An urgent rescue mission is underway in Antarctica to evacuate a sick Australian from a remote research station. The Australian Antarctic Division confirmed an expeditioner at Casey Research Station, more than 3800km south of Perth, required “specialist medical assessment and care” for a “developing condition”. The icebreaker ship RSV NuyinaContinue Reading

An operation is underway to rescue 23 US defence force personnel who were on-board a military aircraft that has crashed during military exercises on Melville Island, north of Darwin, on Sunday morning. The aircraft, a US Bell Boeing V-22 Osprey, was involved in the Northern Territory’s largest Australian-led exercise, Predator’sContinue 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