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Group portrait of members of No 31 Squadron RAAF assembled on and in front of one of the unit's Bristol Beaufighter aircraft.

Per Ardua Ad Astra

105 Years of Service of the Royal Australian Air Force

By Michael Garside

The struggle for the recognition of diverse sexualities and genders in the ADF took many years.

A long road to acceptance

The struggle for the recognition of diverse sexualities and genders in the ADF took many years.

By Noah Riseman

Front side view of a Caribou aircraft on an airstrip with snow capped mountains in the background

Not your standard milk run

Super 8 footage of a peacekeeping operation in India and Pakistan during the mid 70s.

By Rebecca Forster-Osbourne

Peacekeeping 1947 - today
Squadron Leader Raymond Thorold-Smith, DFC

Missing in action

An ace fighter pilot vanished while defending Darwin against the town’s 53rd Japanese air raid.

By Dr Kristen Alexander

Second World War 1939 - 1945
Lynn Arnold speaks into a microphone

Ripples of Wartime

Ripples of Wartime is a series of 12 short interviews with Australians about the Vietnam War.

By Sarah Kershaw

Vietnam War 1962 - 1975
Three RAAF members bottle feed Vietnamese babies at Tan Son Nhut airfield

Operation Babylift

Crews of RAAF Hercules C-130 has an unusual mission in the last days of the Vietnam war.

By Emily Hyles

Vietnam War 1962 - 1975
Trapped podcast cover

Trapped

Trapped is a six part series about a group of Australian airmen stranded on Timor during WW2.

By Tom Trumble

Second World War 1939 - 1945