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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
[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.
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 ...
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 .
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 ...
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 ...
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.
44 Wing (44WG) was formed to centrally manage ATC personnel and facilities at 11 defence bases. 44 Wing is an Air Command unit, belonging to the Surveillance and Response Group and is headquartered at RAAF Base Williamtown, Williamtown, NSW. 44WG is divided into two squadrons; No. 452 Squadron which consists of all ATC units at bases north of ...