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1024: 647: 265: 902: 3251: 311: 272: 869: 998:"The project ... allocates an initial $ 10.6 million intended to enhance Timor-Leste’s capacity in the areas of security, humanitarian assistance, and disaster response operations to contribute to the development of a resilient and diversified economy. This includes support for the development of the F-FDTL’s Air Component and small-scale construction to improve security and storage capabilities at Baucau Airfield. The project includes the donation of an American-made 304: 69: 3263: 3219: 994:, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Planning and Territory of East Timor, signed two Memoranda of Understanding for bilateral cooperation. One was for the rehabilitation of the airport, and the other was for potential U.S. support for the development of East Timor's civil aviation sector. According to the official US Government announcement of the signing: 726:. The objective of the Kopasgat troops was to capture the airport. The following day, 10 December 1975, Baucau fell to the Indonesians. As a consequence, the airport was taken over by the Indonesian military and closed to civilian traffic, although at least nominally it remained accessible to large civilian airliners such as 892:
Soon after the handover, UNTAET reported that "he airports in Dili and Baucau have suffered damages owing to inadequate maintenance, destruction, theft of equipment, and heavy use over recent months". The Tibar Conference, held in May 2000 to analyse East Timor's prospects, identified Dili Airport as
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of the RAAF to be thrown some 15 m (49 ft) hard against a parked UN vehicle. He suffered broken ribs and vertebrae, and a smashed elbow. As two RAAF medics were assisting him, militia forces lobbed grenades into the airfield encampment, but none of the grenades went off, as the militia had
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carrying 31 t (31 long tons; 34 short tons) of telecommunications equipment for a Portuguese telephone company. The four crew members, and two loadmasters travelling as passengers, were killed. The aircraft had been descending below the published Minimum Descent Height (MDH), and the pilot in
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On one hand, we agree with the concern of civil society groups that we should be very careful about our engagement with big countries in relation to security cooperation. ... However, we also believe that we need to continue with our existing bilateral cooperation programs which have improved our
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and the Flight Services Unit at Darwin Airport. The messages advised that there had been a coup in Dili, and that it would be unsafe for the F27 to land in Portuguese Timor. The 11 August 1975 flight therefore never took off, with the intended result that Ramos-Horta was left stranded outside the
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On 12 July 2021, at a ceremony at the airport, the Prime Minister and the Ambassador laid the foundation stone for the rehabilitation project. In his speech at the ceremony, the Prime Minister observed that the discussions about the project had begun in 2008, when he was still a General in the
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Additionally, Fundasaun Mahein noted that many saw the Baucau region as having significant potential for agriculture, tourism and industrial development. The airport was therefore considered highly strategic not only for both civilian and military use, but also for enabling the socio-economic
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task force, was organised to address the humanitarian and security crisis. On 22 September 1999, INTERFET secured Baucau Airport. An airbridge was then created there to support a major expansion of an airbridge INTERFET that had already established between Darwin and Dili.
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In the early 1970s, Baucau was the very last stop before Australia on the "hippy trail" from Europe. In 1974 and 1975, there were scheduled TAT domestic services between Baucau and Dili, and the Baucau to Darwin services flown for TAT by TAA had become thrice-weekly. After
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The rehabilitation project was scheduled to begin in October 2021, but did not start until January 2022. The delayed perimeter fence repair and warehouse construction tasks were completed in April 2022, and the Cessna 206 was scheduled to arrive later in the year.
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attempt in Dili and seized several strategic locations there, including Dili airport. An Australian TAT pilot, Roger Rudduck, who was involved in the coup, then sent radio messages for the UDT coup organisers from the Dili airport control tower to the Commander of
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Eventually, international flights did start serving Baucau Airport. During the rest of the Portuguese colonial era, the airport was the colony's main airfield. As of 1960, TAT was operating international flights between Baucau and Darwin, using small
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utility trucks, a runway sweeper, and other support vehicles and airport security equipment. The aircraft will come with high-tech cameras the F-FDTL can use to monitor Timor-Leste's territorial waters as well as respond to natural
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In 2018, following discussions at a Bilateral Defense Dialogue, the government of East Timor asked the government of United States to assist with the rehabilitation of the airport. The request was approved at a meeting of the
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devastated Darwin at the end of 1974, the flights between Baucau and Darwin were suspended for a time. Due to the political circumstances in Portuguese Timor, the very last such flight was on 7 August 1975.
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security sector's capacity, while adopting a pragmatic and nuanced foreign policy which avoids "choosing sides" and maintains friendly relations with all countries which are interested to partner with us."
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specialising in security sector monitoring, research and advocacy. Fundasaun Mahein felt that the rehabilitation agreement raised difficult and complex questions about the foreign policy of East Timor:
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As of March 1948, no such stopovers had occurred, but plans for a Sydney–Darwin–Baucau–Shanghai–Hong Kong route were said by Schuller to be 'getting stronger'. Schuller also noted that local airline
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Since the last UN peacekeeping mission ended in 2012, the airport has been mostly unused. As of 2017, the runway pavement was not being properly maintained, and could not support jet flights.
