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class="vector-toc-link" href="#Cold_War"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">1.5</span> <span>Cold War</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Cold_War-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Postwar" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Postwar"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">1.5.1</span> <span>Postwar</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Postwar-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-South_East_Asia_operations" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#South_East_Asia_operations"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">1.5.2</span> <span>South East Asia operations</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-South_East_Asia_operations-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Recent_history_(1990–present)" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Recent_history_(1990–present)"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">1.6</span> <span>Recent history (1990–present)</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Recent_history_(1990–present)-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Structure" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Structure"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2</span> <span>Structure</span> </div> </a> <button aria-controls="toc-Structure-sublist" class="cdx-button cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only vector-toc-toggle"> <span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-expand"></span> <span>Toggle Structure subsection</span> </button> <ul id="toc-Structure-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Headquarters" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Headquarters"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2.1</span> <span>Headquarters</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Headquarters-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Force_Element_Groups" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Force_Element_Groups"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2.2</span> <span>Force Element Groups</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Force_Element_Groups-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Wings_and_squadrons" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Wings_and_squadrons"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2.3</span> <span>Wings and squadrons</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Wings_and_squadrons-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Flying_squadrons" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Flying_squadrons"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2.3.1</span> <span>Flying squadrons</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Flying_squadrons-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Non-flying_squadrons" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Non-flying_squadrons"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2.3.2</span> <span>Non-flying squadrons</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Non-flying_squadrons-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Wings" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Wings"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2.3.3</span> <span>Wings</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Wings-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Equipment" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Equipment"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3</span> <span>Equipment</span> </div> </a> <button aria-controls="toc-Equipment-sublist" class="cdx-button cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only vector-toc-toggle"> <span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-expand"></span> <span>Toggle Equipment subsection</span> </button> <ul id="toc-Equipment-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Aircraft" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Aircraft"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3.1</span> <span>Aircraft</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Aircraft-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Armament" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Armament"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3.2</span> <span>Armament</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Armament-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Personnel" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Personnel"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">4</span> <span>Personnel</span> </div> </a> <button aria-controls="toc-Personnel-sublist" class="cdx-button cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only vector-toc-toggle"> <span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-expand"></span> <span>Toggle Personnel subsection</span> </button> <ul id="toc-Personnel-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Strength" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Strength"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">4.1</span> <span>Strength</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Strength-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Women" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Women"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">4.2</span> <span>Women</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Women-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Ranks" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Ranks"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">4.3</span> <span>Ranks</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Ranks-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Officer_insignia" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Officer_insignia"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">4.3.1</span> <span>Officer insignia</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Officer_insignia-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Other_ranks_insignia" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Other_ranks_insignia"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">4.3.2</span> <span>Other ranks insignia</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Other_ranks_insignia-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Uniforms" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Uniforms"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">4.4</span> <span>Uniforms</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Uniforms-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Roundel_and_badge" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Roundel_and_badge"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">5</span> <span>Roundel and badge</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Roundel_and_badge-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Music" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Music"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">6</span> <span>Music</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Music-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Roulettes" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Roulettes"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">7</span> <span>Roulettes</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Roulettes-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Future_procurement" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Future_procurement"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">8</span> <span>Future procurement</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Future_procurement-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-See_also" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#See_also"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">9</span> <span>See also</span> </div> </a> <button aria-controls="toc-See_also-sublist" class="cdx-button cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only vector-toc-toggle"> <span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-expand"></span> <span>Toggle See also subsection</span> </button> <ul id="toc-See_also-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Lists" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Lists"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">9.1</span> <span>Lists</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Lists-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Memorials_and_museums" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Memorials_and_museums"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">9.2</span> <span>Memorials and museums</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Memorials_and_museums-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-References" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#References"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">10</span> <span>References</span> </div> </a> <button aria-controls="toc-References-sublist" class="cdx-button cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only vector-toc-toggle"> <span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-expand"></span> <span>Toggle References subsection</span> </button> <ul id="toc-References-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Citations" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Citations"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">10.1</span> <span>Citations</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Citations-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Bibliography" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Bibliography"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">10.2</span> <span>Bibliography</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Bibliography-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Further_reading" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Further_reading"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">11</span> <span>Further reading</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Further_reading-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-External_links" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#External_links"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">12</span> <span>External links</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-External_links-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </div> </div> </nav> </div> </div> <div class="mw-content-container"> <main id="content" class="mw-body"> <header class="mw-body-header vector-page-titlebar"> <nav aria-label="Contents" class="vector-toc-landmark"> <div id="vector-page-titlebar-toc" class="vector-dropdown vector-page-titlebar-toc vector-button-flush-left" > <input type="checkbox" id="vector-page-titlebar-toc-checkbox" role="button" aria-haspopup="true" data-event-name="ui.dropdown-vector-page-titlebar-toc" class="vector-dropdown-checkbox " aria-label="Toggle the table of contents" > <label id="vector-page-titlebar-toc-label" for="vector-page-titlebar-toc-checkbox" class="vector-dropdown-label cdx-button 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mw-list-item"><a href="https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%82%D9%88%D8%A7%D8%AA_%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AC%D9%88%D9%8A%D8%A9_%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%85%D9%84%D9%83%D9%8A%D8%A9_%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A3%D8%B3%D8%AA%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%8A%D8%A9" title="القوات الجوية الملكية الأسترالية – Arabic" lang="ar" hreflang="ar" data-title="القوات الجوية الملكية الأسترالية" data-language-autonym="العربية" data-language-local-name="Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>العربية</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ast mw-list-item"><a href="https://ast.wikipedia.org/wiki/Real_Fuercia_A%C3%A9rea_Australiana" title="Real Fuercia Aérea Australiana – Asturian" lang="ast" hreflang="ast" data-title="Real Fuercia Aérea Australiana" data-language-autonym="Asturianu" data-language-local-name="Asturian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Asturianu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-br mw-list-item"><a href="https://br.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royal_Australian_Air_Force" title="Royal Australian Air Force – Breton" lang="br" hreflang="br" data-title="Royal Australian Air Force" data-language-autonym="Brezhoneg" data-language-local-name="Breton" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Brezhoneg</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ca mw-list-item"><a href="https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reial_For%C3%A7a_A%C3%A8ria_Australiana" title="Reial Força Aèria Australiana – Catalan" lang="ca" hreflang="ca" data-title="Reial Força Aèria Australiana" data-language-autonym="Català" data-language-local-name="Catalan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Català</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cs mw-list-item"><a href="https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royal_Australian_Air_Force" title="Royal Australian Air Force – Czech" lang="cs" hreflang="cs" data-title="Royal Australian Air Force" data-language-autonym="Čeština" data-language-local-name="Czech" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Čeština</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-da mw-list-item"><a href="https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royal_Australian_Air_Force" title="Royal Australian Air Force – Danish" lang="da" hreflang="da" data-title="Royal Australian Air Force" data-language-autonym="Dansk" data-language-local-name="Danish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Dansk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royal_Australian_Air_Force" title="Royal Australian Air Force – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="Royal Australian Air Force" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deutsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Real_Fuerza_A%C3%A9rea_Australiana" title="Real Fuerza Aérea Australiana – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Real Fuerza Aérea Australiana" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%86%DB%8C%D8%B1%D9%88%DB%8C_%D9%87%D9%88%D8%A7%DB%8C%DB%8C_%D8%B3%D9%84%D8%B7%D9%86%D8%AA%DB%8C_%D8%A7%D8%B3%D8%AA%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%84%DB%8C%D8%A7" title="نیروی هوایی سلطنتی استرالیا – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="نیروی هوایی سلطنتی استرالیا" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>فارسی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Force_a%C3%A9rienne_royale_australienne" title="Force aérienne royale australienne – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Force aérienne royale australienne" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li 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lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="오스트레일리아 왕립 공군" data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="Korean" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>한국어</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-id mw-list-item"><a href="https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Angkatan_Udara_Australia" title="Angkatan Udara Australia – Indonesian" lang="id" hreflang="id" data-title="Angkatan Udara Australia" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Indonesia" data-language-local-name="Indonesian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Indonesia</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royal_Australian_Air_Force" title="Royal Australian Air Force – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="Royal Australian Air Force" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Italiano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-he mw-list-item"><a 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.infobox-table>caption{display:table-caption!