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American B-52 bombers returning from, and arming for sorties into Afghanistan, Diego Garcia
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Maker: Churcher, Peter
American B-52 bombers parked on the runway. Peter Churcher recalled, "Whenever I caught the bus to Tent City I would pass the main American flight line where all the B-52 bombers were making sorties i...ART91775
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Australia, special forces (everywhere, current), Aust flag 2010
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Maker: eX de Medici
An Australian Special Forces cutaway helmet, manufactured by South African company, Global Armour. This watercolour was drawn in Canberra from a helmet worn by a member of the Australian Special Forc...ART94355
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Australia, special forces (everywhere, current), digicam 2010
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Maker: eX de Medici
An Australian Special Forces cutaway helmet with the digital camouflage pattern of the Australian Defence Force. This type of helmet is manufactured by South African company, Global Armour. This wat...ART94369
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Australia, special forces (everywhere, current), veg pattern 2007, 2010
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Maker: eX de Medici
An Australian Special Forces cutaway helmet with a vegetation camouflage pattern. This type of helmet is manufactured by South African company, Global Armour. This watercolour was drawn in Canberra ...ART94370
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Lieutenant Colonel Rowan Tink, SAS
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Maker: Churcher, Peter
This is a commissioned portrait of Lieutenant Colonel Rowan Tink, SAS in Afghanistan. In July 2002 Tink was awarded a Bronze Star by the US Government for his leadership role in eliminating al-Qa'ida ...ART91926
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Looking west from rooftop of SAS compound sentry point, Bagram, Afghanistan
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Maker: Churcher, Peter
Landscape view across Afghanistan, showing wreckage and refuse from the Russian/Afghan war in the foreground, with local people fossicking through the rubbish. Peter Churcher recalled, "It's what you ...ART91911
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SAS soldier in the village of Bagram
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Maker: Churcher, Peter
An SAS soldier is walking in the village of Bagram. Peter Churcher recalled, "Just outside the main gate of the air-base is the village of Bagram, in which the locals live. I was eager to go into the ...ART91916
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Soviet Exodus war rug
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Maker: Unknown
The rug is a 'Soviet Exodus' war rug, depicting images of stylised Soviet tanks leaving along two roads coming out of the north of a map of Afghanistan, evidence of the Soviets' 'route of retreat'. 'S...ART92682
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The 'piss-a-phone', outside bombed building, Bagram
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Maker: Churcher, Peter
The shower and toilet block inside the SAS compound, with an SAS soldier using the 'piss-a-phone', an improvised urinal. Peter Churcher recalled, "The 'piss-a-phone' is outside the bombed building in ...ART91924
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Three SAS guys sitting in their vehicle, Australian compound, Bagram, Afghanistan
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Maker: Churcher, Peter
Three SAS soldiers sitting in their vehicle. There is a grenade gun on top of the vehicle. Peter Churcher recalled, "These vehicles, of which there were about ten, were one of the important tools of t...ART91921
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Two SAS with Simpson the donkey in the Australian compound, Bagram, Afghanistan
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Maker: Churcher, Peter
Two SAS with Simpson the donkey, in the Australian compound, Bagram. Peter Churcher recalled, "The SAS squadron had four donkeys that they purchased from the locals. The donkeys proved to be invaluabl...ART91913
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Wrecked Russian aircraft, Bagram, Afghanistan
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Maker: Churcher, Peter
Painting of a wrecked Russian Aircraft in Bagram. Peter Churcher recalled, "'These wrecks are a vestige from the Russian/Afghan war (Bagram was then a Russian air-base) - They have been piled in one p...ART91920