the ARBS will be its own KC-30As.

“This will be followed by the E-7A Wedgetail, because we need that capability over in the Middle East,” AIRCDRE McDonald said.

At present, the Wedgetails rely on foreign tanker aircraft such as the KC-135 if they need to refuel in the Middle East.

The RAAF will also look to conduct testing with the Republic of Singapore Air Force to refuel that country’s F-15 and F-16 strike fighters, and the US Air Force to refuel the F-35A.

Clearance to refuel the F-35A will assist in delivery flights of the RAAF’s own aircraft later this decade, while clearance to refuel the F-15 and F-16 will considerably increase RAAF KC-30A customer-base among coalition aircraft on Operation Okra.

AIRCDRE McDonald told the audience at the airshow that in the skies of Iraq, the 33SQN KC-30A has staked a reputation as the “coalition’s tanker of choice”.

“We’re currently refuelling aircraft from six countries across seven aircraft types for hose-and-drogue operations,” he said.

“This aircraft has become known in the Middle East for always being there.

“Fast jet aircrew listen out for our

call sign to see where we are.”In January 2015 alone, the

RAAF’s KC-30A flew 321.3 hours on 36 sorties for Operation Okra, off-loading 1659 tonnes of fuel – an average of 46 tonnes of fuel a flight.

Network and communication systems such as Link-16 allow 33SQN crews in Iraq to share information with their receivers.

“The other benefit of this aircraft is that we can now go looking for ‘trade’ – our crews go out of their way to support the fighters,” AIRCDRE McDonald said.

“You can only enable that with Link-16, and we now know where everyone is in the fight.”

One important development to the KC-30A program in Australia has been the arrival of a fifth aircraft at RAAF Base Amberley – ironically, the first KC-30A to be built.

KC-30A A39-001 first flew as an unmodified Airbus A330-200 in March 2006, and was converted into an MRTT from May 2006 to June 2007.

It conducted development flights of refuelling systems in Europe,

and was joined in this program by KC-30A A39-005 in early 2014.

Following completion of the test program in Europe in July 2014, both aircraft underwent modification to their ARBS.

A39-005 arrived at RAAF Base Amberley on February 17 and then appeared at the Australian International Airshow at Avalon Airport.

Meanwhile, A39-001 meanwhile arrived at RAAF Base Amberley on February 24.

AIRCDRE McDonald acknowledged that while the KC-30A’s introduction to RAAF service has not been smooth, its trials had boosted Air Force’s own understanding of the aircraft.

“There are a whole host of engineers within Air Force who will have an understanding of this aircraft as we go into the future,” he said.

“If you don’t see these scenarios, then your engineers don’t learn how to deal with complicated issues.”

Three F/A-18F Super Hornets and a KC-30A

conduct an aerial display during the

Australian International Airshow.

Photo: CPL Nicci Freeman

4 March 26, 2015RCEAIR FNews

Training devices to prepare the next generation

5March 26, 2015RCEAIR F News

Eamon Hamilton

WALLABY Airlines have returned to the skies following the first training flight by members of No. 35 Squadron in their new C-27J Spartan.

On February 27, a RAAF crew consisting of two pilots and loadmasters, supported by three civilian instructors from L-3 Communications, completed a training flight from Waco in Texas.

Similarly, the first cadre of 35SQN Maintenance personnel also completed their nine-week initial course on the C-27J in late February.

The training flight on February 27 marks the first time that 35SQN has flown their squadron aircraft since late 2000, when the unit operated the DHC-4 Caribou under the moniker ‘Wallaby Airlines’.

Significant changes have occurred in aviation training practices over the past 15 years.

The Project Director for the C-27J Transition Team, GPCAPT Bill Kourelakos, said the conversion course was run by L-3 Communications at facilities in Texas.

“The conversion course utilises a full-motion simulator before transitioning to the real aircraft,” GPCAPT Kourelakos said.

“The first flight by a RAAF crew lasted for two hours and 50 minutes, during which the crew

The first RAAF crew of a C-27J Spartan are, from left, loadmaster WOFF Geoff Smith, pilot FLTLT Mark Seery, pilot SQNLDR Steve Foster and loadmaster WOFF Steve Burrows all of 35SQN. Photo: SQNLDR Glen Foster

First Spartan training flight

Eamon Hamilton

A HOST of new training devices are coming to No. 285 Squadron to prepare the next generation of C-130J Hercules aircrew and technicians.

The most recent of these is the introduction of a virtual terrain board, for training using night-vision goggles (NVG), that was rolled out for pilots and loadmasters on March 12.

CO 285SQN WGCDR Nick Hogan said the new course replaces a physical model used for NVG training.

“It’s a classroom environment, only with the lights turned out and a projected display of night-time environments,” WGCDR Hogan said.

“Students are at their desks with NVGs, are taught the limitations of these devices and then walked through night-time environments and scenarios.”

Air Force Hercules crews first experimented with NVGs in the 1980s, but it wasn’t until the early 1990s that they were more formally adopted on the C-130H.

The C-130J workforce at No. 37 Squadron began using NVGs in 2004.

Since the retirement of the C-130H in 2012, the C-130J crews are flying in more complicated environments at night, requiring greater understanding of how to best overcome the limitations of NVGs while achieving the mission.

“There’s a marked difference between operating the Hercules on NVGs, and doing the same mission in daylight,” WGCDR Hogan said.

“The training spectrum we can cover with this new courseware is much greater than what was possible with physical models before.”

Already, a number of new and updated training devices have found their way to 285SQN in recent years, with upgrades to software, scenery, and hardware for the C-130J full-flight mission simulator.

“As we upgrade the C-130J fleet at 37SQN, we must also upgrade the simulator we use for aircrew qualification and currency training,” WGCDR Hogan said.

“The full-flight mission simulator is being linked to the Defence Training and Experimentation Network, allowing it to operate with other Defence and coalition simulators.

“Much like RAAF aircraft are being brought into a network-centric

battlespace under Plan Jericho, Defence simulators are likewise connecting to allow more cost-effective collective and integrated training.”

Along wi th S t r ive Compute r Generated Forces, the latest synthetic realistic threat training software, the simulator will deliver real-world, real-time mission training from the second quarter of 2016.

Advancing the simulator will only increase demand on what is already a precious resource, so additional training aids are being brought in to relieve the burden.

“Some of the training for technicians and aircrew requires inputting data or other familiarisation with the C-130J systems, which doesn’t necessarily require a full-flight mission simulator,” WGCDR Hogan said.

“We will introduce a multi-function training aid, to relieve the burden of using the simulator as well as replace another obsolete part-task trainer at 285SQN.”

M e a n w h i l e , l o a d m a s t e r s a r e benefitting from the installation of a C-130J tactical airlift crew trainer (TACT), which is used for threat and crew training.

“During some key phases of flight, the loadmaster’s role is to scan through the paratroop door windows for any threats to the aircraft, and relay that information to the rest of the crew,” WGCDR Hogan said.

“The TACT can simulate a number of these threats under different, real-world environments and scenarios, which gives loadmasters an idea of what they’re looking for.

“It too will be linked to the full-flight mission simulator by mid-2015, allowing full crew mission training in realistic synthetic environments.”

An obsolete computer-based training system for aircrew and technician training on the C-130J will also be replaced by the end of the year.