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table>tbody{display:table-row-group}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table tr{display:table-row!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table th,body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table td{padding-left:inherit;padding-right:inherit}}</style><table class="infobox" style="width:25.5em;border-spacing:2px;"><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-above" style="background-color:#C3D6EF;color:inherit;text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;font-size:110%;">Royal Australian Air Force</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image" style="text-align:center;border-bottom:1px solid #aaa;line-height:1.5em;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:RAAF_Badge.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/7/71/RAAF_Badge.svg/200px-RAAF_Badge.svg.png" decoding="async" width="200" height="199" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/7/71/RAAF_Badge.svg/300px-RAAF_Badge.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/7/71/RAAF_Badge.svg/400px-RAAF_Badge.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="317" data-file-height="315" /></a></span><div class="infobox-caption"><a href="/wiki/Badge_of_the_Royal_Air_Force#Related_badges" title="Badge of the Royal Air Force">Badge of the Royal Australian Air Force</a></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em;">Founded</th><td class="infobox-data">31 March 1921<span class="noprint">; 103 years ago</span><span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated">1921-03-31</span>)</span><sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em;">Country</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg/35px-Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg/46px-Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1280" data-file-height="640" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Australia" title="Australia">Australia</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em;">Type</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Air_force" title="Air force">Air force</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em;">Role</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Aerial_warfare" title="Aerial warfare">Aerial warfare</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em;">Size</th><td class="infobox-data">14,313 Active personnel<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <br /> 5,499 Reserve personnel <br /> 240+ Aircraft</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em;">Part of</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Australian_Defence_Force" title="Australian Defence Force">Australian Defence Force</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em;">Headquarters</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Russell_Offices" title="Russell Offices">Russell Offices</a>, Canberra</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em;">Motto(s)</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Latin_language" class="mw-redirect" title="Latin language">Latin</a>: <i lang="la"><a href="/wiki/Per_Ardua_ad_Astra" class="mw-redirect" title="Per Ardua ad Astra">Per Ardua ad Astra</a></i> <br /> "Through Adversity to the Stars"</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em;">March</th><td class="infobox-data"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1126788409">.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul{line-height:inherit;list-style:none;margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol li,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul li{margin-bottom:0}</style><div class="plainlist"><ul><li>Royal Australian Air Force March Past</li><li>("Eagles of Australia"), by Squadron Leader Ron Mitchell</li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em;">Anniversaries</th><td class="infobox-data">RAAF Anniversary Commemoration – 31 March</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em;">Engagements</th><td class="infobox-data"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Second_World_War" class="mw-redirect" title="Second World War">Second World War</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Berlin_Airlift" class="mw-redirect" title="Berlin Airlift">Berlin Airlift</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Korean_War" title="Korean War">Korean War</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Malayan_Emergency" title="Malayan Emergency">Malayan Emergency</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Indonesia%E2%80%93Malaysia_Confrontation" class="mw-redirect" title="Indonesia–Malaysia Confrontation">Indonesia–Malaysia Confrontation</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vietnam_War" title="Vietnam War">Vietnam War</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Operation_Astute" title="Operation Astute">East Timor</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/War_in_Afghanistan_(2001%E2%80%93present)" class="mw-redirect" title="War in Afghanistan (2001–present)">War in Afghanistan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Iraq_War" title="Iraq War">Iraq War</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/American-led_intervention_in_Iraq_(2014%E2%80%93present)" class="mw-redirect" title="American-led intervention in Iraq (2014–present)">Military intervention against ISIL</a></li></ul> </td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em;">Website</th><td class="infobox-data"><a rel="nofollow" class="external free" href="https://www.airforce.gov.au">https://www.airforce.gov.au</a></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color:#C3D6EF;color:inherit;text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;font-size:110%;">Commanders</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em;"><a href="/wiki/Chief_of_the_Defence_Force_(Australia)" title="Chief of the Defence Force (Australia)">Chief of the Defence Force</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Admiral_(Australia)" title="Admiral (Australia)">Admiral</a> <a href="/wiki/David_Johnston_(admiral)" title="David Johnston (admiral)">David Johnston</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em;"><a href="/wiki/Chief_of_Air_Force_(Australia)" title="Chief of Air Force (Australia)">Chief of the Air Force</a></th><td class="infobox-data">Air Marshal <a href="/wiki/Stephen_Chappell" title="Stephen Chappell">Stephen Chappell</a><sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em;"><a href="/wiki/Deputy_Chief_of_Air_Force_(Australia)" title="Deputy Chief of Air Force (Australia)">Deputy Chief of the Air Force</a></th><td class="infobox-data">Air Vice-Marshal <a href="/wiki/Stephen_Meredith" title="Stephen Meredith">Stephen Meredith</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em;"><a href="/wiki/RAAF_Air_Command" title="RAAF Air Command">Air Commander Australia</a></th><td class="infobox-data">Air Vice-Marshal <a href="/wiki/Glen_Braz" title="Glen Braz">Glen Braz</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em;"><a href="/wiki/Warrant_Officer_of_the_Air_Force" title="Warrant Officer of the Air Force">Warrant Officer of the Air Force</a></th><td class="infobox-data">Warrant Officer of the Air Force Ralph Clifton</td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color:#C3D6EF;color:inherit;text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;font-size:110%;">Insignia</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em;"><a href="/wiki/Military_aircraft_insignia" title="Military aircraft insignia">Roundel</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Roundel_of_Australia.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/67/Roundel_of_Australia.svg/80px-Roundel_of_Australia.svg.png" decoding="async" width="80" height="80" 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II</a>, <a href="/wiki/F/A-18F_Super_Hornet" class="mw-redirect" title="F/A-18F Super Hornet">F/A-18F Super Hornet</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em;"><a href="/wiki/Patrol_aircraft" class="mw-redirect" title="Patrol aircraft">Patrol</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/P-8A_Poseidon" class="mw-redirect" title="P-8A Poseidon">P-8A Poseidon</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em;"><a href="/wiki/Trainer_(aircraft)" class="mw-redirect" title="Trainer (aircraft)">Trainer</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Pilatus_PC-21" title="Pilatus PC-21">PC-21</a>, <a href="/wiki/BAE_Hawk" class="mw-redirect" title="BAE Hawk">Hawk 127</a>, <a href="/wiki/Beechcraft_Super_King_Air" title="Beechcraft Super King Air">KA350</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em;"><a href="/wiki/Cargo_aircraft" title="Cargo aircraft">Transport</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/C-130J_Super_Hercules" class="mw-redirect" title="C-130J Super Hercules">C-130J Hercules</a>, <a href="/wiki/C-17_Globemaster_III" class="mw-redirect" title="C-17 Globemaster III">C-17A Globemaster III</a>, <a href="/wiki/Boeing_737" title="Boeing 737">737 BBJ</a>, <a href="/wiki/Dassault_Falcon_7X" title="Dassault Falcon 7X">Falcon 7X</a>, <a href="/wiki/Airbus_A330_MRTT" title="Airbus A330 MRTT">KC-30A MRTT</a>, <a href="/wiki/C-27J_Spartan" class="mw-redirect" title="C-27J Spartan">C-27J Spartan</a></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="shortdescription nomobile noexcerpt noprint searchaux" style="display:none">Military unit</div> <p>The <b>Royal Australian Air Force</b> (<b>RAAF</b>) is the principal <a href="/wiki/Air_force" title="Air force">aerial warfare force</a> of <a href="/wiki/Australia" title="Australia">Australia</a>, a part of the <a href="/wiki/Australian_Defence_Force" title="Australian Defence Force">Australian Defence Force</a> (ADF) along with the <a href="/wiki/Royal_Australian_Navy" title="Royal Australian Navy">Royal Australian Navy</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Australian_Army" title="Australian Army">Australian Army</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Constitutionally the <a href="/wiki/Governor-General_of_Australia" title="Governor-General of Australia">Governor-General of Australia</a> is the <a href="/wiki/De_jure" title="De jure">de jure</a> Commander-in-Chief of the Australian Defence Force. The Royal Australian Air Force is commanded by the <a href="/wiki/Chief_of_Air_Force_(Australia)" title="Chief of Air Force (Australia)">Chief of Air Force</a> (CAF), who is subordinate to the <a href="/wiki/Chief_of_the_Defence_Force_(Australia)" title="Chief of the Defence Force (Australia)">Chief of the Defence Force</a> (CDF). The CAF is also directly responsible to the <a href="/wiki/Minister_for_Defence_(Australia)" title="Minister for Defence (Australia)">Minister for Defence</a>, with the <a href="/wiki/Department_of_Defence_(Australia)" class="mw-redirect" title="Department of Defence (Australia)">Department of Defence</a> administering the ADF and the Air Force.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Formed in March 1921, as the <b>Australian Air Force</b>, through the separation of the <a href="/wiki/Australian_Air_Corps" title="Australian Air Corps">Australian Air Corps</a> from the Army in January 1920, which in turn amalgamated the separate aerial services of both the Army and Navy. It directly continues the traditions of the <a href="/wiki/Australian_Flying_Corps" title="Australian Flying Corps">Australian Flying Corps</a> (AFC), the aviation corps of the Army that fought in the <a href="/wiki/First_World_War" class="mw-redirect" title="First World War">First World War</a> and that was formed on 22 October 1912.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>During its history, the Royal Australian Air Force has fought in a number of major wars, including the Second World War in Europe and the Pacific, participated in the <a href="/wiki/Berlin_Airlift" class="mw-redirect" title="Berlin Airlift">Berlin Airlift</a>, <a href="/wiki/Korean_War" title="Korean War">Korean War</a>, <a href="/wiki/Malayan_Emergency" title="Malayan Emergency">Malayan Emergency</a>, <a href="/wiki/Indonesia%E2%80%93Malaysia_Confrontation" class="mw-redirect" title="Indonesia–Malaysia Confrontation">Indonesia–Malaysia Confrontation</a>, <a href="/wiki/Vietnam_War" title="Vietnam War">Vietnam War</a>, and more recently, operations in <a href="/wiki/East_Timor" title="East Timor">East Timor</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Iraq_War" title="Iraq War">Iraq War</a> and subsequent intervention, and the <a href="/wiki/War_in_Afghanistan_(2001%E2%80%93present)" class="mw-redirect" title="War in Afghanistan (2001–present)">War in Afghanistan</a>. </p><p>The RAAF operates the majority of the ADF's fixed wing aircraft, although both the <a href="/wiki/Australian_Army" title="Australian Army">Australian Army</a> and <a href="/wiki/Royal_Australian_Navy" title="Royal Australian Navy">Royal Australian Navy</a> also operate aircraft in various roles.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The RAAF provides support across a spectrum of operations such as air superiority, precision strikes, intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance, air mobility, <a href="/wiki/Space_surveillance" class="mw-redirect" title="Space surveillance">space surveillance</a>, and humanitarian support. The RAAF has 252 aircraft, of which 84 are combat aircraft. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Royal_Australian_Air_Force&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/History_of_the_Royal_Australian_Air_Force" title="History of the Royal Australian Air Force">History of the Royal Australian Air Force</a></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Formation">Formation</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Royal_Australian_Air_Force&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Formation"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The RAAF traces its history back to the <a href="/wiki/1911_Imperial_Conference" title="1911 Imperial Conference">1911 Imperial Conference</a> that was held in London, where it was decided aviation should be developed within the armed forces of the <a href="/wiki/British_Empire" title="British Empire">British Empire</a>. Australia implemented this decision, the first dominion to do so, by approving the establishment of the "Australian Aviation Corps". This initially consisted of the <a href="/wiki/Central_Flying_School_RAAF" title="Central Flying School RAAF">Central Flying School</a> at <a href="/wiki/Point_Cook,_Victoria" title="Point Cook, Victoria">Point Cook, Victoria</a>, opening on 22 October 1912.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> By 1914 the corps was known as the "Australian Flying Corps".<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="First_World_War">First World War</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Royal_Australian_Air_Force&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: First World War"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Australian_Flying_Corps" title="Australian Flying Corps">Australian Flying Corps</a></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/Military_history_of_Australia_during_World_War_I" title="Military history of Australia during World War I">Military history of Australia during World War I</a></div> <p>Soon after the outbreak of war in 1914, the Australian Flying Corps sent aircraft to assist in capturing <a href="/wiki/German_New_Guinea" title="German New Guinea">German colonies</a> in what is now north-east <a href="/wiki/New_Guinea" title="New Guinea">New Guinea</a>. However, these colonies surrendered quickly, before the planes were even unpacked. The first operational flights did not occur until 27 May 1915, when the <a href="/wiki/Mesopotamian_Half_Flight" title="Mesopotamian Half Flight">Mesopotamian Half Flight</a> was called upon to assist the <a href="/wiki/British_Indian_Army" title="British Indian Army">Indian Army</a> in providing air support during the <a href="/wiki/Mesopotamian_Campaign" class="mw-redirect" title="Mesopotamian Campaign">Mesopotamian Campaign</a> against the <a href="/wiki/Ottoman_Empire" title="Ottoman Empire">Ottoman Empire</a>, in what is now <a href="/wiki/Iraq" title="Iraq">Iraq</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The corps later saw action in <a href="/wiki/Egypt" title="Egypt">Egypt</a>, <a href="/wiki/Palestine_(region)" title="Palestine (region)">Palestine</a> and on the <a href="/wiki/Western_Front_(World_War_I)" title="Western Front (World War I)">Western Front</a> throughout the remainder of the First World War. By the end of the war, four squadrons—<a href="/wiki/No._1_Squadron_RAAF" title="No. 1 Squadron RAAF">Nos. 1</a>, <a href="/wiki/No._2_Squadron_RAAF" title="No. 2 Squadron RAAF">2</a>, <a href="/wiki/No._3_Squadron_RAAF" title="No. 3 Squadron RAAF">3</a> and <a href="/wiki/No._4_Squadron_RAAF" title="No. 4 Squadron RAAF">4</a>—had seen operational service, while another four training squadrons—<a href="/wiki/No._5_Squadron_RAAF" title="No. 5 Squadron RAAF">Nos. 5</a>, <a href="/wiki/No._6_Squadron_RAAF" title="No. 6 Squadron RAAF">6</a>, <a href="/wiki/No._7_Squadron_RAAF" title="No. 7 Squadron RAAF">7</a> and <a href="/wiki/No._8_Squadron_RAAF" title="No. 8 Squadron RAAF">8</a>—had also been established. A total of 460 officers and 2,234 other ranks served in the AFC, whilst another 200 men served as aircrew in the British flying services.