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Dick Cresswell Squadron Leader Cresswell as commanding officer of No. 77 Squadron, Darwin, December 1942 Nickname(s) "Mr Double Seven" Born 27 July 1920 Launceston, Tasmania Died 12 December 2006 (2006-12-12) (aged 86) Canberra Allegiance Australia Service/branch Royal Australian Air Force Service years 1938–57 Rank Wing Commander Unit No. 3 Squadron (1939–40) No. 2 Service Flying Training ...
The first women to become RAAF pilots in 1988. The RAAF established the Women's Auxiliary Australian Air Force (WAAAF) in March 1941, which then became the Women's Royal Australian Air Force (WRAAF) in 1951. [87] The service merged with the RAAF in 1977; however, all women in the Australian military were barred from combat-related roles until 1990.
As RAAF pilots were now gaining their first exposure to jets elsewhere, No. 2 OTU took over from the fighter squadrons the responsibility of converting trained jet pilots to Sabres. [15] Reflecting its new primary role, it was renamed No. 2 (Fighter) Operational Conversion Unit (No. 2 OCU) in September 1958, and ceased Vampire courses the same ...
Air Training Wing is the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) unit responsible for providing basic training for the force's pilots and aircrew, and training instructors. It also oversees the RAAF Museum .
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.
The RAAF began the initial stages of finding a replacement for its Dassault Mirage III fighters in 1968. [1] The service issued an Air Staff Requirement for new fighter aircraft in December 1971, which received a larger than expected number of proposals from manufacturers.
The unit is based at the RAAF Point Cook with separate flights at Point Cook and Temora. [16] The ownership of 12 historic aircraft was transferred from Temora Aviation Museum to the RAAF in July 2019; they continue to be maintained by museum staff but operated by the RAAF as part of No. 100 Squadron Temora Flight with pilots inducted into the ...
Marija Jovanovich, CSM (born 1982) is an Australian military test pilot and the most senior female pilot in the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF). Jovanovich has over 3,300 hours of flight experience, in over 30 different types of aircraft. [1] She commanded No. 10 Squadron RAAF from December 2020 to December 2023. [2]