“In mid-2015, we expect to see the arrival of an interactive, computer-based training, with common courseware for training C-130J aircrew and technicians,” WGCDR Hogan said.

“From early 2016, we expect the first course to be using this interactive courseware that has been adapted from a similar system used by the Royal Canadian Air Force.”‘The flight was

completed utilising the first

Spartan to be handed over to

Australia.– GPCAPT Bill Kourelakos,

C-27J Transition Team Project Director

were able to explore the handling characteristics of the Spartan.

“The flight was completed utilising the first Spartan to be handed over to Australia, aircraft A34-001.”

While 35SQN remains headquartered at RAAF Base Richmond, it is dispatching personnel to conduct their training on the Spartan in Texas.

“We have 12 personnel from 35SQN in Texas conducting the four-month conversion course to become C-27J Spartan pilots and loadmasters,” GPCAPT Kourelakos said.

“Additional RAAF crews in Waco have completed their first flights, or will do so shortly.”

Air Force is receiving a fleet of

10 C-27J Spartans, with the first aircraft to arrive in Australia by mid-2015.

Recent fleet introductions such as the C-17A and KC-30A have expanded Air Mobility Group’s strategic reach, but the C-27J will have the important task of delivering to hard-to-reach areas.

Air Mobility Group’s experiences during operations have shown that many runways throughout the Asia-Pacific region are restricted by the weight of transport aircraft.

With a gross weight under 30 tonnes, the C-27J would complement the airlift capabilities of Air Force’s existing C-130J Hercules and C-17A Globemaster III fleets, according to GPCAPT Kourelakos.

“The C-27J can fly from runways that are too small or fragile to support larger transport aircraft, but the C-27J can still carry up to 40 personnel or three military pallets or vehicles in the cargo bay,” he said.

“It can also airdrop cargo and paratroopers, and is equipped with military avionics and self-protection systems, making it well-suited to the task of being a ‘Battlefield Airlifter’.”

Wallaby airlines was the popular name for RAAF Transport Flight Vietnam that flew DHC-4 Caribous from 1964 to 1972.

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8 March 26, 2015RCEAIR FNews

THE exceptional instructional skills of a senior Qualified Aviation Instructor (QAI) have been recognised by the awarding of the highest possible air-crew category available within Air Force’s qualification and categorisa-tion system.

SQNLDR Mark Williams, of the School of Air Warfare (SAW) at RAAF Base East Sale, was awarded a Category A QAI qualification for his consistent display of excellence and effectiveness of the highest level and, in particular, outstanding leadership and instructional ability.

Alongside his extensive experi-ence, SQNLDR Williams demonstrat-ed a comprehensive and extensive professional knowledge.

The award of an A Category is a significant event for SAW.

Since its transition from Navigator to Air Combat Officer (ACO) train-ing in January 2008, only two other A Categories have been awarded at the school.

In his five-and-a-half years at SAW, SQNLDR Williams has instructed more than 200 ab-initio students across 21 ACO courses.

On top of this achievement, he has instructed on numerous Aviation Instructor Courses and post-graduate Weapons Employment Courses.

He has also been an Aviation Warfare Instructor Standardisation Officer for four years, conducting external audits of post-graduate ACO training within Air Force.

CO SAW, WGCDR Craig Stallard

A category of high order

lauded SQNLDR Williams’ achieve-ment.

“There is no higher accolade an instructor can receive than the award-ing of an A Cat,” he said.

“SQNLDR Williams’ legacy as an instructor will long be felt through the more than 130 Air Combat Officers that are employed throughout ACG and ASG.”

WGCDR Stallard also emphasised SQNLDR Williams’ contribution to current Air Force operations.

“He has placed his stamp on Australian air power through the ACOs who today are flying opera-tional missions overseas on Super Hornets and Wedgetails because of his outstanding instructional skills,” he said.

“His awarding of an A Cat Qualified Aviation Instructor is an acknowledgement of the exception-al level of professional and technical mastery he demonstrated day in and day out.”

SQNLDR Williams said he was honoured to be awarded this category.

“To be recognised by my fellow aircrew for all the hard work I have

put into ACO ab-initio, FEG ACOI and WEC training over the past five-and-a-half years is humbling,” he said.

“I love this job and will miss it after I post out. I must thank all those who have supported me since I com-menced my navigator then ACO career in January 2002.

“Your constant support and encour-agement will never be forgotten.”

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9March 26, 2015RCEAIR F News

PARATROOPERS stranded in deep waters off the coast of Nowra in NSW were plucked to safety in a recovery trial involving a C-130J Hercules.

Bags simulating the weight of a paratrooper were hung from the Hercules cargo ramp and safely dropped into the water below.

A mannequin was then dropped and winched back into the aircraft from the ramp of the Hercules.

These trials followed a similar flight conducted off the coast of Sydney in 2014, and are part of the development program for a paratroop retrieval system for Air Force.

The trial flights involved the Hercules flying at an altitude of 300m, about 9km off Nowra.

Air Movements Training and Development Unit CO WGCDR Stephen Crawford supervised the trial.

“The Hercules is well established in the airborne delivery of para-troops, with each aircraft carrying a load of 92 troops,” he said.

“Nowra is also home to the Army’s Parachute Training School, so paratroop training off the coast is a frequent exercise.

“Trials are important to assess the maximum extent of our capabil-ity to recover a paratrooper in an emergency, and assist the training of loadmasters and air dispatchers in their duties.”

WGCDR Crawford said that when paratroops jumped from a Hercules they were attached to a static line, which automatically deployed their parachute as they left the aircraft.

“There is the risk that the static line may not disengage, or that the paratrooper could be otherwise caught as they exit the aircraft,” he said.

“Malfunctions in these cases are extremely rare, but it remains critical for us to have a recovery procedure that is safe and effective.”

The bags were designed to sink to the sea floor so as not to be a hazard to fishermen or marine wildlife.

Taking the leap of faith

CAPT Bradley Richardson

DRUM beats kept the t ime as Australia’s Federation Guard (AFG) refined their drills during rehears-als for the Centenary of Anzac Day in Gallipoli.

LAC Phillip Eustance took part in the military drill practice, including mounting a catafalque party.

“The rehearsals for the catafalque party are important to the members so we can get our timings right, steps correct and ensure everything flows smoothly,” he said.

For Anzac Day, the AFG will sup-port commemoration ceremonies at Anzac Cove in Turkey, Villers-Bretonneux and Bullecourt in France, Menin Gate in Belgium and around Australia.

Being selected to attend Anzac Day

at Gallipoli is a proud moment for LAC Eustance whose daughter will be at home watching him participate in the Dawn Service on the television.

“I will have to explain to her why I am going away. She always asks me about work,” he said.

“Hopefully on the day, her mum will point me out on TV and that will answer a lot of questions for her.

“I believe she is proud of me and what I do at work.”

This year will be a time to commem-orate more than a century of service and sacrifice by the men and women who have served, and continue to serve, Australia and its allies in war, conflict and peacekeeping.

AFG will have a critical role in sup-porting Centenary of Anzac from 2014 until 2018.