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Casualties included 175 dead, 111 wounded, 6 gassed and 40 captured.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Inter-war_period">Inter-war period</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Royal_Australian_Air_Force&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Inter-war period"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The Australian Flying Corps remained part of the <a href="/wiki/Australian_Army" title="Australian Army">Australian Army</a> until 1919, when it was disbanded along with the <a href="/wiki/First_Australian_Imperial_Force" title="First Australian Imperial Force">First Australian Imperial Force</a> (AIF). Although the Central Flying School continued to operate at Point Cook, military flying virtually ceased until 1920, when the interim Australian Air Corps (AAC), with a wing each for the Army and the Navy,<sup id="cite_ref-mhhv_14-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-mhhv-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> was formed as a unit of the Army.<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The AAC was succeeded by the Australian Air Force which was formed on 31 March 1921.<sup id="cite_ref-Oxford_16-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Oxford-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-interwar_18-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-interwar-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/George_V" title="George V">King George V</a> approved the prefix "Royal" in May 1921 and became effective on 13 August 1921.<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The RAAF then became the second Royal air arm to be formed in the <a href="/wiki/Commonwealth_of_Nations" title="Commonwealth of Nations">British Commonwealth</a>, following the British <a href="/wiki/Royal_Air_Force" title="Royal Air Force">Royal Air Force</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> When formed the RAAF had more aircraft than personnel, with 21 officers and 128 other ranks and 153 aircraft.<sup id="cite_ref-interwar_18-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-interwar-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>As British aircraft manufacturers at the time were unable to meet Australian requirements, in addition to British production demands, the Australian government established the <a href="/wiki/Commonwealth_Aircraft_Corporation" title="Commonwealth Aircraft Corporation">Commonwealth Aircraft Corporation</a> in 1936 and purchased some American aircraft.<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Second_World_War">Second World War</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Royal_Australian_Air_Force&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Second World War"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/Military_history_of_Australia_during_World_War_II" title="Military history of Australia during World War II">Military history of Australia during World War II</a></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Europe_and_the_Mediterranean">Europe and the Mediterranean</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Royal_Australian_Air_Force&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Europe and the Mediterranean"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In September 1939, the <a href="/wiki/Air_Board_(Australia)" title="Air Board (Australia)">Australian Air Board</a> directly controlled the Air Force via <a href="/wiki/RAAF_Station_Laverton" class="mw-redirect" title="RAAF Station Laverton">RAAF Station Laverton</a>, <a href="/wiki/RAAF_Base_Richmond" title="RAAF Base Richmond">RAAF Station Richmond</a>, <a href="/wiki/RAAF_Base_Pearce" title="RAAF Base Pearce">RAAF Station Pearce</a>, <a href="/wiki/No._1_Flying_Training_School_RAAF" title="No. 1 Flying Training School RAAF">No. 1 Flying Training School RAAF</a> at Point Cook, <a href="/wiki/RAAF_Base_Rathmines" title="RAAF Base Rathmines">RAAF Station Rathmines</a> and five smaller units.<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 1939, just after the outbreak of the Second World War, Australia joined the <a href="/wiki/Australia_and_the_Empire_Air_Training_Scheme" title="Australia and the Empire Air Training Scheme">Empire Air Training Scheme</a>, under which flight crews received basic training in Australia before travelling to Canada for advanced training. A total of 17 RAAF bomber, fighter, reconnaissance and other squadrons served initially in Britain and with the <a href="/wiki/Desert_Air_Force" title="Desert Air Force">Desert Air Force</a> located in North Africa and the <a href="/wiki/Mediterranean" class="mw-redirect" title="Mediterranean">Mediterranean</a>. Thousands of Australians also served with other Commonwealth air forces in Europe during the Second World War.<sup id="cite_ref-Barnes3_23-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Barnes3-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> About nine percent of the personnel who served under British RAF commands in Europe and the Mediterranean were RAAF personnel.<sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>With British manufacturing targeted by the German <a href="/wiki/Luftwaffe" title="Luftwaffe">Luftwaffe</a>, in 1941 the Australian government created the Department of Aircraft Production (DAP; later known as the <a href="/wiki/Government_Aircraft_Factories" title="Government Aircraft Factories">Government Aircraft Factories</a>) to supply Commonwealth air forces,<sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and the RAAF was eventually provided with large numbers of locally built versions of British designs such as the <a href="/wiki/Bristol_Beaufort" title="Bristol Beaufort">DAP Beaufort</a> <a href="/wiki/Torpedo_bomber" title="Torpedo bomber">torpedo bomber</a>, Beaufighters and Mosquitos, as well as other types such as Wirraways, Boomerangs, and Mustangs.<sup id="cite_ref-Barnes3_23-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Barnes3-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In the <a href="/wiki/European_Theatre_of_World_War_II" class="mw-redirect" title="European Theatre of World War II">European theatre</a> of the war, RAAF personnel were especially notable in <a href="/wiki/RAF_Bomber_Command" title="RAF Bomber Command">RAF Bomber Command</a>: although they represented just two percent of all Australian enlistments during the war, they accounted for almost twenty percent of those killed in action. This statistic is further illustrated by the fact that <a href="/wiki/No._460_Squadron_RAAF" title="No. 460 Squadron RAAF">No. 460 Squadron RAAF</a>, mostly flying <a href="/wiki/Avro_Lancaster" title="Avro Lancaster">Avro Lancasters</a>, had an official establishment of about 200 aircrew and yet had 1,018 combat deaths. The squadron was therefore effectively wiped out five times over.<sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Total RAAF casualties in Europe were 5,488 killed or missing.<sup id="cite_ref-Barnes3_23-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Barnes3-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Kittyhawk_IA_RAAF.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/45/Kittyhawk_IA_RAAF.jpg/220px-Kittyhawk_IA_RAAF.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="84" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/45/Kittyhawk_IA_RAAF.jpg/330px-Kittyhawk_IA_RAAF.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/45/Kittyhawk_IA_RAAF.jpg/440px-Kittyhawk_IA_RAAF.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1783" data-file-height="683" /></a><figcaption>Curtiss Kittyhawk Mk IA of 75 Squadron RAAF, which F/O Geoff Atherton flew over New Guinea in August 1942.</figcaption></figure> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Pacific_War">Pacific War</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Royal_Australian_Air_Force&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Pacific War"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:BrewsterBuffalosMkIRAAFSingaporeOctober1941.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/74/BrewsterBuffalosMkIRAAFSingaporeOctober1941.jpg/220px-BrewsterBuffalosMkIRAAFSingaporeOctober1941.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="131" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/74/BrewsterBuffalosMkIRAAFSingaporeOctober1941.jpg/330px-BrewsterBuffalosMkIRAAFSingaporeOctober1941.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/74/BrewsterBuffalosMkIRAAFSingaporeOctober1941.jpg/440px-BrewsterBuffalosMkIRAAFSingaporeOctober1941.jpg 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="477" /></a><figcaption>The <a href="/wiki/Brewster_F2A_Buffalo" title="Brewster F2A Buffalo">Brewster F2A Buffalo</a> participated in air campaigns over <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Malaya" class="mw-redirect" title="Battle of Malaya">Malayan</a>, <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Singapore" class="mw-redirect" title="Battle of Singapore">Singapore</a> and <a href="/wiki/Netherlands_East_Indies" class="mw-redirect" title="Netherlands East Indies">Dutch East Indies</a></figcaption></figure> <p>The beginning of the <a href="/wiki/Pacific_War" title="Pacific War">Pacific War</a>—and the rapid advance of <a href="/wiki/Empire_of_Japan" title="Empire of Japan">Japanese</a> forces—threatened the Australian mainland for the first time in its history. The RAAF was quite unprepared for the emergency, and initially had negligible forces available for service in the Pacific. In 1941 and early 1942, many RAAF airmen, including Nos. 1, 8, <a href="/wiki/No._21_Squadron_RAAF" title="No. 21 Squadron RAAF">21</a> and <a href="/wiki/No._453_Squadron_RAAF" title="No. 453 Squadron RAAF">453 Squadrons</a>, saw action with the <a href="/wiki/Far_East_Air_Force_(Royal_Air_Force)" title="Far East Air Force (Royal Air Force)">RAF Far East Command</a> in the <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Malaya" class="mw-redirect" title="Battle of Malaya">Malayan</a>, <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Singapore" class="mw-redirect" title="Battle of Singapore">Singapore</a> and <a href="/wiki/Netherlands_East_Indies" class="mw-redirect" title="Netherlands East Indies">Dutch East Indies campaigns</a>. Equipped with aircraft such as the <a href="/wiki/Brewster_Buffalo" class="mw-redirect" title="Brewster Buffalo">Brewster Buffalo</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Lockheed_Hudson" title="Lockheed Hudson">Lockheed Hudsons</a>, the Australian squadrons suffered heavily against Japanese Zeros.<sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>During the <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Rabaul_(1942)" title="Battle of Rabaul (1942)">fighting for Rabaul</a> in early 1942, <a href="/wiki/No._24_Squadron_RAAF" title="No. 24 Squadron RAAF">No. 24 Squadron RAAF</a> fought a brief, but ultimately futile defence as the Japanese advanced south towards Australia.<sup id="cite_ref-Armstrong45_28-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Armstrong45-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The devastating <a href="/wiki/Bombing_of_Darwin_(February_1942)" class="mw-redirect" title="Bombing of Darwin (February 1942)">air raids on Darwin</a> on 19 February 1942 increased concerns about the direct threat facing Australia. In response, some RAAF squadrons were transferred from the <a href="/wiki/Northern_hemisphere" class="mw-redirect" title="Northern hemisphere">northern hemisphere</a>—although a substantial number remained there until the end of the war. Shortages of fighter and <a href="/wiki/Close_air_support" title="Close air support">ground attack</a> planes led to the acquisition of US-built <a href="/wiki/Curtiss_P-40_Warhawk" title="Curtiss P-40 Warhawk">Curtiss P-40 Kittyhawks</a> and the rapid design and manufacture of the first Australian fighter, the <a href="/wiki/CAC_Boomerang" title="CAC Boomerang">CAC Boomerang</a>. RAAF Kittyhawks came to play a crucial role in the <a href="/wiki/New_Guinea" title="New Guinea">New Guinea</a> and <a href="/wiki/Solomon_Islands" title="Solomon Islands">Solomon Islands</a> campaigns, especially in operations like the <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Milne_Bay" title="Battle of Milne Bay">Battle of Milne Bay</a>. As a response to a possible Japanese chemical warfare threat the RAAF imported hundreds of thousands of chemical weapons into Australia.<sup id="cite_ref-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In the <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_the_Bismarck_Sea" title="Battle of the Bismarck Sea">Battle of the Bismarck Sea</a>, imported <a href="/wiki/Bristol_Beaufighter" title="Bristol Beaufighter">Bristol Beaufighters</a> proved to be highly effective ground attack and maritime strike aircraft. Beaufighters were later made locally by the DAP from 1944.<sup id="cite_ref-30" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Although it was much bigger than Japanese fighters, the Beaufighter had the speed to outrun them.<sup id="cite_ref-31" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The RAAF <a href="/wiki/Consolidated_PBY_Catalina_in_Royal_Australian_Air_Force_service" class="mw-redirect" title="Consolidated PBY Catalina in Royal Australian Air Force service">operated</a> a number of <a href="/wiki/Consolidated_PBY_Catalina" title="Consolidated PBY Catalina">Consolidated PBY Catalina</a> as long-range bombers and scouts. The RAAF's <a href="/wiki/Heavy_bomber" title="Heavy bomber">heavy bomber</a> force was predominantly made up of 287 <a href="/wiki/B-24_Liberator" class="mw-redirect" title="B-24 Liberator">B-24 Liberators</a>, equipping seven squadrons, which could bomb Japanese targets as far away as <a href="/wiki/Borneo" title="Borneo">Borneo</a> and the Philippines from airfields in Australia and New Guinea.<sup id="cite_ref-32" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> By late 1945, the RAAF had received or ordered about 500 <a href="/wiki/P-51_Mustang" class="mw-redirect" title="P-51 Mustang">P-51 Mustangs</a>, for fighter/ground attack purposes. The <a href="/wiki/Commonwealth_Aircraft_Corporation" title="Commonwealth Aircraft Corporation">Commonwealth Aircraft Corporation</a> initially assembled US-made Mustangs, but later manufactured most of those used.<sup id="cite_ref-33" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>By mid-1945, the RAAF's main operational formation in the Pacific, the <a href="/wiki/Australian_First_Tactical_Air_Force" title="Australian First Tactical Air Force">First Tactical Air Force</a> (1st TAF), consisted of over 21,000 personnel, while the RAAF as a whole consisted of about 50 squadrons and 6,000 aircraft, of which over 3,000 were operational.