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Central Flying School (RAAF Base East Sale) No. 2 Flying Training School (RAAF Base Pearce) No. 4 Squadron (FAC training) (RAAF Base Williamtown) 49 [11] Switzerland BAe Hawk 127 lead-in fighter trainer No. 79 Squadron (RAAF Base Pearce) No. 76 Squadron (RAAF Base Williamtown) 33 United Kingdom Beechcraft King Air 350 navigation & specialised ...
The RAAF moved to rectify the situation by re-forming No. 2 OTU on 1 March 1952 to convert RAAF pilots to jet aircraft and train them for fighter operations. [15] Headquartered at RAAF Base Williamtown, it was equipped with Wirraways, Mustangs, and de Havilland Vampire jets. [9] [27] Cresswell took command of No. 2 OTU on 21 May 1953. The unit ...
A small detachment remained to hand over the Williamtown base to an advance party of No. 5 OTU the following day. [2] [12] The rest of No. 5 OTU transferred from Tocumwal to Williamtown during July. [2] By the time No. 4 OTU disbanded, the school's Vengeances had accumulated 7,593 flying hours and the Wirraways 7,646 hours. [12]
[citation needed] RAAF Williamtown is the home to Fighter World, a museum dedicated to Australian fighter aircraft. [11] In 2014, the Australian Government announced that Williamtown would be the home base for the F-35 Lightning II Joint Strike Fighters; the first of which arrived in December 2018, [12] and enter service with the RAAF in 2020.
No. 278 Squadron Williamtown TTF RAAF Base Williamtown: 81 Wing; HQ81WG Headquarters No. 81 Wing RAAF Base Williamtown 81WG CWKS 81 Wing Combined Workshops RAAF Base Williamtown 2OCU No. 2 Operational Conversion Unit: RAAF Base Williamtown F-35A Lightning II: 2OCU No. 2 Operational Conversion Unit PTC det (61st Fighter Squadron USAF) Luke AFB
The Royal Australian Air Force's Air Combat Group (ACG) is the group which administers the RAAF's fighter and bomber aircraft. ACG was formed on 7 February 2002 by merging the RAAF's Tactical Fighter Group and Strike Reconnaissance Group in an attempt to improve the speed with which the RAAF can deploy its combat aircraft.
An American Airlines regional jet went down in the Potomac River near Washington, D.C.'s Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport after colliding with a U.S. Army Black Hawk helicopter on ...
It was reorganised as a fighter conversion unit flying P-51 Mustangs and CAC Wirraways in February 1946, and disbanded in July 1947. No. 5 OTU was re-raised at Williamtown in April 1970 as a jet fighter conversion unit, equipped with CAC Sabres, de Havilland Vampires, and Macchi MB-326s. It ceased operations in July the following year, when the ...