Defence Force Members past & present

Been on a Herc, once. Used to work at Nowra but not as an airman.

Loved the way the Grummond Trackers folded their wings up and the Skyhawks.

Enough of my age. lol.

Rossco

Got my new card in the mail today........whoooooo :)

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Originally Posted by Hardyards

Hi Paul,
While Townsville was my last posting, I retired from the RAAF after 27 years, when they took my belovered Caribou away.:frown: Did a couple of MEAO deployments then they tried to post me to Sydney – trouble is I fell in love with the ‘Ville. I still do reserve work, but now work for Australian Aerospace working with the Army on the new MRH90 Helicopter. The Compass in my overhead console is out of a ‘Bou.
Hardyards - Harrison (me) and Rookyard (her). Our rigs have always had "Doing the Hardyards" stickers on them

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Funniest thing I ever saw was at an airshow back home in NZ, at Ohakea Air Base. A Caribou was flying along on it's nose wheel! I was told that it had such a low stall speed and great control they could do that! Very impressed!

I flew out the back of a kiwi Hercules with the tailgate down, just above the tree line....that was a buzz. Anyone here remember EX Golden Fleece back in 89'.

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Originally Posted by NP99

I flew out the back of a kiwi Hercules with the tailgate down, just above the tree line....that was a buzz. Anyone here remember EX Golden Fleece back in 89'.

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Yep! I remember Golden Fleece... I had just come back from 1 Battalion in Singapore and joined the Engineers as an apprentice carpenter. My wife, a civvie working for the Army, was there as well.

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Originally Posted by Gecko17

Yep! I remember Golden Fleece... I had just come back from 1 Battalion in Singapore and joined the Engineers as an apprentice carpenter. My wife, a civvie working for the Army, was there as well.

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Good times.....6 weeks on the north island. I was an umpire with a Moari platoon of inf guys. They were a great bunch to learn from. They did what they wanted when they wanted, as an umpire I just gave up :)

Got to have a walk around in a c17 the other day. Has the same feeling as being on the back of an FFG. Still have bad dreams about sleeping in the 65 man messes on those old frigates.

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Originally Posted by Parksy

Got to have a walk around in a c17 the other day. Has the same feeling as being on the back of an FFG. Still have bad dreams about sleeping in the 65 man messes on those old frigates.

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Ship postings are in the news again.....more dfda action happening :(

Yep, no more crossing the line ceremonies. Infact, in 2011 I had to sign a waiver to participate in the ceremony.

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Originally Posted by Parksy

Yep, no more crossing the line ceremonies. Infact, in 2011 I had to sign a waiver to participate in the ceremony.

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Those activities are fine with me, I wouldn't tolerate the assaults or sexual mis conduct.