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	Royal Air Force - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Royal Air Force (often abbreviated to RAF) is the air force branch of the British Armed Forces.
		The CAS heads the Air Force Board, which is a committee of the Defence Council.
		The Tornado F.3 is the RAF's air defence fighter aircraft, based at RAF Leuchars and RAF Leeming to defend the UK’s airspace.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Royal_Air_Force (4007 words)

	Royal Australian Air Force - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) is the air force branch of the Australian Defence Force.
		The RAAF's main operational formation, the First Tactical Air Force, comprised more than 18,000 personnel and 20 squadrons; it had taken part in the Philippines and Borneo campaigns and was scheduled to participate in the invasion of the Japanese mainland, Operation Downfall.
		The RAAF Roundel is based on that of the British Royal Air Force, with the central circle replaced by a Kangaroo, a symbol of Australia.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Royal_Australian_Air_Force (1683 words)

	Air Power Development Centre (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Other Australians who served with distinction as members of the RAF were Air Commodore 'Hughie' Edwards VC2 and Air Vice-Marshal D. Bennett, the founder of the famous Bomber Command 'Pathfinder' Force and Richard Hillary, the author of the classic book on the Battle of Britain, The Last Enemy.
		The RAAF was involved in the landings at Cape Gloucester in New Britain, Aitape on the Northern coast of New Guinea, Hollandia, Biak, Noemfoor and Morotai.
		The reputation of Australian Catalina flying boat crews was enhanced by the long-range mining of ports at Hong Kong, along the Chinese coast, at Balikpapan and at Surabaya.
	www.raaf.gov.au /airpower/html/historical/part4-main.asp (2050 words)

	CNN.com - Aus forces heavily involved in Anaconda - March 12, 2002
		CANBERRA, Australia (CNN) -- Australian forces continue to be heavily involved in Operation Anaconda in eastern Afghanistan, including securing the southern flank of the battle area to prevent opposition forces from escaping.
		Retter also said a senior Royal Australian Air Force officer was at the Manas airbase in Kyrgyzstan assisting with U.S. air strikes against al Qaeda and Taliban forces in Afghanistan.
		Australian troops were last week heavily involved in the rescue of about 25 U.S. soldiers who had been pinned down by enemy fire following a helicopter crash that killed six soldiers.
	edition.cnn.com /2002/WORLD/asiapcf/auspac/03/12/aust.troops (573 words)

	Vets With A Mission - Allies in Vietnam - Australians
		This article is intended to provide an overview of Australian military operations in Vietnam, commencing from the deployment of the Australian Army Training Team Vietnam in 1962 until 1969, when Australian forces began withdrawing, consistent with the Nixon Doctrine of phased withdrawal from the mainland of Asia and the policy of Vietnamization.
		The exact placement of the Task Force was to be Nui Dat, a hill on Route 2, heading north through the centre of the province, and was an obvious challenge to the NLF and NVA forces in the area.
		Australian's were noted to have h ated everybody, the truth of which may lay under a mixture of racial prejudice and discontent at the limitations they were placed under compared to the excesses of their American allies.
	www.vwam.com /vets/allies/austra.html (4097 words)

	CHAPTER 1
		Royal Navy carrier-based squadrons in Korea flew the Supermarine Seafire, the Fairey Firefly and the Hawker Sea Fury.
		One commander of a Royal Navy aircraft carrier commented on the limited nature of his commitment, which "is not in any way interfering with the normal peace-time duties of the ships on all the other stations." After the Inchon landing, the House of Commons resisted the use of British troops north of the 38th Parallel.
		Since the Iraqi Air Force possessed the French-built Mirage F1, General Horner grounded coalition squadrons from France and Qatar that were equipped with the Mirage F1 until he was certain that the coalition achieved air superiority.
	www.fas.org /man/eprint/hunt.htm (19360 words)

	Memorial News and Media Releases [Australian War Memorial]
		The ceremony concluded with a dramatic flyover by an Air Force Hawk Lead-in Fighter at 300 knots and 1000 feet.
		The Band of Royal Marines, the Scots Guards and the Royal Air Force and the Queens Colours Squadron were all part of the prestigious line up in Canberra performing classics such as Scotland the Brave and Mist Covered Mountains.
		The free event was organised by the Australian War Memorial in conjunction with the ACT Government, Australia Day in the National Capital Inc., the Australia Britain Society, the National Capital Authority and the Australian Defence Force.
	www.awm.gov.au /news (889 words)