LAC Phillip Eustance conducts ceremonial drill as part of AFG’s rehearsal for Anzac Day. Photo: CPL Steve Duncan

A paratrooper leaps from the ramp of a C-130J Hercules during training. File photo: LAC David Said

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RAAF School of Administration and Logistics Training supply trainee AC Corey Bittinger was hospitalised with a life-threatening condition last month.

His condition was unknown at the time of his admission. What was known was that all his vital signs had seriously depleted, his body was shut-ting down and he might not make it through the night.

AC Bittinger was slipping in and out of a coma, but under the most pro-fessional care his family and chain of command could hope for.

The RAAFSALT unit executive worked around the clock to ensure Corey’s partner, LACW Joanna Isaac, based at RAAF Base Williamtown, and their two young children could be by his side.

A general hand reservist drove the family to Wagga Wagga, NSW.

They arrived at the hospital at 3am where they were met by the School WOFF, who had maintained a bedside vigil, the duty chaplain and the tempo-rary CO.

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AC Bittinger survived the night. He remained in an induced coma and on full life support. The prognosis remained critical.

LACW Isaac remained at his bed-side. She herself was grieving the death of her father only three weeks before.

CO RAAFSALT WGCDR Wendy Gill said what occurred over the next few days was nothing short of amazing.

“A newly posted couple at RAAFSALT were friends of LACW Isaac’s from their previous posting to RAAF Base Tindal, so they volunteered to look after the children until DCO were able to make necessary childcare arrangements,” she said.

“DCO arranged to bring the chil-dren’s grandmother to care for them and support her daughter throughout this traumatic experience. Noting she herself was grieving the recent loss of her hus-band, it was an extremely sad situation.”

WGCDR Gill spoke of her pride in RAAFSALT staff and students.

“They repeatedly asked if there was anything they could do and rallied to donate baby and children’s clothes, a baby walker, high chair, portable cot, food blender, toys, DVDs, magazines, and homemade family meals – all

things you wouldn’t think to bring when you are told to get to your next of kin’s bedside,” she said.

AC Bittinger’s car was on base and Joanna was able to access it, however, it needed repair so RAAF Base Wagga Motor Club made arrangements to have the car fixed by an authorised mechanic in town at cost price.

RAAF Base Wagga Welfare Committee gave a grant of $1000 to cover the costs of the car repair and cash for the family.

CAF called the school several times to see how AC Bittinger and the family were and they also received a visit from WOFF-AF in the intensive care unit.

Ten days on, after being treated for suspected pneumonia, AC Bittinger was brought out of his induced coma and off life support. Within 24 hours he was sitting up, eating custard and playing on the iPad with his daughter. Two weeks after admission he was discharged from hospital and sent on convalescent leave to recover from the trauma his body had been through.

The Bittinger family was over-whelmed and grateful for the support and generosity shown to them by those who were complete strangers but now are practically family.

Back Row L-R, CHAP Graeme Liersch, AC Corey Bittinger Jade Bittinger, CHAP Troy White. Front Row L-R LACW Joanna Issac holding Alex Bittinger.

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Whatever floats your boatGUMI HISTORYAir Force shows Navy how it’s done on the Wagga waterways, CPL Aaron Curran reports

AIR Force trainees and their Course Military Advisers (CMA) from the RAAF School of Technical

Training (RAAFSTT) took on Army and Navy during the annual World Championship Gumi Race in Wagga Wagga NSW on February 15.

CMAs CPLs Trevor Barltrop and Stephen Edwards and trainees ACs Sean Barry, Aaron Handford, Putu Sedana-Yasa, Eli Custance and Jasper Coulembier volunteered and spent a significant amount of time

constructing and preparing their air-ship-vessel for the race.

They joined 120 teams on rafts made of upside-down trampolines, deck-chairs, bicycles, boat hulls and tyre tubes to sail, paddle or pedal 7km down the Murrumbidgee River.

CPL Edwards said the majority of the airframe wings and fuselage was a partial rebuild of the previ-ous year’s AP-3C frame – a floating model of the real aircraft..

“We redesigned and strengthened it,” he said.

“With a fresh coat of paint and some extra bits we produced the RAAF’s newest KC-30A as well as two F/A-18C hornets. We left the start fully serviceable and had no issues with weight, balance or manoeuvrability.”

CPL Edwards said being the CMAs encouraged trainees to engage with and participate in com-munity events.

“I would like to think that they will then continue to foster posi-tive relations and get involved in the

community in their future careers,” he said.

“I personally like community engagement and these kind of events.”

The Air Force team finished sec-ond behind the RAEME trainees with the Navy in third place.

“The Army’s second team came last,” he said.

“Both we and the Navy tried waiting and then back-paddling as long as we could so we could all cross the finish line in formation, but they were busy being stuck in a tree.”

THE name Gumi (GOOM-I) is a Pidgin English word for “rubber” as in Bilong Taia or inner tube.

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Air Force, far left, stays out of trouble

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Gumi Race in Wagga Wagga,

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AFTER being viewed by tens of thou-sands of Australians and clocking up to 3000 hours in the air, the RAAF Balloon turned 25 on March 5.

Since its first flight in 1990, the bal-loon has been widely regarded as one of Air Force’s most prized and well recog-nised public relations assets.

It has visited all Australian states and territories and conducted display flights, visited schools and attended community events. It even visited the Philippines in 1997 and Thailand in 1998.

The crew has been able to engage closely with members of the community in a way no other Air Force asset could.

Demonstrating this most simple form of aviation provides excellent opportuni-ties for Australians and international visi-tors to see Air Force values in action, and even be part of the team assembling and packing up before and after flight.

The Air Force Balloon is operated by the Central Flying School and is based at HMAS Harman in Canberra.

There are currently two pilots and 13 Air Force Reserve ground crew, sup-plemented by eight members from other reserve units.

Bob Cook was a squadron leader reservist and the longest serving balloon pilot, flying from 1992 to 2013.

“In 1988 the first Canberra Balloon Festival was held,” Mr Cook said.

“The then Chief of the Air Staff, AIRMSHL Ray Funnell, saw the public relations potential of the balloon and went ahead and ordered one.

“The first was a ‘77’ (77,000 cubic feet), with the contract for the initial sup-port and training going to Balloon Aloft.”

Mr Cook, who previously flew Caribous, Macchis and CT4s, said bal-loon pilots were primarily Qantas person-nel on reserve duty, but Qantas stopped releasing them so he was phoned and asked to fly it.

“It was one of the best decisions I have made,” he said.

“When I saw the annual program and realised it was not just flying around Canberra but around Australia, I realised the benefits of it to Air Force.”

Mr Cook used country airshows as an example of the value the balloon could deliver.

“They might have wanted an F-111 to fly past,” he said.

“But the aircraft would only be there for, say, 10 minutes as it flew over.

“The balloon could stay at the air-show all weekend with hundreds of peo-ple climbing into it for a tethered flight.”

Mr Cook said the balloon is a very useful public relations asset and is so big it gets people’s attention immediately.

The balloon’s only overseas trips, to the Philippines and Thailand, were a suc-cess, with then deputy prime minister Tim Fisher going up in it while he was there.

“The biggest memory for me were the children and the looks on their faces – they just loved it,” Mr Cook said.

SGT Chris Bradley, who has been with the balloon eight years, agreed that the highlight was seeing the smiles on the faces of children in remote Aboriginal communities on their 2013 trip to the Northern Territory.

