Australian & NZ Defender No 89 March 2015

INSIDE: BOUGAINVILLE: The ADF led Operation Render Safe 14 saw a multinational team of Explosive Ordnance Disposal experts head to Torokina in Bougainville to clear away WW2 Explosive Remnants of War.

AFGHANISTAN: Australian military instructors train at the Afghan National Army Officer Academy and General Directorate of Police Special Units in Kabul and advise the ANA 205th Corps on combat ops in southern Afghanistan.

ARABIAN SEA: HMAS Success supports CMF's counter narcotics interdiction operations in the Gulf of Aden, Gulf of Oman and Somali Basin.

IRAQ: RAAF F/A-18F Rhinos conduct daily air interdiction and close air support bombing missions to destroy ISIS islamacist terrorists while SOTG Special Operations trainers prepare Iraq's elite forces for the apocalyptic show down to come.

TECHNOLOGY: We profile some potential contenders for the ADF's Close Combat Reconnaissance acquistion which will replace the ASLAV over the next few years.

NEWS: First new CH-47F Chinooks to be delivered, EF-88 rifle production commences, RAN MH-60R Romeo in Australia, First RAAF C-27J Spartans delivered, Landing Helicopter Dock HMAS Canberra commences working up for IOC, Air Warfare Destroyer Project, New RNZAF SH-2G (I) Super Seasprites, Army orders additional M-88A2 Armoured Recovery Vehicles, Heron RPA lease extended in Australia, New EC-135 training helicopters and Aviation Training Ship.

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