	Research Centre
		Australian women at war, 1939 (Department of Information on behalf of the Council for Women in War Work), (Canberra), Department of Information, (1945).
		Royal Australian Army Nursing Corps: an outline of the foundation and development of the Australian Army Nursing Service.
		Royal Australian Navy Jubilee souvenir : highlights from the past, an account of the present, a glimpse of the future.
	www.awm.gov.au /research/bibliographies/b18women.htm (1215 words)

	Royal australian air force Information (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		F-18 Hornet of the Royal Australian Air Force As of 2005, the following aircraft are operated by the RAAF: 71 F/A-18 Hornet fighters, built in Australia under licence from McDonnell Douglas.
		In 1968 it was amalgamated with the Royal...
		Gif" width="1" height="3">Indian Air Force Flying Officer Anjali Gupta was dismissed from service on Thursday after a military court in Bangalore found her guilty of five of the seven charges she was facing.
	www.1airtravel28.info /adjustable-air-shocks/royal-australian-air-force.html (699 words)

	Australian National Memorial for Service Nurses
		The memorial was unveiled on 2 October 1999 to mark 100 years of military nursing and to honour those who served and suffered in war.
		The memorial is distinctly horizontal and the form of the interlocking glass walls represents nurturing hands, symbolic of nursing.
		Among values reflected in the memorial are those of human dignity and worth, dedication in bringing succour and care, commitment beyond self, courage, companionship and fortitude.
	www.diggerhistory.info /pages-nurses/memorial.htm (558 words)

	National Archives of Australia - Fact Sheet 142 - Canberra air disaster, 1940 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		A pastoralist and accomplished aviator who served with the Royal Flying Corps during WW I, Fairbairn was elected to Federal Parliament in 1933 and became Minister for Civil Aviation and Vice-President of the Executive Council in 1939.
		He was appointed Minister for Air at the onset of WW II, and regained the Civil Aviation portfolio in 1940.
		With a background of service with Australian forces in South Africa in 1902–03 White served as Chief of Staff to Generals Bridges and Birdwood during WW He became Chief of the General Staff in 1920 and, in 1923, was appointed the first chairman of the Public Service Board.
	www.naa.gov.au /Publications/fact_sheets/FS142.html (777 words)

	CNN.com - RAAF jets fly to Wahid's rescue - June 25, 2001
		Three Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) Falcon jets are on the way to pick up the president and his entourage and fly them to the Australian capital of Canberra, a defense department spokesman told CNN.
		The Indonesian military plane carrying Wahid was forced to land at a RAAF base in Darwin at about 6am (Australian eastern standard time) because of a mechanical problem with one of the jet's four engines.
		Relations between Jakarta and Canberra almost collapsed two years ago when Australian forces led an international peacekeeping force sent in to quell mob violence in East Timor following the territory's landmark vote in favor of independence from Indonesia.
	edition.cnn.com /2001/WORLD/asiapcf/southeast/06/24/indon.wahid (796 words)

	1 November 2002 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		We gather to honour the tradition, the loyalty, the dedication and the sacrifice of the men and women of the Royal Australian Air Force and the Australian Flying Corp over a period of almost 90 years.
		We remember the pilots of the Mustangs and the Meteors in the Korean War and, subsequently, the participation of the Royal Australian Air Force in Vietnam in vastly different circumstances but no less heroically and also in Malaya and, more recently, in the Gulf.
		So as we think of those who gave so much, as we honour the men and women of the highly professional, superb Royal Australian Air Force of 2002 we, above everything else, we remember those who died and we salute the values for which they fought and died and for which this country stands.
	www.pm.gov.au /news/speeches/2002/speech1962.htm (444 words)

