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Operation Slipper is the Australian Defence Force (ADF) contribution to the War In Afghanistan . The operation commenced in late 2001 and is ongoing. ADF participation included two major activities centred on Afghanistan and the Persian Gulf . AFGHANISTAN First phase Australian participation in Afghanistan included a Special Forces Task group and two Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) Boeing 707 air-to-air refuelling aircraft from No. 33 Squadron . These aircraft and associated support personnel operated from Manas Air Base in Kyrgyzstan and provided support to coalition aircraft operating in Afghan airspace. RAAF C-130 Hercules transport aircraft were also involved in providing logistic support for deployed forces. The initial ADF commitment in Afghanistan concluded in December 2002 when the Special Air Service Task Group was withdrawn. Following this date Australia’s total contribution to efforts in Afghanistan was a single officer attached to the Coalition’s mine clearing force. Australian SAS Squadron deployments Note: all dates are approximate
A Troop from the Special Air Service Of New Zealand was attached to each Australian SAS Squadron Group. It’s unclear whether the New Zealand SAS Troop was rotated at the same times as the Australian units. Second phase An Australian Special Forces Task Group was re-deployed to Afghanistan in August or September 2005. This Task Group consisted of elements from the SASR , 4th Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment (Commando), the Incident Response Regiment and logistic support personnel. As well as heavily modified land rovers, the Special Forces Task Group was also equipped with some Bushmaster Infantry Mobility Vehicle s. A detachment of two CH-47 Chinook helicopters from the 5th Aviation Regiment was deployed to Afghanistan in March 2006 to support the Special Forces Task Group. The Australian Special Forces Task Group was withdrawn from Afghanistan in September 2006 and the helicopter detachment returned to Australia in April 2007. Third phase A Reconstruction Taskforce based around the 1st Combat Engineer Regiment with protective elements from the 5th/7th Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment , 6th Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment and 2nd Cavalry Regiment began arriving in Orūzgān Province in southern Afghanistan in early September 2006. The Australian Reconstruction Taskforce forms part of a Dutch -led Provincial Reconstruction Team . Prime Minister . Written 2007 - 4-10 . Accessed 2007 - 4-12 . Australian soldiers were involved in a major operation killing around 120 they also called in air support PERSIAN GULF Since October 2001 the Royal Australian Navy (RAN) has maintained a continuous presence in and around Iraqi territorial waters as part of Operation Slipper and subsequent operations. There were four major rotations of RAN ships to this area of operations between December 2001 and March 2003. The primary focus of these rotations was to conduct Maritime Interception Operations as part of a US, Australian and British force enforcing United Nations Security Council resolutions against Iraq. The first rotation consisted of Her Majesty's Australian Ships (HMAS) '' Sydney '', '' Adelaide '' and ''Kanimbla'' . These ships were followed in February 2002 by HMA Ships ''Canberra'', ''Newcastle'' and ''Manoora'' and again in July 2002 by HMAS ''Arunta'' and ''Melbourne''. Detachments from the Army's 16th Air Defence Regiment provided point defence to the ''Kanimbla'' and ''Manoora'' during their deployments. One of the final Operation Slipper rotations was in November 2002 with HMA Ships ''Anzac'' and ''Darwin''. HMAS ''Kanimbla'' departed from Sydney, Australia on the 20th January 2003 again bound for the Persain Gulf under the mission objectives of Operation Bastille. On arriving in Bahrain on the 16th February 2003 she reverted to the original mission objects of Operation Slipper (that of enforcing UN Sanctions against Iraq). On the 20th March 2003, HMA Ships ''Kanimbla'', ''Anzac'' and ''Darwin'' participated in the combat phase of the 2003 Iraq War, codenamed Operation Falconer . During these operations the Australian ships pioneered a number of techniques that increased the effectiveness of Maritime Interception Force operations leading to them intercepting and boarding approximately 1700 vessels during the period. Four Australian naval officers commanded the multi national force at various times during the course of the operation. DIEGO GARCIA A detachment of four Australian F/A-18 Hornet fighter aircraft provided air defence for the US military base on the island of Diego Garcia during the campaign against the Taliban . The initial detachment was provided by No. 77 Squadron RAAF between December 2001 and 10 February 2002. This detachment was replaced by a detachment from No. 3 Squadron RAAF which was deployed between 10 February 2002 and 20 May 2002. No further Australian units have been deployed to Diego Garcia. NOTES REFERENCES
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