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Royal Australian Air Force and Royal New Zealand Air Force air movements personnel work together to palletise equipment at RAAF Base Amberley, Queensland.

“Once established and initial supply is achieved, the system can continue to produce water under supervision, with regular maintenance undertaken by a small support team” Lieutenant Loneragan said.

“We’ll be staying on Kangaroo Island with the system to pump water from the ocean, remove the salt and purify it for consumption.”

Independent Load Inspector, Corporal Corey O’Shannessy from No 13 Squadron, marshals a loaded pallet onto an aircraft loader. The RAAF at Amberley were also responsible for the loading and preparation of kitchen units onto trucks for transportation to Orbost. ADF personnel have been operating out of Orbost, dropping supplies, undertaking evacuations, contacting remote communities, road clearing, refuelling emergency vehicles and supporting firefighting aircraft while stationed there. The kitchen units supplied food for over 300 ADF and Republic of Fiji Military Forces (RFMF) during the course of their participation in the Victoria arm of Operation Bushfire Assist.

About 6500 ADF personnel are deployed on Operation Bushfire Assist with approximately 3000 personnel being ADF Reserves. However, on advice from the Government, the Governor-General has revoked the compulsory call out of the ADF Reserves with effect February 7, 2020. With many towns having been cut off by fires and with supplies running low, there is currently no end date to Operation Bushfire Assist. Personnel will remain stationed until no longer needed. (Defence Photos)

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Aircrew from the C-27J Spartan inspects one of the seventeen endangered Southern Brush-tail Rock Wallabies from the Tidbinbilla Nature Reserve, ACT. The Wallabies are being evacuated from their home in the Tidbinbilla Nature Reserve, ACT to the Mt Rothwell Biodiversity Centre, VIC. It is estimated there are less than 40 Southern Brush-tailed Rock-wallabies left in the wild in Australia and Tidbinbilla has approximately 70 per cent of the captive breeding population in Australia.

An aerial view of a Royal Australian Air Force Deployable Catering Capability (DCC) deployed to Orbost, Victoria to feed over 300 Australian Defence Force (ADF) and Republic of Fiji Military Forces (RFMF) personnel during Op Bushfire Assist 19-20. Defence personnel have been dropping supplies, undertaking evacuations, contacting remote communities, road clearing, refuelling emergency vehicles and supporting firefighting aircraft while stationed there.

Pallets of fire retardant are driven across the RAAF Base Richmond flightline after being delivered by a Royal Canadian Air Force CC-117A Globemaster for Operation Bushfire Assist. The fire retardant was collected from Nellis Air Force Base in the United States and follows similar trans-Pacific airlifts by RAAF aircraft to rebuild Australian stocks during the 2019-2020 bushfire season. The airlift forms part of the Canadian Armed Forces ‘Operation Renaissance’ to provide disaster relief assistance to foreign government and will be coordinated as part of the Australian Defence Force’s own Operation Bushfire Assist 19-20. (Defence Photos)