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[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. 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 trainer No. 32 Squadron (RAAF Base East Sale) 12
Fighter World is an Australian not-for-profit aviation heritage centre at RAAF Base Williamtown, north of Newcastle, New South Wales. It is part of RAAF Aviation and Heritage and is operated with the purpose of preserving the history of fighter operations of the RAAF. The museum's collection are predominantly fighter aircraft once operated by ...
Some RAAF units were based at Butterworth Air Base as part of the Five Power Defence Arrangements. RAAF Base Cocos Island , Cocos (Keeling) Islands , Indian Ocean . RAAF Base Tengah was collocated with RAF Tengah in the 1950s at what is now Tengah Airbase , Singapore .
Later that year, on 29 November, the Hornet was officially retired from RAAF service, with a ceremony to mark the occasion taking place that day at RAAF Base Williamtown. [64] In January 2022, two RAAF P-8A Poseidon maritime patrol aircraft and one C-130J Hercules departed RAAF Amberley and Richmond to conduct aerial reconnaissance of Tonga in ...
No. 2 Squadron is a Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) squadron that operates from RAAF Base Williamtown, near Newcastle, New South Wales.From its formation in 1916 as part of the Australian Flying Corps, it has flown a variety of aircraft types including fighters, bombers, and Airborne Early Warning & Control (AEW&C).
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
F-35 Lightning of No. 77 Squadron at Guam during Exercise Cope North 22, January 2022. No. 77 Squadron is located at RAAF Base Williamtown, New South Wales, and controlled by No. 81 Wing, which is part of Air Combat Group. [3] No. 81 Wing maintains three fighter squadrons for offensive and defensive counter-air operations. [4]