	DEDICATION OF THE AUSTRALIAN VIETNAM FORCES NATIONAL MEMORIAL (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		The National Memorial to the Australian Vietnam Forces is located on the western side of Anzac Parade, adjacent to the suburb of Reid.
		This permanent Memorial represents, in a tangible way, the nation's recognition of all our servicemen and women who took part and suffered as a result of the Vietnam conflict - and more particularly, those Australians who gave their lives and whose names are recorded fittingly in the inner memorial chamber.
		The memory of these service members is cherished not only because of their valor and selflessness but because they continue to represent for all of us what is greatest in the human spirit.
	grunt.space.swri.edu /aussimem.htm (3295 words)

	Australian Nursing Federation (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		A century after the first Australian nurses paid their own way to the Boer War, their successors said a memorial to Australian service nurses had been a long time in coming.
		The memorial, designed by sculptor Robin Moorhouse, is constructed from translucent blue glass and has the words 'Beyond all praise' on the front.
		A spokeswoman for the memorial committee said a special plaque honouring the East Timor nursing contingent will soon be added to the memorial to recognise nurses' most recent contribution.
	www.anf.org.au /news_professional/professional_1999/news_professional_9911a.html (582 words)

	National Archives of Australia - Family History - Armed Services - Personal Records (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Australian Joint Copying Project, a joint project of the National Library of Australia and the State Library of New South Wales, has information about British Units operating in colonial Australia.
		Record of service forms for the Royal Australian Naval Reserve from 1897 to 1912 are in CT190/1.
		The Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) was formed in 1921, and their collection of service records dates from that time.
	www.aa.gov.au /the_collection/family_history/armed_services.html (1757 words)

	Hammer, Julie Margaret - Australian Women Biographical entry (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		She was awarded the 2001 Sir Charles Kingsford Smith Memorial Medal by the Royal Aeronautical Society to recognise her contribution to Australian aerospace and delivered the 2001 Kingsford Smith Memorial Lecture.
		Throughout 1999, she was the sole Australian student at the prestigious Royal College of Defence Studies in London, completing that 12 month course in strategic and international studies with 83 fellow course members from 38 nations.
		In December 2001 she became the Commandant of the Australian Defence Force Academy, where midshipmen and officer cadets from all three Services are provided with a balanced and liberal university education in a military environment.
	www.womenaustralia.info /biogs/AWE0319b.htm (820 words)

	Slain officer's body returned to Canberra. 23/12/2004. ABC News Online
		Mr Dunning's family, girlfriend and friends waited on the tarmac at Canberra airport for the return of his body on a Royal Australian Air Force jet from Honiara.
		Flanked by an Australian Federal Police (AFP) honour guard, a team of officers lowered the flag-draped coffin from the plane and carried it in a slow procession to a hearse.
		Justice Minister Chris Ellison says from the memorial service he attended in Honiara and the ceremony at Canberra airport, it is clear Mr Dunning's death has had a profound effect on his fellow officers.
	www.abc.net.au /news/newsitems/200412/s1271411.htm (425 words)

	WWW-VL History Index
		Australian Literary and Historical Texts [Provided by the University of Sydney, and part of the Australian Electronic Texts Collection.
		Australian sketches, by Thomas MacCombie (London, 1861), from the Göttinger Digitalisierungs-Zentrum.
		Officers of the Australian and New Zealand Army Corps Died at Gallipoli, 1915
	vlib.iue.it /history/oceania/Australia (1692 words)

	AVG Sculpture Inge King (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Edwards, Geoffrey, " Acquisitions of Contemporary Australian Sculpture' in Art Bulletin of Victoria, 26, National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, 1986.
		Sturgeon, Graeme, The Development of Australian Sculpture 1788-1975, Thames and Hudson, London, 1978.
		Use of the information contained on this page is governed by Australian law and is subject to the disclaimers which can be read on the disclaimer page.
	www.avg.com.au /sculpture/inge_king.htm (894 words)

	Anzac Parade - NZ Memorial, Canberra
		The red gravel (some say symbolising blood) and the mixed plantings of Australian Blue Gums (Eucalyptus bicostata) and New Zealand (Hebe) species is the element which links the Parliamentary Zone to the northern lakeshore.
		ANZAC is the name given to the Australian and New Zealand Army Corps soldiers who landed on the Gallipoli Peninsula on 25 April 1915.
		The memorials along Anzac Parade are: the Australia Hellenic Memorial, the Australian Army Memorial, the Australian Vietnam Forces National Memorial, the Desert Mounted Corps Memorial, the Rats of Tobruk Memorial, the Royal Australian Air Force and Royal Australian Navy Memorials, and the Kemal Ataturk Memorial.
	www.mch.govt.nz /heritage/canmem/anzac-parade.html (262 words)

