1+ week, 6+ hour ago  (177+ words) Mirage News Glider struck the ground during an attempted field landing, near Milston, Wiltshire on 25 May 2025 This statement provides an update on the ongoing AAIB investigation into an accident involving an LS8-E glider, G-CMMG, which struck the ground near Milston…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago  (1808+ words) Good afternoon ladies and gentlemen. Thank you for taking time out of your busy lives to come out this afternoon, here in West Auckland - the home of traditional hard working kiwi battlers. Before we begin, we would like to welcome…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago  (440+ words) This evocative collection honours the courage, resilience and evolving roles of Australians during 1941, a year defined by conflict abroad and transformation at home. Fighting around the Mediterranean - on the sea, in the air and on the land - characterised the experiences…...

2+ week, 17+ hour ago  (553+ words) The Western Australian public is invited to reflect on the extraordinary life of the Honourable Bill Grayden AM on Tuesday, 2 June. The service will take place at 10am on Tuesday, 2 June 2026, at St George's Cathedral in Perth. Decorated World War II…...

2+ week, 1+ day ago  (237+ words) The Prime Minister has extended the term of Lieutenant-General Andrew Figgures CB CBE FREng for 9 months, from 1 February 2026 to 31 October 2026 Lieutenant-General Andrew Figgures CB CBE FREng Lieutenant General Andrew Figgures was commissioned from Sandhurst into the Royal Electrical and Mechanical…...

3+ week, 9+ hour ago  (368+ words) 31 Squadron has lost its last known WWII serviceman from the 1600 who served. Ron Leckie was a Beaufighter navigator who patrolled Australia's northern coastlines and beyond. He first joined the Army in 1941 and was posted to the 111th Anti'Tank Corps, before being…...

3+ week, 13+ hour ago  (311+ words) Personnel at RAAF Base East Sale marked Anzac Day with a commemorative workout of the day (WOD), bringing together serving members, base leadership and the local veteran community. About 50 personnel took part in the activity, which began with a 1915-metre…...

3+ week, 2+ day ago  (615+ words) More than a century after his final flight, Lieutenant Charles Henry Martin has finally been laid to rest in a marked grave. In February 1918, the 23-year-old Sopwith Camel fighter pilot, of 4 Squadron, Australian Flying Corps, was killed while conducting an…...

3+ week, 3+ day ago  (406+ words) Ahead of Anzac Day, Able Seaman Ryan Hicklin prepared for a homecoming with special significance. A combat systems operator (CSO) on board HMAS Brisbane, Able Seaman Hicklin marched in Melbourne for the first time since joining Navy, an occasion he…...

1+ mon, 5+ day ago  (416+ words) A message from Chief of the Defence Force Admiral David Johnston One hundred and eleven years ago, on April 25, 16, 000 Australians and New Zealanders landed on the beaches of what we now call Anzac Cove. For many of them, this was…...