<sup id="cite_ref-34" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The 1st TAF's final campaigns were fought in support of Australian ground forces in <a href="/wiki/Borneo_Campaign_(1945)" class="mw-redirect" title="Borneo Campaign (1945)">Borneo</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-Sandler22_35-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Sandler22-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> but had the war continued some of its personnel and equipment would likely have been allocated to the <a href="/wiki/Operation_Downfall" title="Operation Downfall">invasion of the Japanese mainland</a>, along with some of the RAAF bomber squadrons in Europe, which were to be grouped together with British and Canadian squadrons as part of the proposed <a href="/wiki/Tiger_Force_(air)" title="Tiger Force (air)">Tiger Force</a>. However, the war was brought to a sudden end by the US <a href="/wiki/Atomic_bombings_of_Hiroshima_and_Nagasaki" title="Atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki">nuclear attacks</a> on Japan.<sup id="cite_ref-36" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The RAAF's casualties in the Pacific were around 2,000 killed, wounded or captured.<sup id="cite_ref-Sandler22_35-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Sandler22-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>By the time the war ended, a total of 216,900 men and women served in the RAAF, of whom 10,562 were killed in action; a total of 76 squadrons were formed.<sup id="cite_ref-Eather_1995,_p._18_37-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Eather_1995,_p._18-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> With over 152,000 personnel operating nearly 6,000 aircraft it was the world's fourth-largest air force.<sup id="cite_ref-38" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Cold_War">Cold War</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Royal_Australian_Air_Force&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Cold War"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Postwar">Postwar</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Royal_Australian_Air_Force&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Postwar"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Two_Mirage_III_of_the_Royal_Australian_Air_Force_1.JPEG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e6/Two_Mirage_III_of_the_Royal_Australian_Air_Force_1.JPEG/220px-Two_Mirage_III_of_the_Royal_Australian_Air_Force_1.JPEG" decoding="async" width="220" height="148" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e6/Two_Mirage_III_of_the_Royal_Australian_Air_Force_1.JPEG/330px-Two_Mirage_III_of_the_Royal_Australian_Air_Force_1.JPEG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e6/Two_Mirage_III_of_the_Royal_Australian_Air_Force_1.JPEG/440px-Two_Mirage_III_of_the_Royal_Australian_Air_Force_1.JPEG 2x" data-file-width="2830" data-file-height="1910" /></a><figcaption>Two RAAF <a href="/wiki/Dassault_Mirage_III" title="Dassault Mirage III">Mirage III</a> fighters in 1980</figcaption></figure> <p>During the <a href="/wiki/Berlin_Airlift" class="mw-redirect" title="Berlin Airlift">Berlin Airlift</a>, in 1948–49, the <a href="/wiki/RAAF_Squadron_Berlin_Air_Lift" title="RAAF Squadron Berlin Air Lift">RAAF Squadron Berlin Air Lift</a> aided the international effort to fly in supplies to the stricken city; two RAF <a href="/wiki/Avro_York" title="Avro York">Avro York</a> aircraft were also crewed by RAAF personnel. Although a small part of the operation, the RAAF contribution was significant, flying 2,062 sorties and carrying 7,030 tons of freight and 6,964 passengers.<sup id="cite_ref-39" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In the <a href="/wiki/Korean_War" title="Korean War">Korean War</a>, from 1950 to 1953, <a href="/wiki/North_American_P-51_Mustang" title="North American P-51 Mustang">North American Mustangs</a> from <a href="/wiki/No._77_Squadron_RAAF" title="No. 77 Squadron RAAF">No. 77 Squadron RAAF</a>, stationed in Japan with the <a href="/wiki/British_Commonwealth_Occupation_Force" title="British Commonwealth Occupation Force">British Commonwealth Occupation Force</a>, were among the first United Nations aircraft to be deployed, in ground support, combat air patrol, and escort missions. When the UN planes were confronted by North Korean <a href="/wiki/Mikoyan-Gurevich_MiG-15" title="Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-15">Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-15</a> jet fighters, 77 Sqn acquired <a href="/wiki/Gloster_Meteor" title="Gloster Meteor">Gloster Meteors</a>, however the MiGs remained superior and the Meteors were relegated to ground support missions as the North Koreans gained experience. The air force also operated transport aircraft during the conflict. No. 77 Squadron flew 18,872 sorties, claiming the destruction of 3,700 buildings, 1,408 vehicles, 16 bridges, 98 railway carriages and an unknown number of enemy personnel. Three MiG-15s were confirmed destroyed, and two others probably destroyed. RAAF casualties included 41 killed and seven captured; 66 aircraft – 22 Mustangs and 44 Meteors – were lost.<sup id="cite_ref-40" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-40"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In July 1952, <a href="/wiki/No._78_Wing_RAAF" title="No. 78 Wing RAAF">No. 78 Wing RAAF</a> was deployed to <a href="/wiki/Malta" title="Malta">Malta</a> in the Mediterranean where it formed part of a British force which sought to counter the Soviet Union's influence in the Middle East as part of Australia's Cold War commitments. Consisting of No. 75 and 76 Squadrons equipped with <a href="/wiki/De_Havilland_Vampire" title="De Havilland Vampire">de Havilland Vampire</a> jet fighters, the wing provided an air garrison for the island for the next two and half years, returning to Australia in late 1954.<sup id="cite_ref-41" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-41"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>41<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 1953, a <a href="/wiki/Royal_Air_Force" title="Royal Air Force">Royal Air Force</a> officer, Air Marshal Sir <a href="/wiki/Donald_Hardman" title="Donald Hardman">Donald Hardman</a>, was brought out to Australia to become Chief of the Air Staff.<sup id="cite_ref-42" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-42"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He reorganised the RAAF into three commands: <a href="/wiki/RAAF_Home_Command" class="mw-redirect" title="RAAF Home Command">Home Command</a>, <a href="/wiki/RAAF_Maintenance_Command" class="mw-redirect" title="RAAF Maintenance Command">Maintenance Command</a>, and <a href="/wiki/RAAF_Training_Command" class="mw-redirect" title="RAAF Training Command">Training Command</a>. Five years later, Home Command was renamed <a href="/wiki/RAAF_Operational_Command" class="mw-redirect" title="RAAF Operational Command">Operational Command</a>, and Training Command and Maintenance Command were amalgamated to form <a href="/wiki/RAAF_Support_Command" title="RAAF Support Command">Support Command</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-43" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-43"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>43<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="South_East_Asia_operations">South East Asia operations</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Royal_Australian_Air_Force&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: South East Asia operations"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:AirForce_over_Iraq.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a1/AirForce_over_Iraq.jpg/220px-AirForce_over_Iraq.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="236" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a1/AirForce_over_Iraq.jpg/330px-AirForce_over_Iraq.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a1/AirForce_over_Iraq.jpg/440px-AirForce_over_Iraq.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1956" data-file-height="2100" /></a><figcaption>An RAAF <a href="/wiki/F/A-18" class="mw-redirect" title="F/A-18">F/A-18</a> with a <a href="/wiki/USAF" class="mw-redirect" title="USAF">USAF</a> <a href="/wiki/KC-135_Stratotanker" class="mw-redirect" title="KC-135 Stratotanker">KC-135</a>, two <a href="/wiki/F-15E_Strike_Eagle" class="mw-redirect" title="F-15E Strike Eagle">F-15Es</a>, an <a href="/wiki/F-117_Nighthawk" class="mw-redirect" title="F-117 Nighthawk">F-117</a>, two <a href="/wiki/Lockheed_Martin_F-16" class="mw-redirect" title="Lockheed Martin F-16">F-16s</a> and a <a href="/wiki/RAF" class="mw-redirect" title="RAF">RAF</a> <a href="/wiki/Panavia_Tornado" title="Panavia Tornado">Tornado</a> over Iraq</figcaption></figure> <p>In the <a href="/wiki/Malayan_Emergency" title="Malayan Emergency">Malayan Emergency</a>, from 1950 to 1960, six <a href="/wiki/Avro_Lincoln" title="Avro Lincoln">Avro Lincolns</a> from <a href="/wiki/No._1_Squadron_RAAF" title="No. 1 Squadron RAAF">No. 1 Squadron RAAF</a> and a flight of <a href="/wiki/Douglas_C-47_Skytrain" title="Douglas C-47 Skytrain">Douglas Dakotas</a> from <a href="/wiki/No._38_Squadron_RAAF" title="No. 38 Squadron RAAF">No. 38 Squadron RAAF</a> took part in operations against the communist guerrillas (labelled as "Communist Terrorists" by the British authorities) as part of the <a href="/wiki/RAF_Far_East_Air_Force" class="mw-redirect" title="RAF Far East Air Force">RAF Far East Air Force</a>. The Dakotas were used on cargo runs, in troop movement and in paratrooper and leaflet drops within Malaya. The Lincolns, operating from bases in Singapore and from Kuala Lumpur, formed the backbone of the air war against the CTs, conducting bombing missions against their jungle bases. Although results were often difficult to assess, they allowed the government to harass CT forces, attack their base camps when identified and keep them on the move. Later, in 1958, Canberra bombers from <a href="/wiki/No._2_Squadron_RAAF" title="No. 2 Squadron RAAF">No. 2 Squadron RAAF</a> were deployed to Malaya and took part in bombing missions against the CTs.<sup id="cite_ref-44" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-44"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>44<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>During the <a href="/wiki/Vietnam_War" title="Vietnam War">Vietnam War</a>, from 1964 to 1972, the RAAF contributed Caribou <a href="/wiki/STOL" title="STOL">STOL</a> transport aircraft as part of the RAAF Transport Flight Vietnam, later redesignated <a href="/wiki/No._35_Squadron_RAAF" title="No. 35 Squadron RAAF">No. 35 Squadron RAAF</a>, <a href="/wiki/UH-1_Iroquois" class="mw-redirect" title="UH-1 Iroquois">UH-1 Iroquois</a> helicopters from <a href="/wiki/No._9_Squadron_RAAF" title="No. 9 Squadron RAAF">No. 9 Squadron RAAF</a>, and <a href="/wiki/English_Electric_Canberra" title="English Electric Canberra">English Electric Canberra</a> bombers from <a href="/wiki/No._2_Squadron_RAAF" title="No. 2 Squadron RAAF">No. 2 Squadron RAAF</a>. The Canberras flew 11,963 bombing <a href="/wiki/Sortie" title="Sortie">sorties</a>, and two aircraft were lost. One went missing during a bombing raid. The wreckage of the aircraft was recovered in April 2009, and the remains of the crew were found in late July 2009. The other was shot down by a <a href="/wiki/Surface-to-air_missile" title="Surface-to-air missile">surface-to-air missile</a>, although both crew were rescued. They dropped 76,389 bombs and were credited with 786 enemy personnel confirmed killed and a further 3,390 estimated killed, 8,637 structures, 15,568 bunkers, 1,267 sampans and 74 bridges destroyed.<sup id="cite_ref-45" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-45"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>45<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> RAAF transport aircraft also supported <a href="/wiki/Anti-communist" class="mw-redirect" title="Anti-communist">anti-communist</a> ground forces. The UH-1 helicopters were used in many roles including <a href="/wiki/Medical_evacuation" title="Medical evacuation">medical evacuation</a> and close air support. RAAF casualties in Vietnam included six killed in action, eight non-battle fatalities, 30 wounded in action and 30 injured.<sup id="cite_ref-46" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-46"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>46<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> A small number of RAAF pilots also served in United States Air Force units, flying <a href="/wiki/F-4_Phantom" class="mw-redirect" title="F-4 Phantom">F-4 Phantom</a> fighter-bombers or serving as forward air controllers.<sup id="cite_ref-Barnes5_47-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Barnes5-47"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>47<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In September 1975, a group of 44 civilians, including armed supporters of the <a href="/wiki/Timorese_Democratic_Union" title="Timorese Democratic Union">Timorese Democratic Union</a> (UDT), commandeered an RAAF Caribou, <i>A4-140</i>, on the ground at <a href="/wiki/Baucau_Airport" title="Baucau Airport">Baucau Airport</a> in the then <a href="/wiki/Portuguese_Timor" title="Portuguese Timor">Portuguese Timor</a>, which was in the middle of a civil war. The Caribou had landed at Baucau on a humanitarian mission for the <a href="/wiki/International_Committee_of_the_Red_Cross" title="International Committee of the Red Cross">International Committee of the Red Cross</a>. The civilians demanded that the RAAF crew members fly them to <a href="/wiki/Darwin_International_Airport" title="Darwin International Airport">Darwin Airport</a> (also <a href="/wiki/RAAF_Base_Darwin" title="RAAF Base Darwin">RAAF Base Darwin</a>) in Australia, which they did. After the Caribou arrived there, the Australian government detained the civilians for a short period, and then granted refugee visas to all of them. <i><a href="/wiki/The_Guardian" title="The Guardian">The Guardian</a></i> later described <i>A4-140</i> as "the only RAAF plane ever hijacked", and the incident as "one of the more remarkable stories in Australia's military and immigration history".<sup id="cite_ref-tg_2021-01-16_48-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-tg_2021-01-16-48"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>48<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Recent_history_(1990–present)"><span id="Recent_history_.281990.E2.80.93present.29"></span>Recent history (1990–present)</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Royal_Australian_Air_Force&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Recent history (1990–present)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:RAAF_(A44-222)_FA_18F_Super_Hornet_landing.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b8/RAAF_%28A44-222%29_FA_18F_Super_Hornet_landing.jpg/220px-RAAF_%28A44-222%29_FA_18F_Super_Hornet_landing.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b8/RAAF_%28A44-222%29_FA_18F_Super_Hornet_landing.jpg/330px-RAAF_%28A44-222%29_FA_18F_Super_Hornet_landing.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b8/RAAF_%28A44-222%29_FA_18F_Super_Hornet_landing.jpg/440px-RAAF_%28A44-222%29_FA_18F_Super_Hornet_landing.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2000" data-file-height="1333" /></a><figcaption>A Royal Australian Air Force F/A-18F Super Hornet at the <a href="/wiki/Australian_International_Airshow" title="Australian International Airshow">2013 Avalon Airshow</a></figcaption></figure> <p>Military airlifts were conducted for a number of purposes in subsequent decades, such as the peacekeeping operations in <a href="/wiki/East_Timor" title="East Timor">East Timor</a> from 1999. Australia's combat aircraft were not used again in combat until the <a href="/wiki/Operation_Falconer" class="mw-redirect" title="Operation Falconer">Iraq War</a> in 2003, when 14 F/A-18s from <a href="/wiki/No._75_Squadron_RAAF" title="No. 75 Squadron RAAF">No. 75 Squadron RAAF</a> operated in the escort and ground attack roles, flying a total of 350 sorties and dropping 122 laser-guided bombs.