Antenna identification system One aim of this research is to identify all antenna systems installed at Pine Gap since 1967, with a view to then understand their characteristics and likely roles. There is no publicly available information about the system by which the US government identifies antennas and other elements of Pine Gap infrastructure. Over […]
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Pine Gap images gallery
NOTE: THIS PAGE IS UNDER CONSTRUCTION. FURTHER LINKS WILL BE ADDED SHORTLY. This page is a repository for images of the Joint Defence Facility Pine Gap related to research on the base and its history. It is still under construction, and will be considerably expanded in the neat future. Wherever possible, the original source of images […]
Felicity Ruby images of Pine Gap
We are grateful to Felicity Ruby who very generously gave us permission to reproduce her photographs of Pine Gap. Details of these images and information on the antennas in the photographs are available in Desmond Ball, Bill Robinson and Richard Tanter, The Antennas of Pine Gap, Nautilus Institute, Special Reports, 18 February 2016, and in the image gallery […]
Antennas of Pine Gap image gallery
This gallery holds links to all images reproduced in Desmond Ball, Bill Robinson and Richard Tanter, The Antennas of Pine Gap, Nautilus Institute, Special Reports, 18 February 2016. Cover – high resolution image. Details of the antennas are listed in Table 1 in that paper. The antennas identification system in Table 1 and in the images […]
Kristian Laemmle-Ruff images of Pine Gap
We are deeply grateful to Kristian Laemle-Ruff who very generously gave us permission to reproduce his photographs of Pine Gap. Details of these images and information on the antennas in the photographs are available in The Antennas of Pine Gap and in the image gallery from that paper. Note that the small spheres across the upper […]
US ship visits to Darwin
See also Darwin Port Log of US Navy ship visits to Darwin, 2000 – 2014 (updated 1 April 2014) US Marine Rotational Force – Darwin Introduction Australian navy and visiting foreign navy ships normally berth at Fort Hill Wharf or occasionally at East Arm Wharf. Log of US Navy ship visits to Darwin, 2000 – 2014 (updated 1 April […]
Naval Support Activity Bahrain
Combined Task Force 150 and Operation OCEAN SHIELD
Introduction Australia has deployed Navy ships to US-led task groups in the Middle East since the Gulf War in 1990, principally in the western Indian Ocean, the Persian Gulf, and the Gulf of Aden. In addition, ADF personnel have been deployed to various multinational command and logistics facilities in the region. As of 2015, these […]
Introduction: Australia in Iraq 2014 –
In September 2014 the Australian government announced the deployment of an 600-person ADF contingent as part of a US-led coalition to attack Islamic State in Syria and the Levant (ISIL) forces in Iraq. The deployment has subsequently expanded in size and in mission. The first deployment was made up of 400 personnel in an Air Task Group and 200 […]
al-Asad Air Base
Introduction Location: Anbar Province, near the city of al-Baghdadi. 33° 48′ 0″ N, 42° 26′ 0″ E 33.8, 42.433333 Wikimapia Coalition ground troops operating as trainers for Iraqi forces have been based at Al-Asad since 2014. In February 2015 320 US Marines were reportedly based at al-Asad, and in March 2015, the Australian government announced that 300 Australian specialist trainers would be […]