The DCP helps PNG develop an increasingly professional, capable and sustainable PNGDF, allowing our forces to work effectively together in regional stabilisation, peacekeeping, disaster relief operations and supporting major national projects.

The Papua New Guinea Defence Force (PNGDF) is the military organisation responsible for the defence of Papua New Guinea. It originated from the Australian Army land forces of the territory of Papua New Guinea before independence, coming into being in January 1973 and having its antecedents in the Pacific Islands Regiment. The PNGDF is a small ...

2023年3月2日 · Australia and Papua New Guinea are partnering on aviation safety, maintenance and sustainment throughout the operational life of the aircraft through their joint Flights of Excellence program. This will include continuing joint training and capacity building activities between ADF and PNGDF personnel.

2021年5月15日 · Two wet leased Bell 212 helicopters are paid for by the Australian Government provide the PNGDF with some rotary wing capacity. The ADF has been a regular visitor to PNG either in support of PNGDF exercises, assisting in search and rescue and humanitarian relief and even as Peace Keepers in Bougainville during 1998.

2024年12月14日 · The Deputy Chief of the Papua New Guinea Defence Force (PNGDF), Brigadier General Opa Lari Opa, along with Australian Defence Adviser Colonel Travis Gordon, recently experienced their inaugural flight in the PNGDF PAC-750 aircraft.

2023年3月2日 · Australia’s Chief of Defence Force General Angus Campbell and Papua New Guinea’s Chief of Defence Force Major‑General Mark Goina have signed a Memorandum of Understanding and Implementing Arrangement to facilitate the delivery of two new PAC-750XL aircraft to the PNGDF in 2023.

2024年11月12日 · Australia presented the PNGDF with two new PAC 750 light transport aircraft in late 2023 and is helping refurbish the force’s Air Transport Wing in PNG’s capital, Port Moresby. With 85,000 service members, the ADF is about 20 times larger than the PNGDF.

2022年6月12日 · Australian Defence Force (ADF) personnel have touched down in Papua New Guinea (PNG) to support the country’s national elections. At the request of the Government of PNG, more than 130 ADF personnel will provide capabilities to support the 2022 national elections – deployed under ADF Operation KIMBA.

2023年3月2日 · Defence said the PAC-750XL aircraft will provide new opportunities for ADF and PNGDF personnel to work alongside one another and 'make our defence forces even closer'. General Campbell said the ADF was proud to assist its Papua New Guinea partners build their sovereign aviation capabilities.

The Australian Defence Force (ADF) Commander Joint Logistics, Rear Admiral Clint Thomas, has signed a Mutual Logistics Support Arrangement with his PNG Defence Force (PNGDF) counterpart, Chief of Logistics Colonel Ben Siria. The Mutual Logistics Support Arrangement will facilitate reciprocal logistics support between the ADF and the PNGDF.