“The kids had never seen anything like a hot air balloon before,” SGT Bradley said.

Since 1990, the Air Force has flown seven balloons and is finalising a tender for a new, shaped design.

Current Flight Commander SQNLDR Damian Gilchrist said the unique nature of balloon operations required an agile and determined crew.

“We have to adapt to challenging loca-tions and weather so our audiences get an experience that is distinctively Air Force – good teamwork is at the core,” he said.

CAF AIRMSHL Geoff Brown marked the 25th anniversary with a flight on March 10.

Also attending were the very first pilot, John Wallington, and passenger, former Air Force pilot Deborah Jeppesen.

SQNLDR Damian Gilchrist talks with a group of visitors on the inside of the Air Force balloon envelope. Photo: SGT William Guthrie

The Air Force balloon first flew on March 5, 1990. Registered as VH-LDB (lead balloon), it held 77,000 cubic feet of air and featured the RAAF badge and roundel. As a proof of concept it was a great success but proved too small for typical passenger loads in hot conditions. Subsequent balloons were larger. The second balloon, VH-AME, pur-chased in 1993, displaced 90,000 cubic feet and featured the same artwork. In 1996, the third Air Force balloon, VH-AQS, celebrated the 75th an-niversary of the RAAF. It featured a scroll underneath a crest and the anniversary logo of three aircraft trailing streamers. In 1999, it was decided the next balloon should promote a tri service image. VH-TRI featured an F/A-18 Hornet, Anzac-class frigate and an ASLAV. It displaced 105,000 cubic feet, which ensured a media crew could be carried in most conditions. The fifth balloon, VH-FAN, first flew in February 2005 and featured the standard Air Force balloon artwork. While retired, VH-FAN is still used in training and some modified displays. The sixth balloon flew between Au-gust 2006 and July 2013. VH-DEF featured the RAAF roundel, a hornet and an LACW. The current balloon, VH-LVD, was acquired in July 2011 and has the conventional Air Force artwork of the Air Force crest and roundel.

The Air Force balloon flies over Old Parliament House in Canberra. Below, CAF AIRMSHL Geoff Brown with Deborah Jeppeson and a copy of the 25-year-old Air Force News that announced the first flight of the Air Force balloon. Ms Jeppeson was a passenger on that flight. Photos: FSGT Kev Berriman

Balloon turns 25

14 15RCEAIR F March 26, 2015Centrepiece

The next generation of Air Force

Honouring influencesAustralian Air Task Group members paused to reflect on the special people in their lives on International Women’s Day, SQNLDR David Woods reports.

‘I witnessed her

spirit evolve over time and saw her display qualities of many great

women.– WOFF Fiona,

ATG Australian Personnel Security Manager

AUSTRALIAN Air Task Group (ATG) members in the Middle East celebrated International Women’s Day on March 8,

reflecting on the achievements of women globally and, importantly, on the past, present and future achievements of women in the ADF.

ATG Australian Personnel Security Manager WOFF Fiona said members came together to give thanks to the important women in their lives.

“If one person stops and reflects on either how fortunate they are to have women in their life who have had an influence on them in some way, whether it be a relative, friend or mentor, then the objective of the day has been achieved,” she said.

“I am extremely proud to be an Australian woman and equally proud to be a member of the Royal Australian Air Force.”

WOFF Fiona said celebrating the day on deployment was an opportunity to recognise how fortunate Australian women are.

ATG personnel work, without regard to gender, in a unified fight against Daesh, whose brutal actions oppress and persecute the

Iraqi people. Women there have been subject to Daesh brutality and exploitation, and the ATG, along with coalition members, are standing up and giving hope to the women of Iraq.

For WOFF Fiona, International Women’s Day holds special meaning while deployed in the Middle East. During a previous deployment to Afghanistan, as 2IC

of Force Protection, she was responsible for overseeing local female engagement.

“I was inspired by a young Afghan girl,” WOFF Fiona said.

“Initially the innocent girl was petrified of me as she believed me to be a threat, however, in the end I developed an incredible bond with her and her mother, united in the fact that wherever

we are in the world, all women are created equal.

“I witnessed her spirit evolve over time and saw her display qualities of many great women.

“The girl held no title and achieved no accolades, however the strength, courage and hope that she displayed inspired me.

“For me, International Women’s Day honours her and celebrates other brave young women like her.”

AIR FORCE events for International Women’s Day centred on this year’s theme “Let’s not wait another 20

years for gender equality” and the UN’s HeForShe campaign, which encouraged men to identify and take steps to support women and gender equality.

International Women’s Day repre-sents an opportunity to celebrate the achievements of women while calling for greater equality and has been held every year since 1911. Thousands of events occur to mark the economic, political and social achievements of women.

CDF AIRMSHL Mark Binskin said International Women’s Day was an opportunity for Defence to demon-strate support for women, both within its workforce and around the world.

“On an operational level, our military efforts have played a critical role in providing security, facilities and education for women in areas of conflict,” he said.

Although men still make up the majority of its workforce, women comprise 18.4 per cent of the RAAF workforce.

Women can now participate in all Air Force roles with Ground Defence Officer and Air Field Defence Guard positions open to serving women with direct entry recruitment to com-mence next year.

In recent years Defence has improved access to flexible work arrangements within both the military and civilian workforce and removed gender restrictions in combat roles.

ADF combat role employment categories were opened to current serving ADF women in 2013 with direct recruitment to start by 2016.

Defence Secretary Dennis Richardson said much had been achieved to improve gender equality in Defence during the past 20 years.

“We should be proud of our achievements, but we can’t afford to become complacent,” he said.

Air Force personnel took part in events around Australia and the globe during International Women’s Day celebrations.

FLTLT Michael Moroney

CPL Susan Robinson is the Joint Movements Control Officer deployed to Kandahar Airfield, Afghanistan under Operation Highroad.

CPL Robinson is responsible for a range of functions aimed at ensuring the timely and efficient movement of cargo and personnel to and from the airfield and she’s enjoying the deployment.

“I’ve been in Defence coming up to 10 years this year and I initially joined just for the challenge,” she said.

“Being a female in a male-dominated environment has had its challenges, but I find it very rewarding. I find that you make a lot of great mates.”

CPL Robinson was on deployment

on International Women’s Day and said she believed the day provided an opportunity to reflect on the progress for equality in the workplace for women.

“I think International Women’s Day gives us a voice and a stance in the workplace,” she said.

“It definitely has shown how far women have come. For women who we take maternity leave and come back into the workplace it has had a huge impact.”

“I think, especially in a country like Afghanistan, it shows how far women are coming and will continue to come.”

There are about 45 ADF servicewomen deployed to Afghanistan on Operation Highroad supporting the NATO-led train, advise and assist Resolute Support Mission.

WOMEN ON DEPLOYMENT

WOFF Fiona with one of the local girls who she met during her deployment in Tarin Kowt in 2013. WOFF Fiona is deployed with Australia’s Air Task Group in the Middle East.

AIR FORCE celebrated International Women’s Day with a Flight Camp for young women at RAAF Base East Sale.

The Flight Camps provide women aged between 16 and 18 years with the opportu-nity to explore aviation roles through a targeted program.