<sup id="cite_ref-49" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-49"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>49<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> A detachment of <a href="/wiki/Lockheed_AP-3C_Orion" title="Lockheed AP-3C Orion">AP-3C Orion</a> maritime patrol aircraft were deployed in the Middle East between 2003 and 2012. These aircraft conducted maritime surveillance patrols over the Persian Gulf and North Arabian Sea in support of Coalition warships and boarding parties, as well as conducting extensive overland flights of Iraq and Afghanistan on intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance missions, and supporting counter-piracy operations in Somalia.<sup id="cite_ref-50" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-50"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>50<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> From 2007 to 2009, a detachment of <a href="/wiki/No._114_Mobile_Control_and_Reporting_Unit_RAAF" title="No. 114 Mobile Control and Reporting Unit RAAF">No. 114 Mobile Control and Reporting Unit RAAF</a> was on active service at <a href="/wiki/Kandahar_Airfield" class="mw-redirect" title="Kandahar Airfield">Kandahar Airfield</a> in southern <a href="/wiki/Afghanistan" title="Afghanistan">Afghanistan</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-51" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-51"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>51<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Approximately 75 personnel deployed with the <a href="/wiki/AN/TPS-77" class="mw-redirect" title="AN/TPS-77">AN/TPS-77</a> radar assigned the responsibility to co-ordinate coalition air operations.<sup id="cite_ref-52" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-52"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>52<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> A detachment of IAI Heron unmanned aerial vehicles has been deployed in Afghanistan since January 2010.<sup id="cite_ref-53" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-53"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>53<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In late September 2014, an Air Task Group consisting of up to eight <a href="/wiki/Boeing_F/A-18E/F_Super_Hornet" title="Boeing F/A-18E/F Super Hornet">F/A-18F Super Hornets</a>, a <a href="/wiki/Airbus_A330_MRTT" title="Airbus A330 MRTT">KC-30A</a> Multi Role Tanker Transport, an <a href="/wiki/Boeing_737_AEW%26C" class="mw-redirect" title="Boeing 737 AEW&C">E-7A Wedgetail</a> Airborne Early Warning & Control aircraft and 400 personnel was deployed to <a href="/wiki/Al_Minhad_Air_Base" title="Al Minhad Air Base">Al Minhad Air Base</a> in the <a href="/wiki/United_Arab_Emirates" title="United Arab Emirates">United Arab Emirates</a> as part of the <a href="/wiki/2014_American_intervention_in_Iraq" class="mw-redirect" title="2014 American intervention in Iraq">coalition</a> to combat <a href="/wiki/Islamic_State_of_Iraq_and_the_Levant" class="mw-redirect" title="Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant">Islamic State</a> forces in Iraq.<sup id="cite_ref-54" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-54"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>54<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Operations began on 1 October.<sup id="cite_ref-55" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-55"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>55<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> A number of <a href="/wiki/Boeing_C-17_Globemaster_III" title="Boeing C-17 Globemaster III">C-17</a> and <a href="/wiki/Lockheed_Martin_C-130J_Super_Hercules" title="Lockheed Martin C-130J Super Hercules">C-130J Super Hercules</a> transport aircraft based in the Middle East have also been used to conduct airdrops of humanitarian aid and to airlift arms and munitions since August.<sup id="cite_ref-56" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-56"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>56<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-57" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-57"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>57<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-58" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-58"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>58<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-59" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-59"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>59<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In June 2017, two RAAF <a href="/wiki/Lockheed_AP-3C_Orion" title="Lockheed AP-3C Orion">AP-3C Orion</a> maritime patrol aircraft were deployed to the southern Philippines in response to the <a href="/wiki/Marawi_crisis" class="mw-redirect" title="Marawi crisis">Marawi crisis</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-60" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-60"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>60<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-61" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-61"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>61<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-62" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-62"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>62<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 2021, the Royal Australian Air Force commemorated its 100th anniversary.<sup id="cite_ref-63" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-63"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>63<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> 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.<sup id="cite_ref-64" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-64"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>64<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In January 2022, two RAAF <a href="/wiki/Boeing_P-8_Poseidon" title="Boeing P-8 Poseidon">P-8A Poseidon</a> maritime patrol aircraft and one <a href="/wiki/Lockheed_Martin_C-130J_Super_Hercules" title="Lockheed Martin C-130J Super Hercules">C-130J Hercules</a> departed <a href="/wiki/RAAF_Base_Amberley" title="RAAF Base Amberley">RAAF Amberley</a> and <a href="/wiki/RAAF_Base_Richmond" title="RAAF Base Richmond">Richmond</a> to conduct aerial reconnaissance of Tonga in the wake of the <a href="/wiki/2022_Hunga_Tonga%E2%80%93Hunga_Ha%27apai_eruption_and_tsunami" class="mw-redirect" title="2022 Hunga Tonga–Hunga Ha'apai eruption and tsunami">2022 Hunga Tonga–Hunga Ha'apai eruption and tsunami</a>. According to Australian Defence News, the flights were to "help determine the extent of the damage [to Tongan infrastructure]… and inform future disaster support requests."<sup id="cite_ref-65" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-65"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>65<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-66" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-66"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>66<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In October 2023, the Australian Government announced that, in addition to a further round of A$31.6 million for military assistance for Ukraine, it would be sending a single <a href="/wiki/Boeing_E-7_Wedgetail" title="Boeing E-7 Wedgetail">E-7A Wedgetail</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-67" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-67"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>67<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> This aircraft, and the associated 100 personnel - mainly from <a href="/wiki/No._2_Squadron_RAAF" title="No. 2 Squadron RAAF">2 Squadron</a>, would operate from <a href="/wiki/Ramstein_Air_Base" title="Ramstein Air Base">Ramstein Air Base</a> for a six month deployment under Operation Kudu.<sup id="cite_ref-68" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-68"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>68<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-69" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-69"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>69<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The stated objective of the deployment was to "help ensure that vital support flowing to Ukraine by the international community is protected."<sup id="cite_ref-70" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-70"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>70<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Structure">Structure</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Royal_Australian_Air_Force&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Structure"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Structure_of_the_RAAF" class="mw-redirect" title="Structure of the RAAF">Structure of the RAAF</a></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Headquarters">Headquarters</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Royal_Australian_Air_Force&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Headquarters"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Air_Force_Headquarters_RAAF" title="Air Force Headquarters RAAF">Air Force Headquarters RAAF</a> – Air Force Executive</li> <li><a href="/wiki/RAAF_Air_Command" title="RAAF Air Command">RAAF Air Command</a> – Air Force Combat Forces</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Defence_Space_Command" title="Defence Space Command">Defence Space Command</a> – tri-service integrated headquarters for space operations</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Force_Element_Groups">Force Element Groups</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Royal_Australian_Air_Force&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: Force Element Groups"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Air_Combat_Group_RAAF" title="Air Combat Group RAAF">Air Combat Group</a> – air combat capability</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Air_Mobility_Group_RAAF" title="Air Mobility Group RAAF">Air Mobility Group</a> – air lift and aerial refuelling capability</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Air_Warfare_Centre_RAAF" title="Air Warfare Centre RAAF">Air Warfare Centre</a> – information warfare, intelligence and capability development</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Combat_Support_Group_RAAF" title="Combat Support Group RAAF">Combat Support Group</a> – combat support and air base operations capability</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Surveillance_and_Response_Group_RAAF" title="Surveillance and Response Group RAAF">Surveillance and Response Group</a> – surveillance and reconnaissance capability</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Air_Force_Training_Group_RAAF" title="Air Force Training Group RAAF">Air Force Training Group</a> – air force training capability and development</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Wings_and_squadrons">Wings and squadrons</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Royal_Australian_Air_Force&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: Wings and squadrons"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Flying_squadrons">Flying squadrons</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Royal_Australian_Air_Force&action=edit&section=16" title="Edit section: Flying squadrons"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable collapsible collapsed" width="100%"> <tbody><tr> <th>List of flying squadrons </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/No._1_Squadron_RAAF" title="No. 1 Squadron RAAF">No. 1 Squadron</a> – Boeing F/A-18F Super Hornet (Multi-Role Fighter) </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/No._2_Squadron_RAAF" title="No. 2 Squadron RAAF">No. 2 Squadron</a> – Boeing E-7A Wedgetail (AEW&C) </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/No._3_Squadron_RAAF" title="No. 3 Squadron RAAF">No. 3 Squadron</a> – Lockheed Martin F-35A Lightning II (Multi-Role Fighter) </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/No._4_Squadron_RAAF" title="No. 4 Squadron RAAF">No. 4 Squadron</a> – Pilatus PC-21(F) (JTAC Training) </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/No._6_Squadron_RAAF" title="No. 6 Squadron RAAF">No. 6 Squadron</a> – Boeing EA-18G Growler (Electronic Warfare) </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/No._9_Squadron_RAAF" title="No. 9 Squadron RAAF">No. 9 Squadron</a> – Northrop Grumman MQ-4C Triton (Maritime Patrol) </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/No._10_Squadron_RAAF" title="No. 10 Squadron RAAF">No. 10 Squadron</a> – MC-55A Peregrine (SIGINT and ELINT) </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/No._11_Squadron_RAAF" title="No. 11 Squadron RAAF">No. 11 Squadron</a> – Boeing P-8A Poseidon (Maritime Patrol) </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/No._32_Squadron_RAAF" title="No. 32 Squadron RAAF">No. 32 Squadron</a> – Beechcraft King Air 350 (School of Air Warfare Support) </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/No._33_Squadron_RAAF" title="No. 33 Squadron RAAF">No. 33 Squadron</a> – Airbus KC-30A MRTT (Air Refuelling/Transport) </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/No._34_Squadron_RAAF" title="No. 34 Squadron RAAF">No. 34 Squadron</a> – Boeing 737 BBJ, Dassault Falcon 7X (VIP Transport) </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/No._35_Squadron_RAAF" title="No. 35 Squadron RAAF">No. 35 Squadron</a> – Alenia C-27J Spartan (Transport) </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/No._36_Squadron_RAAF" title="No. 36 Squadron RAAF">No. 36 Squadron</a> – Boeing C-17A Globemaster III (Transport) </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/No._37_Squadron_RAAF" title="No. 37 Squadron RAAF">No. 37 Squadron</a> – Lockheed C-130J-30 Super Hercules (Transport) </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/No._75_Squadron_RAAF" title="No. 75 Squadron RAAF">No. 75 Squadron</a> – Lockheed Martin F-35A Lightning II (Multi-Role Fighter) </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/No._76_Squadron_RAAF" title="No. 76 Squadron RAAF">No. 76 Squadron</a> – BAE Systems Hawk 127 (Lead-in Fighter Training/ADF Support) </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/No._77_Squadron_RAAF" title="No. 77 Squadron RAAF">No. 77 Squadron</a> – Lockheed Martin F-35A Lightning II (Multi-Role Fighter) </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/No._79_Squadron_RAAF" title="No. 79 Squadron RAAF">No. 79 Squadron</a> – BAE Systems Hawk 127 (Introductory Fast Jet Training/ADF Support) </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/No._100_Squadron_RAAF" title="No. 100 Squadron RAAF">No. 100 Squadron</a> – Heritage aircraft </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/No._292_Squadron_RAAF" title="No. 292 Squadron RAAF">No. 292 Squadron</a> – Boeing P-8A Poseidon (Operational Conversion) </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Central_Flying_School_RAAF" title="Central Flying School RAAF">CFS</a> – Pilatus PC-21 (Flying Instructor Training) </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/No._1_Flying_Training_School_RAAF" title="No. 1 Flying Training School RAAF">No. 1 FTS</a> – Pilatus PC-21 (Basic Tri-Service Flying Training) </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/No._2_Flying_Training_School_RAAF" title="No. 2 Flying Training School RAAF">No. 2 FTS</a> – Pilatus PC-21 (Advanced RAAF and RAN Flying Training) </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/No._2_Operational_Conversion_Unit_RAAF" title="No. 2 Operational Conversion Unit RAAF">No. 2 OCU</a> – Lockheed Martin F-35A Lightning II (Operational Conversion) </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Aircraft_Research_and_Development_Unit_RAAF" title="Aircraft Research and Development Unit RAAF">ARDU</a> – Various aircraft types (Flight Testing) </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Non-flying_squadrons">Non-flying