List of military operations involving Australia

This is an incomplete list of Australian military operations.

Operation	Non- combat	From	To	Area of Operation	Purpose	Notes
Operation Southern Indian Ocean	N	2014			Search for MH370	[1]
Operation Okra		2014		Iraq and later Syria		[2][3]
Operation Pacific Assist 2015	N	2015		Vanuatu
Operation Hawick		2014		The Hague and Ukraine		[3]
Operation Accordion		1 July 2014		Middle East		[4][5]
Operation Manitou		1 July 2014		Middle East - Maritime		[4][6]
Operation Philippines Assist	N	2013		Philippines		[3]
Operation Dirk		1 September 1997	31 October 1997		"Border Protection"	[7]
Operation Gemsbok		29 August 2003	3 October 2003		"Border Protection"	[7]
Operation Mistral (Border protection)		1 August 1998	30 June 2006		"Border Protection"	[7]
Operation Stanhope		3 February 1998	6 March 1998		"Border Protection"	[7]
Operation Teebone		1 March 2001	31 March 2001		"Border Protection"	[7]
Operation Sutton (Border protection)		25 January 2002	19 February 2002		"Border Protection"	[7]
Operation Faber		19 June 1999	15 September 1999	East Timor	UNAMET	[8]
Operation Concord		16 June 1999	24 September 1999	East Timor	UNAMET / INTERFET
Operation Warden		16 September 1999	10 April 2000	East Timor	INTERFET
Operation Gateway		1 February 1981	current operation	Indian Ocean and South East Asia	Maritime Surveillance
Operation Stabilise		16 September 1999	23 February 2000	East Timor	INTERFET
Operation Tanager		20 February 2000	19 May 2002	East Timor	UNTAET
Operation Citadel (East Timor)		20 May 2002	17 August 2003	East Timor	UNMISET	[9]
Operation Slipper		11 October 2001	5 December 2002	Afghanistan	ICAT
Operation Slipper		1 January 2009	31 December 2014	Afghanistan	ICAT
Operation Palate		18 April 2003	4 July 2004	Afghanistan	UNAMA
Operation Palate II		27 June 2005	current operation	Afghanistan	UNAMA
Operation Jural		30 June 1991	12 January 2003	Iraq
Operation Provide Comfort	N	11 August 1991	15 December 1996	Iraq
Operation Bolton		31 August 1992	12 January 2003	Iraq
Operation Southern Watch		31 August 1992	12 January 2003	Iraq
Operation Northern Watch		1 January 1997	12 January 2003	Iraq
Operation Falconer		18 March 2003	22 July 2003	Iraq
Operation Catalyst		16 July 2003	31 July 2009	Iraq
Operation Riverbank		21 July 2008	25 November 2013	Iraq	UNAMI	[10]
Operation Kruger		1 January 2009	31 July 2011	Iraq		[11]
Operation Damask	N	13 January 1993	19 January 1993	Kuwait
Operation Tamar		25 July 1994	8 March 1996	Rwanda
Operation Husky (Sierra Leone)		15 January 2001	28 February 2003	Sierra Leone
Operation Solace	N	10 January 1993	21 May 1993	Somalia	UNOSOM I
Operation Solace	N	1 May 1993	28 March 1995	Somalia	UNOSOM II
Operation Crown		25 June 1965	31 August 1968	Thailand
Operation Gold (Australia)	N			Sydney	2000 Olympics
Operation Helpem Fren	N	2003		Solomon Islands	RAMSI
Operation Anode	N	2003		Solomon Islands	RAMSI
Operation Morris Dance	N	May 1987	May 1987	Fiji
Operation Sumatra Assist	N	2004		Indonesia	Disaster relief
Operation Astute	N	25 May 2006		East Timor
Operation Vic Fire Assist	N	February 2009	14 March 2009	Victoria	The relief effort following the Black Saturday bushfires
Operation Mazurka	N	1981		Sinai Peninsula	MFO
Operation Paladin	N	1956		Jerusalem	UNTSO
Operation Resolute	N	17 July 2006	ongoing		"Border Protection"	[7][12]
Operation Relex	N	3 September 2001	13 March 2006		"Border Protection"	[7]
Operation Tower	N	25 August 2006	31 December 2012	East Timor	UNMIT	[13]
Operation Aslan		23 September 2011		South Sudan	UNMISS	[14]
Operation Azure	N	24 March 2005	2011	Sudan	UNMIS	[15]
Operation Hedgerow	N		2011	Sudan
Operation Yasi Assist	N	2 February 2011	14 February 2011	FNQ	Cyclone relief
Operation Queensland Flood Assist	N		2011	Queensland
Operation Christchurch Assist	N		2011	Christchurch
Operation Pacific Assist	N		2011
Operation Haiti Assist	N		2010	Haiti
Operation Pakistan Assist II	N		2010	Pakistan
Operation Samoa Assist	N		2009
Operation Outreach	N		2009
Operation Padang Assist	N		2009	Indonesia
Operation Testament	N		2008	Sydney	World Youth Day 08 (WYD08)	[16]
Operation Kiribati Assist	N		2008
Operation PNG Assist	N		2008
Operation Deluge			2007	Sydney	APEC 2007	[17]
Operation Acolyte	N		2006	Melbourne	2006 Commonwealth Games	[18]
Operation Ramp	N		2006	Lebanon	Lebanon evacuation	[19]
Operation Pakistan Assist	N		2006
Operation Relex II	N	14 March 2002	16 July 2006	North-West Australia	Coastwatch	[7][20]
Operation Celesta		1 August 2001	31 July 2006		Coastwatch	[7][21]
Operation Cranberry		1 August 1997	16 July 2006	Northern Australia	Northern Coastwatch	[7][22]
Operation Sumatra Assist	N		2005	Indonesia		[23]
Operation Bel Isi	N	20 November 1997	26 August 2003	Bougainville
Operation Osier		25 January 1997		Balkans
Operation Spitfire		6 September 1999	19 September 1999	East Timor	Evacuation	[8]
Operation Spire		20 May 2004	11 May 2006	East Timor
Operation Chiron		20 May 2005	11 May 2006	Timor Leste	UNOTIL
Operation Pomelo		15 January 2001		Ethiopia and Eritrea	UNMEE
Operation Habitat	N	1 May 1991	30 June 1991	Iraq
Operation Blazer		1 May 1991	30 June 1998	Iraq
Operation Pollard		15 February 1998	30 June 1998	Iraq
Operation Cendarawasih		1976	1981	Irian Jaya	Survey Operations
Operation Coracle		12 July 1994	31 March 2002	Mozambique
Operation Trek		4 November 2000	15 March 2002	Solomon Islands
Operation Gading		6 May 1975	22 August 1975	Indonesia
Operation Quickstep	N	31 October 2006	22 December 2006	Fiji
Operation Claret		July 1964	July 1966	Borneo
Operation Anaconda		2 March 2002	16 March 2002	Afghanistan
Operation Perth		July 2006		Afghanistan
Operation Eagle's Summit		27 August 2008	5 September 2008	Afghanistan
Operation Jacana		April 2002	July 2002	Afghanistan
Operation Mountain Thrust		15 May 2006	31 July 2006	Afghanistan
Operation Blowdown	N	18 July 1963		Queensland, Australia	Blast effect test on rainforest
Operation Navy Help Darwin	N	31 December 1974	31 January 1975	Darwin	Assistance in the wake of Cyclone Tracy	[24]

