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An initiative by RAAFA NSW to capture the recollections and experiences of both retired and serving Air Force personnel

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Air Commodore Tim Alsop - Reflections on the Air...

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2023/03/08

Introducing Air Commodore Tim Alsop Air Commodore Tim Alsop currently serves as Commander Air Combat Group, based at RAAF Williamtown, near Newcastle, NSW. Air Combat Group is responsible for the development and preparation of Australia’s Air Combat force for operations. It encompasses some 2000 personnel, six aircraft types and a special operations Combat Control capability. Tim joined the RAAF in 1993, after completing a Bachelor of Science at the University of Melbourne. He trained as a pilot

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47:03

Tim Ireland, Wing Commander. Highlights in the F18A,...

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2023/03/08

Welcome to Wing Commander Tim Ireland, Commanding Officer No 77 Squadron Tim was born in Bega, NSW, in 1980. He grew up in the country towns of Cowra and Port Macquarie before enlisting in the Royal Australian Air Force in 1998, graduating with distinction from the Australian Defence Force Academy in 2000. Tim holds a Bachelor of Science (Mathematics and Physics) from the University of New South Wales, graduated from 190 Pilot’s Course in 2002, F/A-18A Hornet Operational Conversion in 2005, became

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27:36

Brian Lawrence, Warrant Officer. Operational Goals...

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2023/03/05

Introducing Brian Lawrence. ex Air Force Warrant Officer Brian joined the Air Force in January 1961 and qualified as an Engine Mechanic and then as an Engine Fitter. He was posted to No 2 Aircraft Depot. In July 1964, Brian was posted to 38 Squadron and then onward to Vietnam. Besides 1ots of paperwork and passports, he was issued with a World War 2 tin hat, pocket knife and lanyard On arrival at Tan Son Nhut Airport, Brian was amazed at the number of aircraft on the ground. In his words

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46:01

Introducing John Lindner, A Life of Adventure and...

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2023/02/20

Introducing John Lindner, A Life of Adventure and Excitement as an Air Force and Commercial Transport Pilot. John joined the RAAF as a trainee pilot in 1961. Following graduation, he was posted to 38 Squadron on DC-3 Dakotas. In 1964, John participated in the first ferry of the new Caribou aircraft from Canada to Australia. He then joined the second Caribou Ferry later in 1964 but this aircraft was delivered to Vung Tau via Greenland, Iceland, and Europe. John then joined the RAAF

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52:56

Kevin Henderson. Air Commodore (ret). one of the...

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2023/02/05

Introducing Air Commodore (retired) Kevin Henderson, Master Defence Studies. Learning to fly on Tiger Moths and Chipmunks at Newcastle Aero Club while he was still at school, Kev had his pilot’s licence 12 months before he was legally able to drive a car. Kev completed the RAAF pilots course in 1962 after which he gained experience on the Dakota transport aircraft. Kev was a 22 year old flying officer when he flew into Vung Tau, South Vietnam in a Caribou short field transport aircraft as part of

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38:06

Raylee Scott AM Warrant Officer - Dynamic in Life...

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2023/01/22

Introducing WARRANT OFFICER RAYLEE SCOTT, AM. Warrant Officer Raylee Scott joined the Royal Australian Air Force as a Switch Board Operator in 1986 and then re-mustered to an Electronic Data Processor Operator. Raylee later became a Communication Information Systems Controller. In 1996, Raylee was posted to the RAAF Network Operations Agency where she was a founding member of the implementation team installing what became the Defence Restricted Network and the Defence Switched Network around

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38:27

Flight Lieutenant Suska Denham - The Fascinating Life...

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2023/01/09

Introducing Flight Lieutenant Suska Denham Flight Lieutenant Suska Denham commissioned into the Royal Australian Air Force as a direct entry through Officers’ Training School in 2017. She joined as a Security Police Officer and completed her Initial Employment Training at the Defence Force School of Policing, Holsworthy Barracks. After posting to No. 1 Security Forces Squadron, RAAF Base Williamtown, Suska performed the role of Base Security Officer before transitioning to the Squadron Operations

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Mick Stone’s Life of Adventures Operating High...

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2022/12/11

Introducing Wing Commander (retired) Michael (Mick) Stone. Mick joined the Air Force as an apprentice in 1968. He became an electrical fitter at Williamtown working on Mirage and Sabre aircraft. In 1971, Mick went to Butterworth Malaysia working on Search and Rescue Hueys. This was his first involvement with helicopter aircrew: most were Vietnam veterans. In 1975, Mick was selected for pilot training. He was then posted to United Nations Emergency Force 2 flying helicopters on peacekeeping

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53:53

Group Captain Jason (Easty) Easthope. Flying Fast...

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2022/11/28

Introducing Group Captain Jason (Easty) Easthope, recent Chief of Staff, Air Combat Group Easty joined the Royal New Zealand Air Force at the age of 18 and began flying jets at only 19 years of age. In 2002 he transferred to the Royal Australian Air Force where he spent most of his time flying and instructing on the F/A-18 Classic Hornet. Easty flew F18 Hornet-02 in a single-ship display as a celebration of and a fitting end to the aircraft’s career of more than 35 years and 408,000 flight

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Wing Commander Don Pollock. Tales of Wallaby...

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2022/11/16

Introducing Wing Commander Don Pollock. Don joined 41 Pilots Course, RAAF in 1961. Previously he had been an Industrial Arts Teacher in NSW. After graduation Don was posted to Transport Aircraft and in 1964 joined the first Air Force contingent to Vietnam on Caribous. He has some tales to tell about those early days in Vietnam. A lot of “by the seat of your pants get the job done”, short or almost non existent runways, plenty bullets, long hours, lots of flying, often scary, and a very

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40:51

Air Commodore Chris Sawade CSC. A person of many...