squadrons</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Royal_Australian_Air_Force&action=edit&section=17" title="Edit section: Non-flying squadrons"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable collapsible collapsed" width="100%"> <tbody><tr> <th>List of non-flying squadrons </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/No._1_Security_Forces_Squadron_RAAF" title="No. 1 Security Forces Squadron RAAF">No. 1 SECFOR SQN</a> – Airbase Force Protection </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=No._1_Expeditionary_Health_Squadron_RAAF&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="No. 1 Expeditionary Health Squadron RAAF (page does not exist)">No. 1 EHS</a> – Health Operations </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/No._1_Combat_Communications_Squadron_RAAF" title="No. 1 Combat Communications Squadron RAAF">No. 1 CCS</a> – Combat Communications </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/No._1_Radar_Surveillance_Unit_RAAF" class="mw-redirect" title="No. 1 Radar Surveillance Unit RAAF">No. 1 RSU</a> – Wide Area Surveillance </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=No._1_Recruit_Training_Unit_RAAF&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="No. 1 Recruit Training Unit RAAF (page does not exist)">No. 1 RTU</a> – Airman <a href="/wiki/Ab_Initio" class="mw-redirect" title="Ab Initio">Ab Initio</a> Training </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/No._2_Security_Forces_Squadron_RAAF" title="No. 2 Security Forces Squadron RAAF">No. 2 SECFOR SQN</a> – Airbase Force Protection </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=No._2_Expeditionary_Health_Squadron_RAAF&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="No. 2 Expeditionary Health Squadron RAAF (page does not exist)">No. 2 EHS</a> – Health Operations </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=No._3_Expeditionary_Health_Squadron_RAAF&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="No. 3 Expeditionary Health Squadron RAAF (page does not exist)">No. 3 EHS</a> – Health Operations </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/No._3_Control_and_Reporting_Unit_RAAF" title="No. 3 Control and Reporting Unit RAAF">No. 3 CRU</a> – Surveillance and Air Battle Management </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/No._3_Airfield_Defence_Squadron_RAAF" class="mw-redirect" title="No. 3 Airfield Defence Squadron RAAF">No. 3 SECFOR SQN</a> – Airbase Force Protection </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=No._4_Expeditionary_Health_Squadron_RAAF&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="No. 4 Expeditionary Health Squadron RAAF (page does not exist)">No. 4 EHS</a> – Health Operations </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/No._13_Squadron_RAAF" title="No. 13 Squadron RAAF">No. 13 Squadron</a> – <a href="/wiki/RAAF_Base_Darwin" title="RAAF Base Darwin">RAAF Darwin</a> Airbase Operations </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/No._322_Expeditionary_Combat_Support_Squadron_RAAF" title="No. 322 Expeditionary Combat Support Squadron RAAF">No. 17 Squadron</a> – <a href="/wiki/RAAF_Base_Tindal" title="RAAF Base Tindal">RAAF Tindal</a> Airbase Operations </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/No._324_Combat_Support_Squadron_RAAF" class="mw-redirect" title="No. 324 Combat Support Squadron RAAF">No. 19 Squadron</a> – <a href="/wiki/RMAF_Butterworth" class="mw-redirect" title="RMAF Butterworth">RMAF Butterworth</a> Airbase Operations </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/No._20_Squadron_RAAF" title="No. 20 Squadron RAAF">No. 20 Squadron</a> – <a href="/wiki/RAAF_Woomera" class="mw-redirect" title="RAAF Woomera">RAAF Woomera</a> Airbase Operations </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/No._21_Squadron_RAAF" title="No. 21 Squadron RAAF">No. 21 Squadron</a> – <a href="/wiki/RAAF_Williams" title="RAAF Williams">RAAF Williams</a> Airbase Operations </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/No._22_Squadron_RAAF" title="No. 22 Squadron RAAF">No. 22 Squadron</a> – <a href="/wiki/RAAF_Base_Richmond" title="RAAF Base Richmond">RAAF Richmond</a> Airbase Operations </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/No._23_Squadron_RAAF" title="No. 23 Squadron RAAF">No. 23 Squadron</a> – <a href="/wiki/RAAF_Base_Amberley" title="RAAF Base Amberley">RAAF Amberley</a> Airbase Operations </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/No._24_Squadron_RAAF" title="No. 24 Squadron RAAF">No. 24 Squadron</a> – <a href="/wiki/RAAF_Base_Edinburgh" title="RAAF Base Edinburgh">RAAF Edinburgh</a> Airbase Operations </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/No._25_Squadron_RAAF" title="No. 25 Squadron RAAF">No. 25 Squadron</a> – <a href="/wiki/RAAF_Base_Pearce" title="RAAF Base Pearce">RAAF Pearce</a> Airbase Operations </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/No._26_Squadron_RAAF" title="No. 26 Squadron RAAF">No. 26 Squadron</a> – <a href="/wiki/RAAF_Base_Williamtown" title="RAAF Base Williamtown">RAAF Williamtown</a> Airbase Operations </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/No._27_Squadron_RAAF" title="No. 27 Squadron RAAF">No. 27 Squadron</a> – <a href="/wiki/RAAF_Base_Townsville" title="RAAF Base Townsville">RAAF Townsville</a> Airbase Operations </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/No._28_Squadron_RAAF" title="No. 28 Squadron RAAF">No. 28 Squadron</a> – Administrative Support Operations </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/No._29_Squadron_RAAF" title="No. 29 Squadron RAAF">No. 29 Squadron</a> – Administrative Support Operations </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/No._30_Squadron_RAAF" title="No. 30 Squadron RAAF">No. 30 Squadron</a> – <a href="/wiki/RAAF_Base_East_Sale" title="RAAF Base East Sale">RAAF East Sale</a> Airbase Operations </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/No._31_Squadron_RAAF" title="No. 31 Squadron RAAF">No. 31 Squadron</a> – <a href="/wiki/RAAF_Base_Wagga" title="RAAF Base Wagga">RAAF Wagga</a> Airbase Operations </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/No._65_Squadron_RAAF" title="No. 65 Squadron RAAF">No. 65 Squadron</a> – Airfield Engineering and Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/No._87_Squadron_RAAF" title="No. 87 Squadron RAAF">No. 87 Squadron</a> – Intelligence Operations </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/No._114_Mobile_Control_and_Reporting_Unit_RAAF" title="No. 114 Mobile Control and Reporting Unit RAAF">No. 114 MCRU</a> – Deployable Surveillance, Air Battle Management and Air Traffic Control </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/No._278_Squadron_RAAF" title="No. 278 Squadron RAAF">No. 278 Squadron</a> – Operational Training </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/No._381_Expeditionary_Combat_Support_Squadron_RAAF" title="No. 381 Expeditionary Combat Support Squadron RAAF">No. 381 SQN</a> – Contingency Response Squadron </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/No._382_Expeditionary_Combat_Support_Squadron_RAAF" title="No. 382 Expeditionary Combat Support Squadron RAAF">No. 382 SQN</a> – Contingency Response Squadron </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/No._452_Squadron_RAAF" title="No. 452 Squadron RAAF">No. 452 Squadron</a> – Air Traffic Control </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/No._453_Squadron_RAAF" title="No. 453 Squadron RAAF">No. 453 Squadron</a> – Air Traffic Control </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/No._460_Squadron_RAAF" title="No. 460 Squadron RAAF">No. 460 Squadron</a> – Intelligence Operations </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/No._462_Squadron_RAAF" title="No. 462 Squadron RAAF">No. 462 Squadron</a> – Information Warfare Operations </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Aircraft_Stores_Compatibility_Engineering_Squadron" title="Aircraft Stores Compatibility Engineering Squadron">ASCENG SQN</a> – Aircraft/Stores Compatibility Engineering Development </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=Air_Movements_Training_and_Development_RAAF&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Air Movements Training and Development RAAF (page does not exist)">AMTDU</a> – Air Movements Training and Development </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Aircraft_Systems_Engineering_Squadron" title="Aircraft Systems Engineering Squadron">ASES</a> – Aircraft Systems Engineering Development </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Combat_Survival_Training_School_RAAF" title="Combat Survival Training School RAAF">CSTS</a> – Combat Survival Training </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=Aeronautical_Information_Service_RAAF&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Aeronautical Information Service RAAF (page does not exist)">RAAF AIS</a> – Aeronautical Information </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Royal_Australian_Air_Force_Band" title="Royal Australian Air Force Band">RAAF BAND</a> – RAAF Ceremonial Band </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=Defence_Explosive_Ordnance_Training_School&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Defence Explosive Ordnance Training School (page does not exist)">DEOTS</a> – Explosive Ordnance Training </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/RAAF_Institute_of_Aviation_Medicine" title="RAAF Institute of Aviation Medicine">AVMED</a> – Aviation Medicine Research and Development </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=Joint_Electronic_Warfare_Operational_Support_Unit&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Joint Electronic Warfare Operational Support Unit (page does not exist)">JEWOSU</a> – Electronic Warfare Operations and Development </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Officer_Training_School_RAAF" class="mw-redirect" title="Officer Training School RAAF">OTS</a> – Officer Ab Initio Training </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/RAAF_Museum" title="RAAF Museum">RAAF Museum</a> – Royal Australian Air Force Museum </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=Security_and_Fire_School_RAAF&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Security and Fire School RAAF (page does not exist)">RAAF SFS</a> – Security and Fire Training </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=School_of_Air_Warfare_RAAF&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="School of Air Warfare RAAF (page does not exist)">SAW</a> – Air Combat Officer and Observer Training </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=School_of_Administrative_and_Logistics_Training_RAAF&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="School of Administrative and Logistics Training RAAF (page does not exist)">RAAFSALT</a> – Administrative and Logistics Training </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=School_of_Air_Traffic_Control_RAAF&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="School of Air Traffic Control RAAF (page does not exist)">RAAFSATC</a> – Air Traffic Control Training </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=School_of_Post_Graduate_Studies_RAAF&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="School of Post Graduate Studies RAAF (page does not exist)">RAAFSPS</a> – Officer and Airman Post Graduate Professional Training </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=School_of_Technical_Training_RAAF&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="School of Technical Training RAAF (page does not exist)">RAAFSTT</a> – Air Technical Training </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Surveillance_and_Control_Training_Unit_RAAF" title="Surveillance and Control Training Unit RAAF">SACTU</a> – Air Defence Training </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Woomera_Test_Facility" class="mw-redirect" title="Woomera Test Facility">Woomera Test Facility</a> – Augmented Testing Range </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Wings">Wings</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Royal_Australian_Air_Force&action=edit&section=18" title="Edit section: Wings"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable collapsible collapsed" width="100%"> <tbody><tr> <th>List of current wings </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/No._41_Wing_RAAF" title="No. 41 Wing RAAF">No. 41 Wing (Surveillance & Air Battle Management)</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/No._42_Wing_RAAF" title="No. 42 Wing RAAF">No. 42 Wing (AEW&C)</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/No._44_Wing_RAAF" title="No. 44 Wing RAAF">No. 44 Wing (ATC)</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/No._78_Wing_RAAF" title="No. 78 Wing RAAF">No. 78 Wing (Lead-in Fighter Training)</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/No._81_Wing_RAAF" title="No. 81 Wing RAAF">No. 81 Wing (Multi-Role Fighter)</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/No._82_Wing_RAAF" title="No. 82 Wing RAAF">No. 82 Wing (Multi-Role Fighter)</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/No._84_Wing_RAAF" title="No. 84 Wing RAAF">No. 84 Wing (Airlift & VIP transport)</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/No._86_Wing_RAAF" title="No. 86 Wing RAAF">No. 86 Wing (Airlift & AAR)</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/No._92_Wing_RAAF" title="No. 92 Wing RAAF">No. 92 Wing (Maritime Patrol)</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/No._395_Expeditionary_Combat_Support_Wing_RAAF" title="No. 395 Expeditionary Combat Support Wing RAAF">No. 95 Wing (Expeditionary Combat Support)</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/No._96_Wing_RAAF" title="No. 96 Wing RAAF">No. 96 Wing (Fixed Base Combat Support)</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=Air_Mobility_Control_Centre_RAAF&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Air Mobility Control Centre RAAF (page does not exist)">Air Mobility Control Centre</a> – central combat airlift tasking control centre </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=Air_Academy_RAAF&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Air Academy RAAF (page does not exist)">AirA</a> – Air Academy – Aviation Training (Pilots, Air Traffic Control etc.) </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ground_Academy_RAAF&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Ground Academy RAAF (page does not exist)">GA</a> – Ground Academy – Ab initio, ground technical and non-technical training, career development, promotion and leadership training </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Air_System_Development_and_Test_Wing_RAAF" title="Air System Development and Test Wing RAAF">DTWG</a> – Aerospace Systems Development </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=Combat_Support_Coordination_Centre_RAAF&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Combat Support Coordination Centre RAAF (page does not exist)">CSCC</a> – Combat Support Coordination </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=Health_Services_Wing_RAAF&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Health Services Wing RAAF (page does not exist)">HSW</a> – Health Operations </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Information_Warfare_Directorate_RAAF" title="Information Warfare Directorate RAAF">IWD</a> – Information Warfare and Intelligence </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Equipment">Equipment</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Royal_Australian_Air_Force&action=edit&section=19" title="Edit section: Equipment"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/List_of_current_Royal_Australian_Air_Force_aircraft" title="List of current Royal Australian Air Force aircraft">List of current Royal Australian Air Force aircraft</a></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Aircraft">Aircraft</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Royal_Australian_Air_Force&action=edit&section=20" title="Edit section: Aircraft"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:RAAF_F-35_taking_off_during_the_Australian_International_Airshow_and_Aerospace_%26_Defence_Exposition_2017.