See also

• Current Australian Defence Force deployments

References

1. "Operation Southern Indian Ocean". www.defence.gov.au.
2. "Operation Okra". www.defence.gov.au.
3. "1st Division - Australian Army". Who We Are. Australian Army. Archived from the original on 15 June 2013. Retrieved 5 October 2014.
4. His Excellency the Governor-General of the Commonwealth of Australia (4 September 2014). "Australian Operational Service Medal (Greater Middle East Operation) - Instrument 2014" (PDF). www.defence.gov.au.
5. "Op Accordion". www.defence.gov.au.
6. "Op Manitou". www.defence.gov.au.
7. Quentin Bryce (18 July 2012). "Declaration Under the Australian Operational Service Medal regulation 2012" (PDF). Australian Department of Defence. Commonwealth of Australia. Retrieved 18 November 2012.
8. "ADF: past operations in Timor-Leste (East Timor)". Nautilus Institute.
9. "Operation Citadel". Nautilus Institute.
10. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2014-01-28. Retrieved 2014-01-30.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
11. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2014-01-01. Retrieved 2013-12-31.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
12. Op Resolute Archived 2010-07-06 at the Wayback Machine, www.defence.gov.au
13. Op Tower, www.defence.gov.au
14. http://www.defence.gov.au/op/southsudan/index.htm
15. Op Azure, www.defence.gov.au
16. Op Testament, www.defence.gov.au
17. Op Deluge, www.defence.gov.au
18. Op Acolyte, www.defence.gov.au
19. Op Ramp, www.defence.gov.au
20. Op Relex II Archived 2012-10-05 at the Wayback Machine, www.defence.gov.au
21. Op Celesta Archived 2012-10-05 at the Wayback Machine, www.defence.gov.au
22. Op Cranberry Archived 2012-10-05 at the Wayback Machine, www.defence.gov.au
23. Op Sumatra Assist Archived 2012-11-04 at the Wayback Machine, www.defence.gov.au
24. "Disaster Relief – Cyclone Tracy and Tasman Bridge". Semaphore. Sea Power Centre. 2004 (14). December 2004. Archived from the original on 2009-02-13. Retrieved 18 December 2011.

External links

• Global Operations: Department of Defence