While in the Torres Strait Islands for two days of community and cultural interactions, Air Force personnel organised a scenic flight over the area for Kaurareg Traditional Owners Enid Tom and Barbara Miskin, Olympians Patrick Johnson, Danny Morseu, Kyle Vander-Kuyp, Australian Olympic Committee (AOC) president Ian Chesterman and AOC chief executive Matt Carroll. 

Captain of the C-27J Spartan Flight Lieutenant Oliver Kersnovski asked Aunty Enid if there were any important landmarks he could fly over that were special to her. 

“Having rich relationships are key to air force operations in remote locations around Australia and the south west Pacific,” Flight Lieutenant Kersnovski said. 

“We were fortunate enough to be able to locate an extremely hard to access gravesite of the Elder’s relative which they had never seen before.