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c2/RAAF_F-35_taking_off_during_the_Australian_International_Airshow_and_Aerospace_%26_Defence_Exposition_2017.jpg/220px-RAAF_F-35_taking_off_during_the_Australian_International_Airshow_and_Aerospace_%26_Defence_Exposition_2017.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c2/RAAF_F-35_taking_off_during_the_Australian_International_Airshow_and_Aerospace_%26_Defence_Exposition_2017.jpg/330px-RAAF_F-35_taking_off_during_the_Australian_International_Airshow_and_Aerospace_%26_Defence_Exposition_2017.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c2/RAAF_F-35_taking_off_during_the_Australian_International_Airshow_and_Aerospace_%26_Defence_Exposition_2017.jpg/440px-RAAF_F-35_taking_off_during_the_Australian_International_Airshow_and_Aerospace_%26_Defence_Exposition_2017.jpg 2x" data-file-width="7360" data-file-height="4912" /></a><figcaption>A F-35A taking off during the Australian International Airshow</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:A41-206_Boeing_C-17A_Globemaster_III_RAAF_(9639221235).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/73/A41-206_Boeing_C-17A_Globemaster_III_RAAF_%289639221235%29.jpg/220px-A41-206_Boeing_C-17A_Globemaster_III_RAAF_%289639221235%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="146" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/73/A41-206_Boeing_C-17A_Globemaster_III_RAAF_%289639221235%29.jpg/330px-A41-206_Boeing_C-17A_Globemaster_III_RAAF_%289639221235%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/73/A41-206_Boeing_C-17A_Globemaster_III_RAAF_%289639221235%29.jpg/440px-A41-206_Boeing_C-17A_Globemaster_III_RAAF_%289639221235%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1600" data-file-height="1063" /></a><figcaption>A C-17A Globemaster III</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:RAAF_BAe_Hawk_AVV_Creek.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2d/RAAF_BAe_Hawk_AVV_Creek.jpg/220px-RAAF_BAe_Hawk_AVV_Creek.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2d/RAAF_BAe_Hawk_AVV_Creek.jpg/330px-RAAF_BAe_Hawk_AVV_Creek.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2d/RAAF_BAe_Hawk_AVV_Creek.jpg/440px-RAAF_BAe_Hawk_AVV_Creek.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1024" data-file-height="683" /></a><figcaption>A BAE Hawk on approach</figcaption></figure> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th style="text-align:center; background:#acc;">Aircraft </th> <th style="text-align: center; background:#acc;">Origin </th> <th style="text-align:l center; background:#acc;">Type </th> <th style="text-align:left; background:#acc;">Variant </th> <th style="text-align:center; background:#acc;">In service </th> <th style="text-align: center; background:#acc;">Notes </th></tr> <tr> <th style="align: center; background: lavender;" colspan="6"><a href="/wiki/Military_aircraft#Combat_aircraft" title="Military aircraft">Combat aircraft</a> </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Boeing_F/A-18E/F_Super_Hornet" title="Boeing F/A-18E/F Super Hornet">Boeing F/A-18E/F</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/United_States" title="United States">United States</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Multirole_combat_aircraft" title="Multirole combat aircraft">multirole</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Boeing_F/A-18E/F_Super_Hornet#Variants" title="Boeing F/A-18E/F Super Hornet">F/A-18F</a> </td> <td>24<sup id="cite_ref-World_Air_Forces_2024_71-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-World_Air_Forces_2024-71"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>71<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Lockheed_Martin_F-35_Lightning_II" title="Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II">F-35 Lightning II</a> </td> <td>United States </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Stealth_aircraft" title="Stealth aircraft">stealth</a> <a href="/wiki/Multirole_combat_aircraft" title="Multirole combat aircraft">multirole</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Lockheed_Martin_F-35_Lightning_II#Variants" title="Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II">F-35A</a> </td> <td>72<sup id="cite_ref-World_Air_Forces_2024_71-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-World_Air_Forces_2024-71"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>71<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td>3 provide <a href="/wiki/Trainer_(aircraft)#Operational_conversion" class="mw-redirect" title="Trainer (aircraft)">conversion training</a><sup id="cite_ref-World_Air_Forces_2024_71-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-World_Air_Forces_2024-71"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>71<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <th style="align: center; background: lavender;" colspan="6"><a href="/wiki/Airborne_early_warning_and_control" title="Airborne early warning and control">AWACS</a> </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Boeing_E-7_Wedgetail" title="Boeing E-7 Wedgetail">Boeing E-7 Wedgetail</a> </td> <td>United States </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Airborne_early_warning_and_control" title="Airborne early warning and control">AEW&C</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Boeing_E-7_Wedgetail#Australia" title="Boeing E-7 Wedgetail">E-7A</a> </td> <td>6<sup id="cite_ref-World_Air_Forces_2024_71-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-World_Air_Forces_2024-71"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>71<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <th style="align: center; background: lavender;" colspan="6"><a href="/wiki/Electronic-warfare_aircraft" title="Electronic-warfare aircraft">Electronic warfare</a> </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Boeing_EA-18G_Growler" title="Boeing EA-18G Growler">Boeing EA-18G</a> </td> <td>United States </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Radar_jamming_and_deception" title="Radar jamming and deception">radar jamming</a> / <a href="/wiki/Suppression_of_Enemy_Air_Defenses" title="Suppression of Enemy Air Defenses">SEAD</a> </td> <td> </td> <td>12<sup id="cite_ref-World_Air_Forces_2024_71-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-World_Air_Forces_2024-71"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>71<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Gulfstream_G550" title="Gulfstream G550">Gulfstream G550</a> </td> <td>United States </td> <td><a href="/wiki/SIGINT" class="mw-redirect" title="SIGINT">SIGINT</a> / <a href="/wiki/ELINT" class="mw-redirect" title="ELINT">ELINT</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Gulfstream_G550#Variants" title="Gulfstream G550">MC-55A</a> </td> <td> </td> <td>4 on order<sup id="cite_ref-World_Air_Forces_2024_71-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-World_Air_Forces_2024-71"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>71<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <th style="align: center; background: lavender;" colspan="6"><a href="/wiki/Maritime_patrol_aircraft" title="Maritime patrol aircraft">Maritime patrol</a> </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Boeing_P-8_Poseidon" title="Boeing P-8 Poseidon">Boeing P-8</a> </td> <td>United States </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Anti-submarine_warfare" title="Anti-submarine warfare">ASW</a> / <a href="/wiki/Maritime_patrol_aircraft" title="Maritime patrol aircraft">patrol</a> </td> <td> </td> <td>12 </td> <td>2 on order<sup id="cite_ref-World_Air_Forces_2024_71-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-World_Air_Forces_2024-71"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>71<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <th style="align: center; background: lavender;" colspan="6"><a href="/wiki/Aerial_refueling" title="Aerial refueling">Tanker</a> </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Airbus_A330_MRTT" title="Airbus A330 MRTT">Airbus A330 MRTT</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/France" title="France">France</a> </td> <td>refueling / transport </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Airbus_A330_MRTT#Variants" title="Airbus A330 MRTT">KC-30A</a> </td> <td>6<sup id="cite_ref-World_Air_Forces_2024_71-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-World_Air_Forces_2024-71"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>71<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <th style="align: center; background: lavender;" colspan="6"><a href="/wiki/Military_transport_aircraft" title="Military transport aircraft">Transport</a> </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Boeing_737" title="Boeing 737">Boeing 737</a> </td> <td>United States </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Air_transports_of_heads_of_state_and_government" title="Air transports of heads of state and government">VIP transport</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Boeing_Business_Jet" title="Boeing Business Jet">BBJ</a> </td> <td>2<sup id="cite_ref-72" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-72"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>72<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td>Two <a href="/wiki/Boeing_737_MAX" title="Boeing 737 MAX">737 MAX</a>'s on order<sup id="cite_ref-73" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-73"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>73<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Boeing_C-17_Globemaster_III" title="Boeing C-17 Globemaster III">Boeing C-17</a> </td> <td>United States </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Airlift#Strategic_airlift" title="Airlift">strategic airlifter</a> </td> <td> </td> <td>8<sup id="cite_ref-World_Air_Forces_2024_71-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-World_Air_Forces_2024-71"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>71<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Alenia_C-27J_Spartan" title="Alenia C-27J Spartan">Alenia C-27J Spartan</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Italy" title="Italy">Italy</a> </td> <td>utility transport </td> <td> </td> <td>10<sup id="cite_ref-World_Air_Forces_2024_71-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-World_Air_Forces_2024-71"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>71<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Beechcraft_Super_King_Air" title="Beechcraft Super King Air">Beechcraft Super King Air</a> </td> <td>United States </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Utility_aircraft" title="Utility aircraft">utility</a> / transport </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Beechcraft_Super_King_Air#Variants" title="Beechcraft Super King Air">350</a> </td> <td>8<sup id="cite_ref-World_Air_Forces_2024_71-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-World_Air_Forces_2024-71"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>71<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td>3 used for <a href="/wiki/Intelligence,_surveillance,_target_acquisition,_and_reconnaissance" title="Intelligence, surveillance, target acquisition, and reconnaissance">ISTAR</a> mission<sup id="cite_ref-74" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-74"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>74<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Dassault_Falcon_7x" class="mw-redirect" title="Dassault Falcon 7x">Dassault Falcon 7x</a> </td> <td>France </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Air_transports_of_heads_of_state_and_government" title="Air transports of heads of state and government">VIP transport</a> </td> <td> </td> <td>3<sup id="cite_ref-75" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-75"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>75<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Lockheed_Martin_C-130J_Super_Hercules" title="Lockheed Martin C-130J Super Hercules">Lockheed Martin C-130J Super Hercules</a> </td> <td>United States </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Airlift#Tactical_airlift" title="Airlift">tactical airlifter</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/C-130J#Variants" class="mw-redirect" title="C-130J">C-130J-30</a> </td> <td>12<sup id="cite_ref-World_Air_Forces_2024_71-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-World_Air_Forces_2024-71"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>71<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td>20 replacement C-130J on order </td></tr> <tr> <th style="align: center; background: lavender;" colspan="6"> <p><a href="/wiki/Trainer_aircraft" title="Trainer aircraft">Trainer aircraft</a> </p> </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/BAE_Systems_Hawk" title="BAE Systems Hawk">BAE Hawk</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/United_Kingdom" title="United Kingdom">United Kingdom</a> </td> <td>primary trainer </td> <td><a href="/wiki/BAE_Systems_Hawk#Hawk_127" title="BAE Systems Hawk">Hawk 127</a> </td> <td>33<sup id="cite_ref-World_Air_Forces_2024_71-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-World_Air_Forces_2024-71"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>71<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Pilatus_PC-21" title="Pilatus PC-21">Pilatus PC-21</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Switzerland" title="Switzerland">Switzerland</a> </td> <td>trainer </td> <td> </td> <td>49<sup id="cite_ref-World_Air_Forces_2024_71-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-World_Air_Forces_2024-71"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>71<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Beechcraft_Super_King_Air" title="Beechcraft Super King Air">Beechcraft Super King Air</a> </td> <td>United States </td> <td>multi-engine trainer </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Beechcraft_Super_King_Air#Variants" title="Beechcraft Super King Air">350</a> </td> <td>4<sup id="cite_ref-World_Air_Forces_2024_71-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-World_Air_Forces_2024-71"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>71<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <th style="align: center; background: lavender;" colspan="6"><a href="/wiki/Unmanned_aerial_vehicle" title="Unmanned aerial vehicle">UAV</a> </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Northrop_Grumman_MQ-4C_Triton" title="Northrop Grumman MQ-4C Triton">MQ-4C Triton</a> </td> <td>United States </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Atmospheric_satellite#HALE" class="mw-redirect" title="Atmospheric satellite">HALE</a> maritime <a href="/wiki/Intelligence,_surveillance,_target_acquisition,_and_reconnaissance" title="Intelligence, surveillance, target acquisition, and reconnaissance">ISR</a> </td> <td> </td> <td>1<sup id="cite_ref-76" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-76"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>76<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td>3 on order<sup id="cite_ref-77" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-77"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>77<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Boeing_MQ-28_Ghost_Bat" title="Boeing MQ-28 Ghost Bat">MQ-28 Ghost Bat</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Australia" title="Australia">Australia</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Artificial_intelligence" title="Artificial intelligence">AI</a> <a href="/wiki/Unmanned_combat_aerial_vehicle" title="Unmanned combat aerial vehicle">UCAV</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Loyal_Wingman" class="mw-redirect" title="Loyal Wingman">Loyal Wingman</a> </td> <td> </td> <td>13 on order (10 Block 1s and 3 Block 2s)<sup id="cite_ref-78" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-78"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>78<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-79" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-79"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>79<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-80" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-80"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>80<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Armament">Armament</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Royal_Australian_Air_Force&action=edit&section=21" title="Edit section: Armament"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:GBU-24_xxl.