Australian & NZ Defender No 64 December 2008

Inside - Afghanistan: 7RAR, 1CER Mentoring & Reconstruction Task Force 1, MRTF1, Operational Mentoring and Liaison Teams, Uruzgan.

RTF4 Ghazni, Zabol, SOTG SASR, IRR and 4RAR Commandos, Task Force 66.

Iraq: HMAS Parramatta TF-158 Khawr Abd Allah, Al Faw peninsula.

7RAR, 2 Cav, 1 MP Bn SECDET XIV Baghdad.

Timor: 5RAR, 2/1RNZIR Timor Leste Battle Group 5.

Dili gangs.

Germany: 1RAR, 2/1RNZIR Ex Cooperative Spirit 2008.

USA: F-35A Joint Strike Fighter acquisition.

News - ADF in Joint Light Tactical Vehicle Project, 40mm Automatic Grenade Launcher trials, M-777A2 acquisition, Wedgetail AEW&C aircraft problems, Mk 45 Mod 0 127mm gun for Air Warfare Destroyer, F-88 Austeyr upgrades, RNZAF SH-2G fires AGM-65 Maverick, ADF terminates I-View 250A contract.