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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
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 .
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.
No. 81 Wing is responsible for operating the Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II multi-role fighters of the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF). Headquartered at RAAF Base Williamtown, New South Wales, the wing comprises three combat units, Nos. 3 and 77 Squadrons based at Williamtown and No. 75 Squadron at RAAF Base Tindal, Northern Territory, as well as an operational conversion unit at Williamtown.
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 ...
Fighter World is located on Commonwealth land inside the outer fence of RAAF Base Williamtown, less than 300 m (980 ft) from the runway. [4] It initially consisted of a main administration building and large display hangar with observation deck.