The women toured the lat-est RAAF aircraft, including a C-17A Globemaster and F/A-18A/B Hornets.

CAF AIRMSHL Geoff Brown said he was impressed by their motivation.

“Air Force Flight Camps provide young women with an opportunity to experience Air Force life with a focus on non-traditional work oppor-tunities in air crew, techni-cal trades and engineering,” AIRMSHL Brown said.

“Meeting these young women, and seeing how motivated they are to succeed,

makes me confident in the next generation of youth.

“I am hopeful that the opportunities they receive at the Flight Camp, including flying in Air Force aircraft and simulators, leadership activities and physical train-ing, inspires them to consider a career in Air Force.”

Flight Camp partici-pant Gabby Adamson from Western Australia described it as an amazing experience.

“The camp gave us an opportunity to meet and talk to RAAF personnel and to learn about different jobs and aircraft. I loved flying the F-18 simulator and getting the chance to fly in the CT-4 and do aerobatics. I can’t wait to apply to join the RAAF.”

Participants for the camp were from Western Australia, Victoria, New South Wales and the ACT.

Flight Camp participants enjoy the opportunity to view a 2SQN B737 E-7A Wedgetail AEW&C aircraft while it made a brief stop over at RAAF Base East Sale. Photo: PO Rick Prideaux

Left, Aalishna, from Victoria, controls four Roulette aircraft in ‘circuit’ on the Air Traffic Control Simulator during the Flight Camp at RAAF Base East Sale. Photo: PO Rick Prideaux

CELEBRATING STRONG WOMEN

FLTLT Annabel Szekely, talks to staff from MLC School in Sydney, during an event to encourage young women to join the Air Force. Photo: ABIS Chantelle Bianchi

LACW Natalie is deployed with Australia’s Air Task Group in the Middle East. Photo: SGT Shane Gidall

CPL Susan Robinson is the Joint Movements Control Officer deployed to Kandahar Airfield, Afghanistan.

Photo: SGT Ray Vance

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Lost airmen honouredFeatureRCEAIR F March 26, 2015 17

Seventy-one years after four airmen disappeared when their aircraft crashed and sank to the bottom of the ocean, a memorial has been dedicated to their service, SQNLDR Bernie Farley writes.

Robbie Lowe, Elizabeth Hasting, Ann Sorensen, Laurie Baulderstone, Scott Baulderstone, Mike Barry and GPCAPT Terence Deeth, Chief of Air Force’s representative during a ceremony for the four airmen who died when their plane crashed into Lady Julia Percy Island.

Photo: Vicky Hughson of The Standard‘They are still part of the broader Air

Force family.– GPCAPT Terence Deeth

SQNLDR Bernie Farley

AT 8am on February 15, 1944, Avro Anson AW878 took off from No. 2 Air Observers School in Mt Gambier, South Australia, on an over-sea navi-gational sortie. The four man crew was never heard from again.

On a beach west of Port Fairy in Victoria’s southwest last month, more than 50 family members joined 150 locals to reveal the story of the Avro Anson’s final flight and pay tribute to the lost men after 71 years.

At the ceremony, the striking monu-ment, which features a scale replica of the Avro Anson, was unveiled by AFTG COS GPCAPT Terence Deeth, repre-senting CAF AIRMSHL Geoff Brown, and dedicated by CHAP Peter Phillips.

GPCAPT Deeth emphasised the sig-nificant contribution made by the four airmen to the war effort and the ultimate price paid by them and their families in the defence of Australia.

GPCAPT Deeth said with the estab-lishment of this memorial we now had an opportunity to put a little more clo-sure to the loss of these four men.

“Importantly, as Australians, it provides us with a tangible way to facilitate our solemn duty, to always remember and to honour the sacrifice of our ancestors,” he said.

“To my mind, the memorial will forever be a monument, not only to the lives of these four airmen, cut short in service to the nation, but to the great lists of all Australian military aviators lost in aircraft accidents.”

GPCAPT Deeth also paid tribute to the Warrnambool East Rotary Club, whose efforts brought together the four families of the lost airmen on this occasion.

“It is important, on an occasion such as this, that those family members can be together, and hopefully realise that they are still part of the broader Air Force family, even so many years on.

“It was a great honour to be invited, on behalf of Air Force, to participate in this memorial dedication and to pass on that lasting message.”

The fatal flight was piloted by FSGT James Henry MacLellan, supported by FSGT Dennis Leslie Baulderstone and air observers LACs Brian Carter Ladyman and Norman Thomas Kruck.

Experienced servicemen, FSGTs MacLellan and Baulderstone had been posted to No, 2 Air Observers School following an operational tour of service.

ject to uncover the story of the four men and create a lasting monument to hon-our their service and bring their families together in remembrance.

The monument, made from local bluestone, was donated and erected by local stonemasons Bamstone of Port Fairy. Stonemason Ian Knowles spent 100 hours hand finishing the scale model Avro Anson. The monument stands over 2.4m tall and is positioned with the crash site on Lady Julia Percy Island as back drop.

Bamstone directors Michael and Cheryl Steel said they wanted the Avro

Anson to be significant in two ways. “Firstly, rescue aircraft tilt their

wings to signal ‘you have been found’ and secondly, the banking aircraft means it’s coming home, so there’s closure for the families,” Cheryl said.

GPCAPT Deeth paid tribute to the passion of the Rotary Club members and commended the efforts of 413SQN Australian Air Force Cadets (AAFC) Warrnambool, who provided the cata-falque party and ceremonial guard.

The families were presented with service histories signed by CAF and CAF Family Bereavement Pins to be

worn in remembrance of their family members.

Each family also received a copy of their airmen’s service records sourced from the Australian National Archives and presented by Rotary President Terry Baker.

LAC Ladyman’s sister Elizabeth Hasting, said she felt a great sense of closure after 71 years. FSGT MacLellan’s daughter, Ann Sorenson, FSGT Baulderstone sister-in-law, Laurie Baulderstone and LAC Kruck’s nephew, Mike Barry, also attended the ceremony.

FSGT MacLellan flew Lockheed Hudsons in Papua New Guinea as part of the RAAF’s premier fighting unit, No. 9 Operational Group.

FSGT Baulderstone was a member of No. 2 Squadron, crewing Lockheed Hudsons on coastal reconnaissance, the bombing of Japanese shipping in the East Indies and in aerial resupply for elements of Sparrow Force fighting on Timor.

LACs Ladyman and Kruck were undertaking air observers training in preparation for operational employ-ment.

With no radio contact, by 12.30pm, 4.5 hours after take off, an overdue signal was sent. At 1pm, a search was instituted and at 2.30pm the searching aircraft sighted part of the mainplane on the cliff top on Lady Julia Percy Island, 7km off the Victorian Coast between the ports of Portland and Port Fairy.

Wreckage was found in the sea at foot of the cliff, identifying the aircraft beyond reasonable doubt. The families were told, but the bodies of the crew and the wreck itself were never recov-ered and the circumstances of their disappearance was classified for opera-tional reasons.

In the 1970s, local abalone divers found the wreckage of an Avro Anson in Aeroplane Bay, off Lady Julia Percy Island.

Diver and Rotarian Andrew Coffey first visited the wreck in the 1970s and had long held the wish to unite the fam-ilies of the airmen and commemorate their service.

