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1965
Leading elements of the 1st Battalion of the Royal Australian Regiment arrived at Bien Hoa, South Vietnam. They were the first Australian troops deployed to conduct combat operations in the Vietnam War.
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2006
Amidst an incipient civil war and total breakdown in law and order, Australian troops launch Operation ASTUTE in East Timor. Special Forces secure Dili International Airport while RAAF transport aircraft of 33, 36, and 37 Squadrons begin ferrying peacekeeping troops to restore order.
