Aussies Take Part In Joint Helicopter Ops

May 12 2010

East Timor

Australian troops with the International Stabilization Force (ISF) in East Timor recently completed a tactical helicopter exercise with the East Timor Defense Force, reports the Australian Dept. of Defense.

Soldiers from the Brisbane-based Alpha Company, 8/9 Battalion, the Royal Australian Regiment, led the drills, which simulated a joint company helicopter assault on an abandoned prison complex in Manatuto.

Timorese troops were given training in the basics of conventional...

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