Mr Coffey established the names of the crew and made initial contact with the relatives of LAC Ladyman in 1997, contact with the other families proved more difficult.

Family contact, combined with popular tales in the local community about an aircraft wreck located off the coast, resulted in the Rotary Club of Warrnambool East establishing a pro-

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pages 14-15

Laura Carew

DEFENCE’S contribution to the UN Women’s HeforShe campaign was launched at an International Women’s Day event held at the Australian Defence College in Canberra.

The campaign challenges men to spread awareness and spark action by highlighting inequalities.

The event took the form of a Q&A style panel discussion facilitated by the CDF’s Gender Adviser and focused on ideas and initiatives to advance gender equality.

The panel members were NGN Program Director CAPT Mark Hill, RSM-A WO David Ashley, DG Aerospace Combat Systems AIRCDRE Catherine Roberts, and Head Defence Industry Division Michelle Kelly.

WOFF Shane Howells attended the event and thought the panel set-up featuring a range of personnel from

across Defence was a great forum for discussion.

“The atmosphere encouraged open and honest discussion as well as the exchange of different viewpoints across a wide range of issues.”

WOFF Howells said men had an important role to play in driving gen-der inequality from the workplace and needed to become agents for change by setting examples and influencing others.

“Events such as International Women’s Day are an important mech-anism for celebrating the achieve-ments of women, not only in Defence, but throughout society as a whole.”

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Cooks are on a rollWO2 Andrew Hetherington

INSTRUCTORS from the ADF School of Catering at HMAS Cerberus got a culinary lesson they would never forget, from a master sushi chef at Victoria Barracks in Melbourne on February 17.

One of the six participants was Air Force’s Senior Instructor at the School of Catering, FSGT Lance Rennie.

FSGT Rennie and his colleagues were invited by the Army and Air Force Canteens Service (AAFCANS) to attend the unique skills lesson and demonstration by renowned master sushi chef Joon Lee.

Mr Lee was a guest of AFFCANS to promote its new sushi range of healthy menu options.

During the hour session, the instructors watched the master chef demonstrate the various elements to making sushi and then put their new skills to the test.

“I was called up to practise making some sushi rolls under his instruction,” FSGT Rennie said.

“It was great to be able to partici-pate, as it’s always good to keep up with the latest trends in food prepara-tion techniques.”

He got the chance to make two ver-sions of the rolls.

“I made the rice on the outside of roll and the inside-out variant,” he said.

“Master chef Lee was a funny fel-low. He said with the inside-out sushi he used some advanced technology to make it.

“The technology was cling wrap,

which he put down before laying out the rice, then the nori paper went on top of that and he filled it with vegeta-bles, fish or meat.

“He rolled it using the cling wrap, to keep its shape, and he then cut it before taking the wrap off.”

Mr Lee said it was interesting and enjoyable to meet the military chefs and customers at Victoria Barracks.

“I have never been on a military base before and haven’t had the chance to meet and work with military chefs. It was a fascinating experience,” he said.

“I think they did very well to understand me and the sushi making process.”

He has since been to four different bases around the country to demon-strate his skills.

“The military chefs were very keen to learn and had good chef skills. Some had never made sushi before, so it was good for them to work with oth-ers who had made sushi.

“The military chefs were very friendly and very interested in Japanese food. We had a great time together.”

FSGT Rennie said making sushi was simpler than people thought.

“Most people think it’s necessary to wet the rice or nori seaweed paper to get it to stick together,” he said.

“I learnt you don’t need to do it at all. If the rice is a bit moist and warm it will stick together itself.

“Using warm rice allows it to be spread around the paper easily.”

FSGT Lance Rennie, who manages intermediate and advanced catering courses at the ADF School of Catering, is shown how to make sushi by master chef Joon Lee. Photo: Kelly Jordan Photography

New improvement team

19March 26, 2015RCEAIR F Air Force Improvement

FLGOFF Shane Ivimey

AEROSPACE Operational Support Group (AOSG) is reforming the way they do logistics.

AOSG has moved to a more centralised logistics framework in order to reduce inefficiencies and better support unit activities. The changes demonstrate the forward thinking and innovation of AOSG.

Previously AOSG logistics had been structured as per typical flying units with the squadrons maintaining an organic logistics capability of an officer and one or two airmen.

This system did not recognise and respond to the various logistics support arrangements used by AOSG and often left the workforce at squadrons spread too thin to deal with changing priorities.

The main element involved establishing a centralised logistics cell at the wing level within Information Warfare Wing (IWWG), a model already adopted by the Development and Test Wing (DTWG).

This involved the creation of two logistics nodes at the respective wings to support the routine requirements of their squadrons in a more effective manner.

This has improved the coordination and resourcing of logistics support to meet specific unit outcomes.

By establishing two wing-level logistics nodes with a similar structure, logistics staff have been able to standardise support arrangements across the FEG. At the same time they provide supply personnel with opportunities to enhance their skills by being exposed to various aspects of logistics within the node environment.

The larger and busier squadrons in IWWG have maintained a logistics officer to provide specialist support to

It is simply logical

commanding officers when managing complex logistics issues.

WGCDR Matthew Kennedy, the Staff Officer Logistics Capability at AOSG and project lead, described the consequences of the old system as “a structure that limited the flexibility of the workforce.”

He noted that having too few people in the squadron made it harder for individuals to develop professionally in terms of exposure to new skills sets, releasing them

for courses and deployments and providing access to flexible working arrangements.

The new system is also designed with a focus on people.

“Having centralised logistics nodes allows for a proactive rather than reactive workforce. It has inbuilt redundancies which provide individuals with opportunities that were lacking in the previous system.

“The philosophy of putting people first will ultimately lead to success

for AOSG.” WGCDR Kennedy said.The inaugural Officer in

Command of the IWWG logistics node, FLGOFF Jacob Thompson, described the restructure as “providing opportunities to develop leadership and the skills of his team.

“The larger team provides me with the flexibility needed to free my personnel for professional development activities such as training courses and deployments.

“ This is a good initiative and

I look forward to the challenge of leading the IWWG node.”

SGT Adrian Cutting said the new system definitely has people in mind.

“Most importantly, the node provides my junior troops with more exposure to people who are experts in their field,” he said.

“This will allow them to pick up on their skills, rotate through that job and develop their core trade.”

RAAF personnel from the Combat

Support Unit Logistics Services

Flight gather for a photograph

inside their main warehouse in the

MER. Front row (Left to right) SGT Lee Fuller, LACW Laura Tupper and

CPL Deborah Brooks. Back row (left to right) LAC

Bradley Dore, CPL Maranelle

Duffy, FLTLT Joshua Garbett

and SGT Shane Harley.

Photo: CPL Oliver Carter

AIR FORCE Improvement (AFI) has welcomed 10 new faces to the team to replace those experi-enced consultants who returned to their primary roles in the Air Force at the end of 2014.

The challenge for the departed members is to continue to help and lead improvement initiatives within their new units.

The new consultants are eager to get to work after an intense three weeks of training at Southern Cross University. A further week of consolidation training which gave the recruits a chance to put their new skills into practice.

The AFI team’s role is to work closely with individual

units to facilitate initiatives for improvement across the Air Force while also working to embed a culture of Continuous Improvement.