	World Air Forces Australia Air Forces (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Dept. of Air The Golden Years: RAAF 1921-71 Canberra, 1971 Gillison, Douglas Royal Australian Air Force 1939-1942 Canberra, Australian War Memorial, 1962, 786pp.
		Herington, John Air War Against Germany and Italy 1939-1943 Canberra, Australian War Memorial, 1962, 731pp.
		RAAF: The RAAF at War Series: Canberra, Australian War Memorial These Eagles Vol.1 RAAF Log Vol.2, 1943 200pp Saga Vol.3, 1944 200pp Victors All Vol.4, 1945 RAAF Wings For Warriors Canberra, AGPS, 1995, 70pp.
	www.worldairforces.com /Countries/australia/aus.html (620 words)

	World Ultra News: Lest We Forget
		Today is the 90th anniversary of the Australian and New Zealand Troops who landed at Anzac Cove in Gallipoli.
		This has reminded one that we are much closer in the ADF to be called upon for active service in the last ten years than what we were in the 80’s when I first joined up.
		This includes my Grandfather who served in the Front of Europe in WW1 as a member of the Royal Army Medical Corp and saw the true horrors of war and my wife’s Grandfather who was a Lance-Corporal Signalman in the AIF during WW2 and did his time for Australia.
	worldultranews.blogspot.com /2005/04/lest-we-forget.html (1076 words)

	Anglican Bishop to the Defence Force
		Bishop Tom Frame is Anglican Bishop to the Australian Defence Force, and Chairman of the Anglican Defence Force Board.
		After a period at the Australian War Memorial in 1985 as the Inaugural Summer Vacation Scholar, Sub-Lieutenant Frame completed his training in HMA Ships Jervis Bay and Supply before being posted to the shore establishment HMAS Cerberus as an instructor.
		After serving as a staff officer at Headquarters, Australian Defence Force, he resigned from the RAN in 1992 to complete a MTh thesis entitled, ‘The Delphic Sword: Reconciling Christianity and Military Service in Australia’, and his training for the Anglican priesthood in the Diocese of Canberra and Goulburn.
	www.anglican.org.au /defence/bishop.htm (768 words)

	REED'S VIET NAM PAGE
		The U.S. Air Force HH-43B helicopter was manufactured by Kamen Aircraft Corporation in Bloomfield, Connecticut.
		With it's auxiliary equipment, the helicopter could be used for aerial pickup of survivors, fire control and suppression, crash entry and survivor removal, and immediate first aid.
		The area covered is roughly a seventy mile radius from Phan Rang Air Base, north of Nha Trang, west almost to the Cambodian border, and south, halfway to Ben Hoa.
	members.aol.com /rreed10910/rescue.html (1931 words)

	Collision of two aircraft at Temora, NSW on 8 December 1942
		He (and the others) are buried in Temora his name is on the Memorial Wall in the Australian War Memorial in Canberra.
		The 'old fellow' (to quote my son) at the museum in Temora reckons their funeral was the best send-off the town has ever seen - before or after.
		The following was from the Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour database:-
	home.st.net.au /~pdunn/ozcrashes/nsw61.htm (318 words)

	460 Squadron RAAF
		I would be very interested to receive any stories or recollections by former Air Crew and Ground Crew of their time with 460 Squadron RAAF.
		I am also interested in borrowing any photographs of 460 Squadron RAAF that I can scan to place on this Home Page.
		A specially commissioned edition to aid the preservation of World War II Lancaster "G" for GEORGE, residing at the Australian War Memorial in Canberra,
	home.st.net.au /~dunn/460sqdn.htm (209 words)

	Royal Australian Air Force Staff College Memorial Plaque (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Royal Australian Air Force Staff College Memorial Plaque
		Location: R.A.A.F. Memorial Grove Federal Highway, adjacent to Hughie Edwards VC Rest Area
		This is one of the memorials in the R.A.A.F Memorial Grove.
	www.skp.com.au /memorials/pages/00038.htm (81 words)

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