An army major who knew airmen killed in a military training exercise last year has broken down during a public inquiry, as he hit back at “sensationalist” claims about what may have led to the fatal crash. Captain Danniel Lyon, Lieutenant Maxwell Nugent, Warrant Officer Class Two Joseph Laycock, andContinue Reading
The son of former defence minister Joel Fitzgibbon has died in a parachuting accident while taking part in a Special Forces training exercise. Lance Corporal Jack Fitzgibbon was taking part in a “routine” military training drill at the RAAF base in Richmond, 50km northwest of Sydney, on Wednesday night atContinue Reading
The Coalition and Greens are demanding answers after it was revealed defence personnel on-board the now-defunct Taipan helicopter fleet were flying with equipment deemed to carry an “increased risk” in certain situations by internal testing. Pilots on the military aircraft were using a helmet-mounted display system that one test hadContinue Reading
On August 27, 23 US Marines were on board an MV-22B Osprey aircraft when it crashed over the Tiwi Islands off the Northern Territory during a routine military training exercise, taking the lives of three American Marines. The horror crash comes just one month on from the Talisman Sabre helicopterContinue Reading
Late in the night on July 28, an MRH-90 Taipan helicopter ditched into the waters off North Queensland during the multi-nation Talisman Sabre military training exercise, taking the lives of four Australian soldiers. Australians are reeling and the Australian Defence Force Taipan helicopter fleet has been grounded. Here is whatContinue Reading