Deputy Director AFI WGCDR Beverly Tubbs said that the new recruits are motivated and extremely enthusiastic about making the Air Force a better place to work.

“The new consultants come from a variety of backgrounds, but they all share a common passion for improving the Air Force”.

FLTLT Mark Aldridge from RAAF Base Richmond praised the new AFI Initial Training Program.

“We were very lucky to

have had the opportunity to learn from both well respected academics and highly experienced industry professionals.Together, they provided a high quality, tailor-made product.”

The training ended with an Operations Exchange at RAAF Richmond on 2-4 March, which was attended by all AFI team members. The team heard addresses from the Director AFI GPCAPT Tony Green and Chief of Staff AFHQ AIRCDRE Hayden Marshall, which gave them significant insight into the future direction of AFI.

The new Air Force Improvement team. Back row (left to right) SGT Rachel Pfaff, SGT Shane Formosa, FSGT Mitchell Scott, SGT Simon Baldry, SGT Alan Blue and FSGT John Lines. Front row (left to right) FLTLT Tania Rigby, FLTLT Alice Baxendale, FLTLT Mark Aldridge and SQNLDR Keith Bateman. Photo: CPL Guy Young

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20 March 26, 2015RCEAIR FNew Horizon

Eamon Hamilton

THE pace of operations at No. 34 Squadron has not prevented the unit from initiating a string of improvements to its business practices and approach to safety and culture.

In 2014 alone, the unit was integral to a number of high-profile events including the G20 Summit in Brisbane, APEC Meeting in Beijing and a Royal visit to Australia.

Behind the scenes of the operations, CO 34SQN WGCDR Phil Trigge, CO 34SQN, said the unit was committed to improving standards of VIP service as well as career progression for all mem-bers, while tightening up governance and business practices.

“This year is expected to be another big year for squadron, and squadron culture has been a primary focus for 34SQN right from the start,” he said.

“Our job is to ensure that the Australian Government’s interests are represented on the world’s stage. We’re also required to ensure ministers can engage with Australians across this country.

“Due to the high rate of tasking and training for the squadron, there have been a number of structural changes. Late last year, the squadron structure changed significantly to provide better leadership opportunities for both senior NCOs and junior officers, and to pro-vide better training progression.”

The 34SQN Unit Continuous Improvement Team, which was previ-ously concerned with improving busi-ness practices, will now also embrace cultural and safety changes.

FLTLT Chris Moore leads an enthu-siastic team which represents all sec-tions and ranks. Day-to-day oversight sits with the XO, SQNLDR Matthew Noblet. Both are passionate agents for change, with a drive to improve condi-tions and productivity for all members.

To best reflect all these changes, the team has been rebranded as the New Horizon Implementation Team (NHIT).

“By striving to perfect the squad-ron processes across culture, business and safety, the NHIT will see 34SQN well placed to deal with the challenges

ahead,” SQNLDR Noblet said. The squadron occupies a unique

place within Air Force, with a work-force of 69 uniform personnel working from Defence Establishment Fairbairn in Canberra.

Maintenance work on the fleet of two Boeing Business Jets and three Challenger CL604s is conducted through a private contractor, and in 2014, control of the Security Element at 34SQN was handed over to No. 1 Security Force.

During the yearly induction brief-

ings, squadron executives called out their commitment to improvement and high standards to 34SQN members, including the Bystander Behaviour program.

This challenges members to address the negative behaviour and standards in their workplace, rather than simply accept them as normal.

These commitments have been dis-tributed to 34SQN members in a lead-ership manual coordinated by WOFF Matt Davis, who serves as the 34SQN Warrant Officer.

Beyond strictly cultural changes, the NHIT is also pursuing improvements to business practices at 34SQN. This includes improvements to travel docu-mentation and procedures for ordering, purchasing and reloading of aircraft stores.

The NHIT has also been brought on to address safety improvements at the squadron, addressing such issues as fatigue, work/life balance, and the impact of operations on family mem-bers.

New horizons for squadron

No 34 Squadron co-pilot Flying Officer Sarah Hume talks to Northrop Grumman maintainer Nic Savino about an issue with the stairs of a CL-604 Challenger aircraft.

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21March 26, 2015RCEAIR F Justice

FEBRUARY TRIAL RESULTSAll Court Martial and Defence Force Magistrate trial results are subject to

command review and appeal. The results are of trials across the ADF.

NCODefence Force MagistrateFour charges of negligent performance of duty DFDA s 35(1)The member was accused of being negligent in failing to perform certain duties of their appointment to the required standard. The member pleaded guilty to the charges and was found guilty of the charges. The member was reduced in rank.

OR Defence Force MagistrateOne charge of obtaining a financial advantage DFDA s 61(3) and Criminal Code (Cth) s 135.2(1)The member was accused of receiving rental allowance at a higher rate than the member knew or believed that they were eligible to receive. The member pleaded guilty to the charge and was found guilty of the charge. The member was fined $2000.

ORDefence Force MagistrateOne charge of assault on service land – DFDA s 33(a)One charge of prejudicial conduct – DFDA s 60(1)The member was accused of embracing another member in the other member’s accommodation. The member was also accused of having entered the other member’s accommodation after having been asked not to do so by the member. The member pleaded guilty to the charges and was found guilty of the charges. The member was sentenced to 42 days’ detention.

ORDefence Force MagistrateOne charge of assault on service land – DFDA s 33(a)The member was accused of assaulting a person while holding a weapon. The member pleaded not guilty to the charge but was found guilty of the charge. The member was dismissed from the Defence Force.

A new initiative was released this month to assist in the recruitment of par-ticipants for approved health research.

established by Defence and the Department of Veterans’ Affairs (DVA), the Military and Veteran Research Study Roll is a database of contact details of ADF members.

The contact details of all serving mem-bers, as well as personnel who transitioned out of the ADF from 2010, are listed on the Study Roll. However, personnel can notify Defence if they do not want to be listed.

Commander Joint Health RADM Robyn walker said Defence was committed to the health and wellbeing of ADF personnel.

“Ongoing research is critical to under-standing the changing health needs of per-sonnel over time,” she said.

She said it was essential for researchers to have access to up-to-date contact infor-mation for potential participants to ensure the research adequately represented ADF members.

The Study Roll is being held by the Australian Institute of Health and welfare.

If you are on the Study Roll, you may be contacted to participate in health-related research from May.

If you do not wish this to occur, you can opt-out of your contact details being released to researchers at no detriment to your career or future medical care.

The first research to use the Study Roll will be the Transition and wellbeing Research Program.

This is the largest and most comprehen-sive study undertaken in Australia to exam-ine the impact of military service on the health of serving and ex-serving personnel and their families.

Health research

Funded by DVA and Defence, the Transition and wellbeing Research Program brings together six of Australia’s leading research institutions and will be led by the Centre for Traumatic Stress Studies at the University of Adelaide and the Australian Institute of Family Studies.

“This research will contribute to the development of policies and services to better meet the needs of current and former ADF personnel and their families,” RADM walker said.

The details of individuals on the Study

Roll will be provided to the Centre for Traumatic Stress Studies in late April, and only a selection of these individuals will be contacted to participate in the Transition and wellbeing Research Program.

