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Operation Warden: 16 September 1999: 10 April 2000: East Timor: INTERFET: Operation Gateway: 1 February 1981: current operation: Indian Ocean and South East Asia: Maritime Surveillance: Operation Stabilise: 16 September 1999: 23 February 2000: East Timor: INTERFET: Operation Tanager: 20 February 2000: 19 May 2002: East Timor: UNTAET: Operation ...
HMAS Adelaide in the Persian Gulf in September 2004. The Royal Australian Navy has deployed ships to the Middle East over 57 times since 1990. These ships have participated in the 1991 Gulf War, enforced sanctions against Iraq, taken part in the 2003 Invasion of Iraq and provided security for Iraq's oil exports. Since 2009 Australian ships have also been involved in counter piracy operations ...
Relex (2001) — Australian defence force operations to secure Australia's northern maritime approaches against illegal immigration. Reactivated in 2004 as Operation Relex II. Sure Victory (1997) — Sri Lankan counter-insurgency operations against the Tamil Tigers.
HMAS Collins, lead ship of her class Australia operates a single class of diesel-electric submarines, the six Collins-class boats which began entering service in 1993. The Collins was designed by the Swedish submarine builder Kockums as the Type 471 specifically to meet Australian requirements, many of which were derived from Australia's need for great range without utilizing a nuclear ...
The Australian army helicopter that crashed Friday during a multinational exercise hit the water with a “catastrophic impact” and there is no chance its four crew members survived, officials ...
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In March 2019, Defence Minister Christopher Pyne claimed that Australia will acquire four modified Gulfstream G550 business jets to strengthen the country's electronic warfare capabilities. [25] The $2.46 billion acquisition of the 4 G550s will be designated as the MC-55A Peregrine variant.
The rank associated with this position today is rear admiral, however some of the earlier appointees held a different rank. [1] [2] During the East Timor operations of 1999–2000, the then Maritime Commander Australia held the Task force designator Commander Task Force 627. [4]