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aircraft, the installation of a security fence, the construction of an equipment storage warehouse, and high-quality American equipment including a fuel truck, fire truck, forklift, two
821:(CNRT)). Coincidentally, the Airbus's arrival took place on the 65th anniversary of the first ever arrival of a Portuguese aircraft in the then Portuguese Timor: on 18 November 1934, a 1016:(F-FDTL). He explained that the rehabilitated airport would be used by the F-FDTL Air Component, and, in the future, as a multi-purpose airport, for large aircraft that cannot land at 2741: 2862: 2533: 2426: 1118:, approximately one hour after taking off from Darwin on a flight to Baucau. Two crew members and seven passengers were killed. The passengers included Dr. Klaus Thorak, a prominent 1149:) in Australia, which they did. After the Caribou arrived there, the Australian government detained the civilians for a short period, and then granted refugee visas to all of them. 2500: 2810: 2599: 1623: 569:, Dutch Timor, which was then a staging post on flights between Australia and Java, but not yet officially an international facility. In late 1947, Ruas told Schuller that 1736: 2708: 1155:
later described A4-140 as "the only RAAF plane ever hijacked", and the incident as "one of the more remarkable stories in Australia's military and immigration history".
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in the aftermath of World War II. Construction began in 1946, and for the most part was carried out manually, with thousands of Timorese preparing the runway by hand.
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government veterinarian, his wife and their 15 year old son. It is believed that the pilot had difficulty with poor visibility, for which he had not been trained.
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As of late August and early September 1975, the airport at Baucau was under the control of the UDT. However, armed skirmishing was underway between the UDT and
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became the first Portuguese aircraft to visit East Timor for 24 years, when it landed at Baucau with 67 Timorese refugees and direct humanitarian aid to the
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In May 1947, the airport was opened. The persons invited to the opening ceremony included Resident C.W. Schuller, the head of the colonial administration in
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Timor-Leste: Iha contextu lokal, rejional no global / O local, regional e global / The local, the regional and the global / Lokal, regional dan global
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in Hawaii, but certain critics of the proposed project suggested that it was an attempt by the United States to set up a military base in Baucau.
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operations. After the result of the referendum was announced on 4 September 1999, violent clashes, instigated by a suspected anti-independence
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forgotten to install any detonators in them. The Group Captain had to be evacuated to Darwin; he later returned to East Timor on RAAF service.
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aircraft. However, subsequent reports by Dutch officials in 1948 and 1949 commented that at that time nothing had come of any of these plans.
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Immediately before the Indonesian invasion in 1975, the airport had a long concrete runway with modern facilities and a relatively modern
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flights to and from the airport, including for victims of crocodile attacks, which usually take place at the eastern end of the country.
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As of 2022, the airport was mostly unused. The runway pavement was not being properly maintained, and could not support jet flights.
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an immediate priority, and Baucau Airport as a future priority, due to its long−term potential for tourism and freight transport.
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The airport is located on a plateau about 6.5 km (4.0 mi) from the centre of Baucau, and at the western edge of the
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Soon afterwards, the rehabilitation project was the subject of a lengthy analysis by Fundasaun Mahein, an East Timorese
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aircraft were used to evacuate UNAMET staff, foreign nationals and refugees from the Baucau and Dili airfields to
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and Director of Aviation of the RAAF to ensure that the airport was equipped with the best available technology.
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to operate the Baucau to Darwin flights, every week. In 1967, TAT was operating flights between Baucau and
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If the airport's facilities were rehabilitated, the airport could service any passenger aircraft.
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U.S. and Timorese military engineers begin joint rehabilitation of the airport in January 2022
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into Baucau Airport at the request of the government of East Timor, to assist in responding to
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Justice and Governance in East Timor: Indigenous Approaches and the 'New Subsistence State'
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corps, together with other Indonesian troops, parachuted into Baucau as part of the
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aboard. On the evening of 10 August 1975, however, an opposing political party, the
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From 28 February 2000, when INTERFET handed over command of military operations to
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On 4 September 1975, a group of 44 civilians, including armed supporters of the
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command and the copilot were probably each unaware of the high rate of descent.
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Duapuluh Tahun Timor Timur Membangun=Twenty Years of Development in East Timor
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landed at the original Dili airport, now part of the site of East Timor's
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Taking Flight: Analysis of Timor-Leste Civil Aviation and Recommendations
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An F27 was due to land in Baucau from Darwin on 11 August 1975, with
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Sign posted outside the parking ramp at the airport in October 2009
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was completed, although the airport was still not equipped with an
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The airport was built by the colonial administration of the then
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assumed responsibility for the operation of the airport, and
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route were expected to stop in Baucau from 1 January 1948.
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United Nations Transitional Administration in East Timor
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(2016). 1131:Royal Australian Air Force 1102:On 26 January 1960, a TAT 533:Royal Australian Air Force 510: 501:Baucau administrative post 209:1,777 ft / 542 m 3346: 3315: 2897:Government of Timor-Leste 2867:U.S. Indo-Pacific Command 2773:Government of Timor-Leste 2703:(Report). San Francisco: 1904:"World airline directory" 1869:"World airline directory" 1541:. 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Location of airport in East Timor##Location of airport in Timor
East Timor
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Timor
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Asphalt
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DAFIF
WFP
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