Venerable UH-1H Iroquois' fly past an active volcano in Bougainville while on peace monitoring operations. The colour scheme (burnt orange) is in deference to the unarmed nature of the mission.

See "BOUGAINVILLE: RISING FROM THE ASHES" in the Feature Writing section for the full story
This photo is copyright to the Australian Dept of Defence and, if reproduced in any format, the photographer must be credited thus: Photo by Cpl Brian Hartigan, ARMY News (Australia). Permission to publish can be requested from the Editor, Army Newspaper Unit by emailing armynews@defencenews.gov.au

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