Defence

CSI serves up a cup with a cause

CLUB Services Ipswich is all about supporting the veterans community and recently lived up to that again signing up as the first club in Queensland to introduce Australian Warfighters coffee.

Brian Bennion

27 Mar 2024

Defence

$600m fighter deal, upgrades bring jobs boom

A $4 million upgrade to fighter jet workshops at RAAF Base Amberley will deliver more than 100 new jobs.

Rob Mellett

17 Jan 2024

Defence

Squadron flag flies again after 55 years

FIFTY-FIVE years after a 17th Construction Squadron flag supposedly “blew off a flag pole” in Nui Dat, at the 1st Australian Task Force base in Vietnam, the flag has been returned to its rightful home at Zabul Lines, RAAF Base Amberley.

Staff Writers

29 Nov 2023

Federal Politics

Boost for veterans services

IPSWICH-based veterans organisation Wounded Heroes will receive a $1.1 million grant to upgrade its Bundamba head office.

Brian Bennion

29 Nov 2023

City Life

Ukraine Ambassador in town to rally support

AS GLOBAL attention is focussed on the conflict in Gaza, Ukraine’s Ambassador to Australia Vasyl Myroshnychenko visited Ipswich to rally support for his country’s war with Russia.

Brian Bennion

16 Nov 2023

City Life

City pays tribute to brave service

REMEMBRANCE Day was a special occasion in central Ipswich on Saturday with the dedication of nine plinths commemorating the conflicts Australia was involved in.

Brian Bennion

15 Nov 2023

Defence

MP welcomes new era for Defence careers

THE Member for Blair has thrown his backing behind the launch of a new, fast track method of Defence recruiting.

Rob Mellett

26 Jul 2023

Defence

Ipswich big winner with $1b military deal

IPSWICH is at the centre of one of the largest defence deals ever for Australia, with the inking of a $1 billion contract, with scores of military vehicles to be built at the Redbank Rheinmetall facility.

Rob Mellett

12 Jul 2023

Defence

RSL takes next step to develop Veterans Hub

RSL Queensland has been awarded a $50,000 grant to develop a business case to establish a Veterans’ and Families’ Hub in Ipswich.

Brian Bennion

05 Jul 2023

Defence

King’s Honours no joke for corporal

ONE morning at work, when Corporal Timothy Nevin read an email asking him to accept or reject a Conspicuous Service Medal, he thought he was getting “punked”.

Rob Mellett

28 Jun 2023

Defence

RAAF supports 100 years of Legacy

WHEN the Legacy Centenary Torch Relay began in France in April, Leading Aircraftwoman Sarah Negrin was humbled to know she would be continuing the torch’s run 16,000km away in Ipswich.

Rob Mellett

21 Jun 2023

Defence

Hunting down fishy goings on

RAAF Amberley Air Base personnel have successfully completed Operation Solania − its latest maritime surveillance mission aimed at detecting and deterring illegal fishing activities in the waters of Samoa and Tonga.

Rob Mellett

14 Jun 2023

Defence

Helibox a gamechanger for airdrops

AMBERLEY aircrews have taken part in successful tests to airdrop stores on overseas exercises. The Spartan aircraft personnel from 35 Squadron used the recently adopted Heliboxes on Exercise Croix Du Sud in New Caledonia.

Rob Mellett

31 May 2023

Defence

Check-up for cyclone-hit airfields

A FOUR-member Combat Control Team recently carried out airfield surveys in New Zealand after the landing strips were affected by Tropical Cyclone Gabrielle in February.

Rob Mellett

24 May 2023

Defence

Weapons deal brings dozens of jobs

Dozens of local jobs will be created following an announcement that a Redbank factory has landed the $180 million deal to build antimissile ‘soft kill’ systems for the Royal Australian Navy. Defence bosses have said the five-year agreement would...

Rob Mellett

10 May 2023

Defence

Spartan joins huge multi-national exercise

AUSTRALIA recently wrapped up its involvement in Exercise Croix Du Sud after working with 19 nations to prepare for humanitarian and disaster relief missions.

Rob Mellett

10 May 2023

PHOTOS

PHOTO GALLERY: Anzac Day 2023

Some of the biggest crowds seen in years turned out for today’s Anzac Day marches and services across Ipswich. Ipswich Tribune photographer LYLE RADFORD was there to capture all the action.

Lyle Radford

25 Apr 2023

Defence

Help moves in for veterans

HEALTH services for Ipswich veterans and their families have been boosted with the opening of a Mates4Mates Family Recovery Centre on Friday.

Brian Bennion

22 Mar 2023

Defence

First Boxer military vehicle under production

PREMIER Annastacia Palaszczuk and Deputy Premier Steven Miles were in Redbank on Monday to see the first Queensland made Boxer CRV military vehicles roll through the production line.

Brian Bennion

22 Mar 2023