Boris Karpichkov admits that he comes across as paranoid and a little nuts.

The air force's 17 mothballed Skyhawk jet fighters look likely to end up as museum pieces or spare parts after a Christmas deadline passed with no sign of any money from the American buyer.

A former Australian soldier has been sentenced to 20 years in jail in Afghanistan for murdering a colleague.

War medal collectors are combing death notices to harass families of late veterans for their medals.

The Defence Force insists that New Zealand SAS troops in Afghanistan involved in a fatal shootout were fired upon first.

The NZ Defence Force says SAS soldiers were acting in self defence when they led a raid on a factory in Afghanistan in which two soldiers were killed.

New Zealand soldiers have been accused of being involved in a botched raid on a factory in Afghanistan which left two workers dead.

Chief Petty Officer Steve Clarke received the best Christmas gift ever yesterday: Watching his children unwrap their presents.

When his father was diagnosed with terminal cancer this week, Squadron Leader Steve Hall was determined to make it home from Afghanistan.

Former PM Helen Clark says concerns by the US Embassy over the screening of Michael Moore's film Fahrenheit 9/11 for a Labour Party fundraising event showed "outright bullying" and "unprofessional" conduct by officials.

Dr Marc Shaw, serving in Afghanistan, writes about his experience of a Christmas far from home.

A Victorian court has found three men guilty of planning a terrorist attack on an Australian army base in Sydney.

A major scandal threatens to engulf the Royal Australian Navy.