Australian & NZ Defender No 66 June 2009

Inside - Afghanistan Mentoring & Reconstruction Task Force 1 MRTF1 Chora Valley OMLT ops with 2nd Kandak 4th Brigade Afghan National Army.

Baluchi Pass, Kakarak, SOTG SAS and 4RAR Commandos target Taliban in Helmand Province's Kajaki District.

Iraq: SECDET XIV and the 2RAR led SECDET XV, HMAS Warramunga Arabian Gulf, C-130J Al Minhad Air Base.

Timor: Timor Leste Battle Group 5 5RAR, F-FDTL.

Australia: Op Relex illegal immigrant sabotage explosion, HMAS Albany.

USA: F-111s at Nellis Air Force Base for Ex Red Flag 09-3,

News - ADF withdraws from US Navy BAMS Project, construction of RAN Landing Helicopter Docks, First F/A-18F near completion, Dutch C-IED Bushmaster, Metal Storm weapons, DHC-4 Caribous to retire, M-113AS4 production issues, RNZN IPVs commissioned, Hornet ASRAAM tail kill.