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BEST OF ADF IMAGERY 2021

BEST OF ADF IMAGERY 2021

An M1A1 Abrams tank from 2nd/14th Light Horse Regiment (Queensland Mounted Infantry) conducts a live fire during Exercise Diamond Walk at Shoalwater Bay, Queensland. Photo by Private Jacob Hilton.

An M1A1 Abrams tank from the 1st Armoured Regiment fires its main armament during training for Exercise Paratus Run 2021 at Cultana, South Australia. Photo by Corporal Rodrigo Villablanca.

Soldiers from 2nd/14th Light Horse Regiment (Queensland Mounted Infantry) conduct trials on e-bikes alongside a Boxer combat reconnaissance vehicle at Townsville Field Training Area, Queensland. Photo by Corporal Nicole Dorrett.

C-27J Spartans, RAAF Base Amberley, Qld. Photo by Corporal Jesse Kane. C-27J Spartan, Mount Bundy, NT. Leading Aircraftman Stewart Gould. F-35A, Tindal, NT. Leading Aircraftman Brandon Murray.

F-35A, Delamere, NT. Leading Aircraftman Brandon Murray. C-17A Brisbane, Qld. Corporal Jesse Kane.

An F-35A Lightning II from No. 2 Operational Conversion Unit, over the Northern Territory during Exercise Rogue Ambush. Photo by Leading Aircraftman Adam Abela. C-17A Honiara, Solomon Islands. Corporal Brandon Grey.

BEST OF ADF IMAGERY 2021

CLOCKWISE FROM LEFT: Able Seaman Ruby Ash secures a hose on HMAS Warramunga. Photo by Petty Officer Yuri Ramsey; Able Seaman Matthew Giles prepares to fire a 12.7mm Browning machine gun on HMAS Anzac. Photo by Leading Seaman Leo Baumgartner; Leading Seaman Ashleigh Humphrys conducts a sunset ceremony on HMAS Sirius. Photo by Leading Seaman Sittichai Sakonpoonpol; HMAS Parramatta’s Medical Department and members of the Ship’s Medical Emergency Team conduct a simulated medical evacuation using an embarked MH-60R. Photo by Leading Seaman Jarrod Mulvihill; Able Seaman Declan Macaulay oxy-cutting on HMAS Canberra. Photo by Leading Seaman Sittichai Sakonpoonpol; Lieutenant Commander Jeff Topping at the controls of HMAS Brisbane’s embarked MH-60R. Photo by Leading Seaman Daniel Goodman; Seaman Tanner Williams updates data on HMAS Supply. Photo by Leading Seaman Sittichai Sakonpoonpol.

BEST OF ADF IMAGERY 2021

CLOCKWISE FROM ABOVE (all physical training instructors): Leading Seaman Zoe Davenport on the netball court at HMAS Stirling, WA. Photo by Leading Seamann Ronnie Baltoft; Petty Officer James Walker in the pool at HMAS Albatross, NSW. Photo by Leading Seaman Kayla Jackson; Petty Officer Jake Garrick on his BMX bike, Gunghalin, ACT. Photo by Petty Officer Lee-Anne Cooper; ADF Judoka Major Derek Morris throws Staff Cadet Callum Webb at ADFA, ACT. Photo by Petty Officer Lee-Anne Cooper; Leading Seaman Benjamin Williams boxing at HMAS Albatross, NSW. Photo by Leading Seaman Kayla Jackson; Chief Petty Officer Physical Training Instructor Roger Roy surfing at Cronulla Beach, NSW. Photo by Leading Seaman Ryan Tascas.