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Air Force Training Group is the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) group responsible for training personnel. It is headquartered at RAAF Williams, Victoria. The group was established as Training Command in 1953. It formed part of Support Command between from 1959 to 1990, when it was re-established as Training Command.
Air Force Training Group RAAF [4] Air Lift Group RAAF [2] ... Royal Australian Air Force 1939-1942. Australia in the War of 1939–1945. Series 3 – Air. Canberra ...
List of Royal Australian Air Force groups; 0–9. No. 1 Group RAAF; No. 1 Training Group RAAF; No. 2 Group RAAF; No. 2 Training Group RAAF; No. 4 Group RAAF; No. 5 ...
RAAF Historical Section (1995). Units of the Royal Australian Air Force: A Concise History. Volume 8: Training Units. Canberra: Australian Government Publishing Service. ISBN 0-644-42800-7. Scotland, Tom (1990). Voice from the Stars: A Pathfinder's Story. Lynwood, Western Australia: Self-published. ISBN 1-875317-09-0. Stephens, Alan (2006) [2001].
Air Training Wing forms part of the Air Force Training Group, alongside the Ground Training Wing, Reserve Training Wing, and RAAF College. Its headquarters is located at RAAF Base East Sale in Gippsland, Victoria. As of 2015, the wing comprised the following units: [1] No. 2 Flying Training School at RAAF Base Pearce, Western Australia
No. 88 Squadron is based at RAAF Base Williamtown; this allows it to be co-located with the headquarters of many of the RAAF's fighter and surveillance units. [1] Each air warfare instructor course runs for five months, and training is provided in six specialist domains involving the RAAF's combat and surveillance aircraft types. [1]
The RAAF retired its last Catalina in 1952. [4] Royal Australian Air Force. No. 11 Squadron RAAF; No. 20 Squadron RAAF observation; No. 40 Squadron RAAF had aircraft placed on establishment, but not actually issued. No. 42 Squadron RAAF; No. 43 Squadron RAAF; No. 6 Communication Unit RAAF; No. 8 Communication Unit RAAF; No. 111 Air-Sea Rescue ...
By mid-1941, the RAAF's expanding instructional program necessitated the establishment of overarching training organisations on a semi-functional, semi-geographical basis. Accordingly, on 2 August, No. 1 (Training) Group was formed in Melbourne to assume responsibility for training units within Southern Area's boundaries.