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2022/11/06

Air Commodore Chris Sawade, CSC, joined the Royal Australian Air Force in January 1974 and on graduation from pilot training he was posted to fly helicopters with No 5 Squadron. Between 1976 and 1988, Chris completed operational and flying instructional tours throughout Australia, the South West Pacific and the Middle East, flying Huey and Squirrel helicopters and CT4 and Macchi Trainers. In 1988, Chris was posted to No. 38 Squadron where he served as Training Flight Commander and Executive

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47:07

Air Commodore Chris Beatty DFC AFC - A Notable Flying...

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2022/10/30

Introducing Air Commodore (retired) Chris Beatty DFC. AFC. A Notable Flying Career Chris’ flying career started when he learnt to fly light aircraft with the Air Force cadets at Parafield in 1963. He joined the Royal Australian Air Force in 1966 graduating on No 64 Pilots. In 1968, Chris saw a significant expansion of the Australian Forces in Vietnam which included No 9 squadron’s helicopters. Half of his pilots course were converted onto helicopters and all posted to fly Iroquois helicopters

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47:37

Group Captain Peter (Spike) Davies CSC. Air Defence...

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2022/10/10

Group Captain Peter (Spike) R Davies, CSC, Chief of Staff, Air Combat Group Peter Davies enlisted in the Royal Australian Air Force in May 1988 as a direct entrant Air Defence Officer. Following Air Defence Controller Course, he served with No 3 Control and Reporting Unit and No 114 Mobile Control and Reporting Unit before qualifying as a Fighter Combat Controller in 1992. After instructing at 3 Control and Reporting Unit, Peter was selected for Airborne Warning and Control System training with

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Air Chief Marshal Sir Angus Houston AK, AFC...

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2022/10/03

Introducing Air Chief Marshal Sir Angus Houston AK, AFC (Retired) Air Chief Marshal Sir Angus (Allan) Houston was born in West Kilbride, a very small place to the south-west of Glasgow in Scotland overlooking the Firth of Clyde. His father was a Royal Air Force officer who was shot down at a place called Handzame in 1943. He was captured by Belgian collaborators and was handed over to the Germans. He became a prisoner of war in Stalag Luft III, “The Great Escape” camp. Sir Angus saw an Australian

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58:29

Air Marshal Geoff Brown AO Reflections. Chief of Air...

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2022/09/24

Air Marshal (retired) Geoff Brown AO Air Marshal Geoff Brown joined the RAAF in February 1980 after completing an Engineering degree. He graduated from No.111 Pilots' Course in 1981 and has since had many and varied flying roles. He has operated Chinooks, been a Flying Instructor, been a member of the Roulettes aerobatic display team, operated Hornets in the roles of squadron pilot, flight commander and executive officer and Commanding Officer 3 Squadron. He then completed F-111 conversion

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48:28

Air Vice Marshal (ret) Bob Richardson AO AFC. 5000...

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2022/09/14

AIR VICE-MARSHAL (retired) Bob RICHARDSON AO AFC Bob Richardson qualified as an RAAF fighter pilot in 1962, and flew Sabre aircraft with 77 Squadron in Malaysia, Singapore, and Labuan North Borneo for nearly three years during the Indonesian Confrontation crisis. He was also attached to 79 Fighter Squadron in Thailand four times for SEATO air defence operations. After a tour as a flying instructor, he qualified at the United Kingdom Empire Test Pilots' School in 1968, and subsequently spent 13

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55:05

Air Marshal Leo Davies, AO, CSC. Listen to the...

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2022/09/03

Air Marshal Gavin Neil "Leo" Davies, AO, CSC is a retired Chief of the Royal Australian Air Force. Born and raised in country Victoria, Air Marshal Leo Davies was attracted to aviation from primary school and consequently pursued the Air Force for pilot training. He joined the RAAF in 1979, as a navigator and flew P3B and P3C Orions for six years, learning a lot about airmanship and real world maritime operations. He then retrained as a pilot, flying F111s of all types. He commanded No. 1

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59:52

AVM DAVE ROGERS AM (Ret). Sabres, Phantoms, F111s,...

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2022/08/19

Air Vice Marshal DAVE ROGERS AM RAAF (Retd) Dave Rogers from Cadet Under Officer in to Deputy Chief of the Air Staff. In between these two events he had many different adventures from: Flying Sabres on operational missions during Confrontation with Indonesia. Serving in Ubon, Thailand as part of Australia's contribution to SEATO and Vietnam. Instructing on Vampires in Perth. Completing the first F-111 training in the USA. Converting to the F-4E Phantom and flying the delivery flight

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43:31

Group Captain Terry Wilson, AM AFC. Fighter Pilot,...

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2022/08/08

Introducing Group Captain Terry Wilson, AM AFC Terry grew up in the Swan Valley. Vampires from Pearce Air Force Base constantly flew overhead and along with the prevalence of lots of material about World War II air exploits (not to mention Biggles books), Terry was bound to be very keen on all things aviation. Terry graduated the dux of his Air Force apprentice engine fitter course in December 1960, In 1964, Terry start his long-coveted pilot training. He felt at home when he got to do

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Warrant Officer Gerry Mapstone OAM. A sometimes...

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2022/07/25

Introducing Warrant Officer Gerry Mapstone OAM. Gerry joined the RAAF 1966 and in 1967 became an Airfield Defence Guard and was posted to South Vietnam. On arrival in Vietnam, having previously lead an Aussie life, Gerry was told that the weather was fine and there was only light to moderate ground fire. He was given the opportunity to become an Iroquois Door Gunner with 9 Squadron. His duties were to assist in medical evacuation, loading and unloading of stores and personnel and to protect, by the

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