Individuals can opt-out of their con-tact details being released to researchers through the Study Roll opt-out website at https://vinta80.anchor.net.au/studyroll

For more information on the Transition and Wellbeing Research Program, visit transitionwell-being.adelaide.edu.au

Work safety recognised22 March 26, 2015RCEAIR FPersonnel

Anzac messagesADF members have reflected on what the Centenary of Anzac means to them in 100 personal messages. Three messages will be published each week in the lead up to Anzac Day 2015, and in the months that follow, to high-light the significance of the Centenary of Anzac to serving members. VCDF VADM Ray Griggs said the centenary was an opportunity for servicemen and women to remember those who had gone before them. “The first Anzacs forged Australia’s national identity and defined our national charac-ter,” VADM Griggs said. “They left a strong and enduring legacy that is carried forward by the men and women of the ADF today. These personal messages provide an insight into the significance of the Centenary of Anzac to the men and women who continue to serve Australia and its national interests.” The messages can be found at www.defence.gov.au/events/centenaryofanzac, and will be promoted on the various Defence social media accounts, including Army, Navy and Air Force.

Grand Prix thrillAIR Force provided a contrast to action on the track at the 2015 Formula 1 Grand Prix in Melbourne. Williamtown based No. 3 Squadron showcased the F/A 18A Hornet with a high-speed pass ahead of the main Formula 1 race. The Hornet reached speeds up to 1000km/h. The Roulettes and their PC9A aircraft from RAAF Base East Sale performed daily formation aerobatic displays and flypasts down to 60m off the ground, at speeds up to 550km/h.

Health dealRAAF health professionals will be working in Aboriginal-run health services across the country, after an agreement was signed on March 17 with the National Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Organisation (NACCHO). NACCHO and the RAAF have signed a memorandum of understanding committing both organisations to work together for the next five years on agreed health-related initiatives. Acting Chief of Air Force AVM Leo Davies said the memorandum was part of Air Force’s commitment to improving health outcomes for Aboriginal Australians. He said that the partnership would benefit both Air Force and NACCHO. “This will help reduce waiting times for Aboriginal health services and allow more Aboriginal people to access the care they need,” he said.

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AEROSPACE Operational Support Group (AOSG) has welcomed Tia Gordon, a graduate from the APSC Indigenous Cadetship Program, to full -time employment.

Ms Gordon completed the cadet-ship with AOSG last year and has moved seamlessly into full-time employment.

Her time as a cadet was defined by commitment and an enthusiastic spirit.

“I moved from my hometown of Townsville to Adelaide and restruc-tured my Bachelor of Arts in order to maximise my time at AOSG,” Ms Gordon said.

During her cadetship, she was tasked with a variety of jobs that were invaluable in improving AOSG efficiency. This included being the lead in transitioning her office to the SharePoint information technology system.

“The best thing about the program was that I was immediately treated with respect by my peers,” Ms Gordon said.

“This has continued into my full-time job where I have never felt as though I had to justify my place to anybody. AOSG is a fantastic and inclusive place to work without any of the stigma that I have experienced in wider society.”

When she completed her cadetship at AOSG, there were various employ-ment opportunities available to her but she chose to stay within the team she was working with.

“The people I worked with during the cadetship were absolutely fantas-tic,” she said.

“I was surprised when I was offered the opportunity to transition

from cadet to graduate within the same team. That was an opportunity I was not going to let pass up.”

The ability to create the place for Ms Gordon demonstrates AOSG’s commitment to people.

Charmaine Wood, of the AOSG Workforce Team, said having a hand in creating the position for Ms Gordon gave her immense personal satisfac-tion.

“Tia was handpicked for a cadet-ship out of a field of hundreds of applicants. Her credentials were out-standing and her performance during the cadetship matched that. Therefore, it was extremely fulfilling to be able to reward her for all of the hard work and effort she put into her cadetship.”

Commander AOSG AIRCDRE Stephen Meredith said AOSG was committed to creating a fair and inclu-sive workforce that valued the diver-sity of each member.

“The success that Tia has had at AOSG highlights three critical points. First, that the Indigenous Cadetship program is working and contributes positively to the workplace as without it we would have missed the oppor-tunity to have Tia as part of our team. Second, these programs promote diversity in the workforce. It is this diversity which exposes us to new ways of thinking and creativity. Third, these programs are fully supported by AOSG because it is important that the workforce reflects the wider society we serve,” AIRCDRE Meredith said.

The APSC Indigenous Cadetship Program recruits students undertak-ing tertiary study, offers success-ful applicants paid work placements with Defence and covers the cost of their Higher Education Contribution Scheme.

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CPL Matthew Dalton was among 23 Defence individuals and groups recog-nised at the 12th Defence Work Health and Safety Awards Ceremony held in Canberra on March 12.

CPL Dalton, NCO at the Central Flying School at RAAF Base East Sale, received a Defence Work Health and Safety Award after being tasked with reviewing hazardous chemicals at his unit while posted to 81 Wing at Williamtown.

He identified the majority of risk assessments already undertaken and what measures had been put in place. He found no scheduled main-tenance system for personal protec-tive equipment (PPE). Also, he found that respirator cartridges were not used in accordance with the manufactur-er’s recommendations or legislative requirements.

CPL Dalton said while trying to purchase respirator cartridges he saw a warning that stated cartridges need-ed to be changed regularly, as much as after each use, depending on the concentration and the chemicals users were trying to protect against.

“Respirator manufacturers have a calculator you can access on their websites to determine how long you can use your cartridge for. The major-ity of wearers in Defence, however, use their respirator cartridges up until the shelf-life expiry date, which is usu-ally five years from manufacture.

“This means that members could be using respirators that are provid-ing no protection against hazardous chemicals.”

CPL Dalton raised a hazard report

IN BRIEF

and a further investigation revealed roles and responsibilities regarding PPE management and risk assessments were not being carried out, as most people did not know they existed.

“Risk assessments carried out by a civilian contractor on hazardous chemicals used by Defence were also found to contain insufficient informa-tion,” he said.

He spent months liaising with the appropriate Defence areas and PPE suppliers to resolve the issues. This resulted in amendments to the Defence WHS Manual and Air Force Safety Manual regarding PPE man-

agement. There is now clearer guid-ance on how PPE management needs to be carried out by units and DMO.

“There have also been a lot of changes to risk management chapters in these manuals. This was vital infor-mation for people in WHS roles as they affected the way PPE was man-aged from procurement to disposal,” CPL Dalton said.

DDAAFS will provide units with guidance and a timeframe of when all recent changes to Defence WHS manual and Air Force Safety manual should be incorporated by units.

“Receiving this award was unex-

pected. I wasn't looking to get any recognition while doing any of this,” CPL Dalton said.

DG WHS Branch Lindsay Kranz said the presentation highlighted the achievements of some especially tal-ented Defence people.

“Through the efforts of these peo-ple Defence is recognised for its out-standing achievements in work health and safety,” he said.

For more information on Defence Work Health and Safety Award winners visit intranet.defence.gov.au/people/Sites/WHSCommunity

Deputy Secretary Defence People Group Rebecca Skinner and VCDF Vice Admiral Ray Griggs present CPL Matthew Dalton with his WHS Award. Photo: Lauren Larking

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