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
China has called Australia’s complaint over a dangerous incident between two warships “vague and one-sided” and has accused HMAS Toowoomba of “posing a threat” to China’s fishing boats, “provoking” Chinese warships and intruding on Chinese territorial waters. The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) controlled Global Times issued Beijing government’s first obliqueContinue 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
Specialist navy divers will be deployed in the search for four Australian Defence Force members feared dead after their helicopter went down in waters off Queensland’s Whitsunday Islands. The search for the MRH-90 Taipan, that went down while conducting joint military exercises as part of Operation Talisman Sabre, will resumeContinue Reading
Four people are feared dead after a late night military helicopter exercise went terribly wrong. A chopper, believed to be Australian or American, that was involved in the Exercise Talisman Sabre military exercise, crashed into the ocean near Hamilton Island in Queensland at about 11pm on Friday. Search efforts wereContinue Reading
If you were flying into Sydney Airport earlier this month you may have noticed something startling taking place across the airfield with “bloodied” and “injured” passengers – but it was all fake. The “gruesome” scenes were actually part of a staged aircraft crash training exercise involving airport staff and otherContinue Reading