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a9/GBU-24_xxl.jpg/220px-GBU-24_xxl.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="54" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a9/GBU-24_xxl.jpg/330px-GBU-24_xxl.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a9/GBU-24_xxl.jpg/440px-GBU-24_xxl.jpg 2x" data-file-width="712" data-file-height="176" /></a><figcaption>Paveway II laser-guided bomb</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:AIM_9L_Sidewinder_(modified)_copy.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/AIM_9L_Sidewinder_%28modified%29_copy.jpg/220px-AIM_9L_Sidewinder_%28modified%29_copy.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="150" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/AIM_9L_Sidewinder_%28modified%29_copy.jpg/330px-AIM_9L_Sidewinder_%28modified%29_copy.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/AIM_9L_Sidewinder_%28modified%29_copy.jpg/440px-AIM_9L_Sidewinder_%28modified%29_copy.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4000" data-file-height="2727" /></a><figcaption>AIM-9L Sidewinder</figcaption></figure> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th style="text-align:center; background:#aabccc;">Name </th> <th style="text-align: center; background:#aabccc;">Origin </th> <th style="text-align: center; background:#aabccc;">Type </th> <th style="text-align: center; background:#aabccc;">Notes </th></tr> <tr> <th colspan="4" style="align: center; background: lavender;"><a href="/wiki/Air-to-air_missile" title="Air-to-air missile">Air-to-air missile</a> </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/ASRAAM" title="ASRAAM">ASRAAM</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/United_Kingdom" title="United Kingdom">United Kingdom</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Infrared_homing" title="Infrared homing">IR guided missile</a> </td> <td>420 units<sup id="cite_ref-sipri1_81-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-sipri1-81"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>81<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/AIM-120_AMRAAM" title="AIM-120 AMRAAM">AIM-120 AMRAAM</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/United_States" title="United States">United States</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Beyond-visual-range_missile" title="Beyond-visual-range missile">beyond-visual-range missile</a> </td> <td>535 units<sup id="cite_ref-sipri1_81-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-sipri1-81"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>81<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/AIM-9_Sidewinder" title="AIM-9 Sidewinder">AIM-9 Sidewinder</a> </td> <td>United States </td> <td>IR guided missile </td> <td>1466 units, of which 216 are <a href="/wiki/AIM-9X" class="mw-redirect" title="AIM-9X">AIM-9X</a><sup id="cite_ref-sipri1_81-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-sipri1-81"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>81<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="4" style="align: center; background: lavender;"><a href="/wiki/Air-to-surface_missile" title="Air-to-surface missile">Air-to-surface missile</a> </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/AGM-88_HARM" title="AGM-88 HARM">AGM-88 HARM</a> </td> <td>United States </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Anti-radiation_missile" title="Anti-radiation missile">anti-radiation missile</a> </td> <td>26 units<sup id="cite_ref-sipri1_81-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-sipri1-81"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>81<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/AGM-154" class="mw-redirect" title="AGM-154">AGM-154</a> </td> <td>United States </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Joint_Standoff_Weapon" class="mw-redirect" title="Joint Standoff Weapon">joint standoff</a> <a href="/wiki/Glide_bomb" title="Glide bomb">glide bomb</a> </td> <td>50 units<sup id="cite_ref-sipri1_81-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-sipri1-81"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>81<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/AGM-158" class="mw-redirect" title="AGM-158">AGM-158</a> </td> <td>United States </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Standoff_missile" title="Standoff missile">standoff</a> <a href="/wiki/Air-launched_cruise_missile" title="Air-launched cruise missile">air-launched cruise missile</a> </td> <td>80 units (<a href="/wiki/AGM-158_JASSM#AGM-158B_JASSM-ER" title="AGM-158 JASSM">B variant</a>)<sup id="cite_ref-82" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-82"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>82<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="4" style="align: center; background: lavender;"><a href="/wiki/General-purpose_bomb" title="General-purpose bomb">General-purpose bomb</a> </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/JDAM" class="mw-redirect" title="JDAM">JDAM</a> </td> <td>United States </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Precision-guided_munition" title="Precision-guided munition">precision-guided munition</a> </td> <td>350 units<sup id="cite_ref-sipri1_81-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-sipri1-81"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>81<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/GBU-15" title="GBU-15">GBU-15</a> </td> <td>United States </td> <td>precision-guided munition </td> <td>100 units<sup id="cite_ref-sipri1_81-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-sipri1-81"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>81<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/GBU-12_Paveway_II" title="GBU-12 Paveway II">GBU-12 Paveway II</a> </td> <td>United States </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Laser-guided_bomb" title="Laser-guided bomb">laser-guided bomb</a> </td> <td>350 units<sup id="cite_ref-sipri1_81-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-sipri1-81"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>81<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="4" style="align: center; background: lavender;"><a href="/wiki/Anti-ship_missile" title="Anti-ship missile">Anti-ship missile</a> </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Naval_Strike_Missile" title="Naval Strike Missile">Naval Strike Missile</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Norway" title="Norway">Norway</a> </td> <td>Anti-ship and land attack cruise missile </td> <td>$4 million per unit. To be equipped on F-35.<sup id="cite_ref-83" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-83"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>83<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/AGM-158C_LRASM" title="AGM-158C LRASM">AGM-158C LRASM</a> </td> <td>United States </td> <td>Stealth long range anti-ship missile. </td> <td>200 units<sup id="cite_ref-sipri1_81-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-sipri1-81"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>81<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> will be integrated onboard F/A-18F.<sup id="cite_ref-84" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-84"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>84<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Penguin_(missile)" title="Penguin (missile)">Penguin Mk 2</a> </td> <td>Norway </td> <td> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Mark_54_torpedo" class="mw-redirect" title="Mark 54 torpedo">Mark 54 torpedo</a> </td> <td>United States </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Anti-submarine_warfare" title="Anti-submarine warfare">anti-sub</a> weapon </td> <td>300<sup id="cite_ref-sipri1_81-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-sipri1-81"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>81<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Harpoon_(missile)" title="Harpoon (missile)">AGM-84 Harpoon</a> </td> <td>United States </td> <td> </td> <td>200<sup id="cite_ref-sipri1_81-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-sipri1-81"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>81<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Personnel">Personnel</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Royal_Australian_Air_Force&action=edit&section=22" title="Edit section: Personnel"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Strength">Strength</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Royal_Australian_Air_Force&action=edit&section=23" title="Edit section: Strength"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>As of June 2018, the RAAF had 14,313 permanent full-time personnel and 5,499 part-time active reserve personnel.<sup id="cite_ref-DefenceIssues2014_85-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-DefenceIssues2014-85"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>85<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Women">Women</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Royal_Australian_Air_Force&action=edit&section=24" title="Edit section: Women"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:The_first_women_to_become_RAAF_pilots_in_1988.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1f/The_first_women_to_become_RAAF_pilots_in_1988.jpg/220px-The_first_women_to_become_RAAF_pilots_in_1988.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="157" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1f/The_first_women_to_become_RAAF_pilots_in_1988.jpg/330px-The_first_women_to_become_RAAF_pilots_in_1988.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1f/The_first_women_to_become_RAAF_pilots_in_1988.jpg/440px-The_first_women_to_become_RAAF_pilots_in_1988.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2080" data-file-height="1480" /></a><figcaption>The first women to become RAAF pilots in 1988</figcaption></figure> <p>The RAAF established the <a href="/wiki/Women%27s_Auxiliary_Australian_Air_Force" title="Women's Auxiliary Australian Air Force">Women's Auxiliary Australian Air Force</a> (WAAAF) in March 1941, which then became the <a href="/wiki/Women%27s_Royal_Australian_Air_Force" title="Women's Royal Australian Air Force">Women's Royal Australian Air Force</a> (WRAAF) in 1951.<sup id="cite_ref-86" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-86"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>86<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The service merged with the RAAF in 1977; however, all <a href="/wiki/Women_in_the_Australian_military" title="Women in the Australian military">women in the Australian military</a> were barred from combat-related roles until 1990. Women have been eligible for flying roles in the RAAF since 1987, with the RAAF's first women pilots awarded their "wings" in 1988.<sup id="cite_ref-87" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-87"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>87<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 2016, the remaining restrictions on women in frontline combat roles were removed, and the first two female RAAF fast jet fighter pilots graduated in December 2017. Air Force has implemented several programs to assist women who choose a pilot career. Entry to the Graduate Pilot Scheme is open to women who are currently undertaking a Bachelor of Aviation (BAv). Once qualified, women pilots are able to access the Flying Females Mentoring Network. Men and women are required to undergo the same basic fitness tests to become a pilot; however the standards are lower for females. For some roles, the requirement cannot be adjusted for safety reasons.<sup id="cite_ref-88" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-88"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>88<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-89" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-89"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>89<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Ranks">Ranks</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Royal_Australian_Air_Force&action=edit&section=25" title="Edit section: Ranks"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Ranks_of_the_Royal_Australian_Air_Force" title="Ranks of the Royal Australian Air Force">Ranks of the Royal Australian Air Force</a></div> <p>The rank structure of the nascent RAAF was established to ensure that the service remained separate from the Army and Navy.<sup id="cite_ref-90" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-90"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>90<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The service's predecessors, the AFC and the AAC, had used the Army's rank structure. In November 1920 it was decided by the Air Board that the RAAF would adopt the structure adopted by the RAF the previous year.<sup id="cite_ref-mhhv_14-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-mhhv-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> As a result, the RAAF's rank structure came to be: Aircraftman, Leading Aircraftman, Corporal, Sergeant, Flight Sergeant, Warrant Officer, Officer Cadet, Pilot Officer, Flying Officer, Flight Lieutenant, Squadron Leader, Wing Commander, Group Captain, Air Commodore, Air Vice-Marshal, Air Marshal, Air Chief Marshal, and Marshal of the RAAF.<sup id="cite_ref-ranks_91-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ranks-91"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>91<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Officer_insignia">Officer insignia</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Royal_Australian_Air_Force&action=edit&section=26" title="Edit section: Officer insignia"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table style="border:1px solid #8888aa; background:#f7f8ff; text-align:center; padding:5px;"> <tbody><tr bgcolor="#CCCCCC"> <th colspan="1">Rank Grouping </th> <td colspan="5">General/Flag Officers </td> <td colspan="3">Field/Senior Officers </td> <td colspan="3">Junior Officers </td> <td colspan="1">Officer Cadet </td></tr> <tr> <th width="12%"><a href="/wiki/NATO" title="NATO">NATO Code</a> </th> <td width="7%">OF-10 </td> <td width="7%">OF-9 </td> <td width="7%">OF-8 </td> <td width="7%">OF-7 </td> <td width="7%">OF-6 </td> <td width="8%">OF-5 </td> <td width="8%">OF-4 </td> <td width="8%">OF-3 </td> <td width="8%">OF-2 </td> <td width="14%" colspan="2">OF-1 </td> <td width="14%" colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Officer_candidate" title="Officer candidate">OF(D)</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th><span 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title="Air Commodore (Australia)">Air Commodore</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Group_Captain#Australia" class="mw-redirect" title="Group Captain">Group Captain</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wing_Commander#Australia" class="mw-redirect" title="Wing Commander">Wing Commander</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Squadron_Leader#Australia" class="mw-redirect" title="Squadron Leader">Squadron Leader</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Flight_Lieutenant#Australia" class="mw-redirect" title="Flight Lieutenant">Flight Lieutenant</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Flying_Officer#Australia" class="mw-redirect" title="Flying Officer">Flying Officer</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Pilot_Officer#United_Kingdom_and_Commonwealth" class="mw-redirect" title="Pilot Officer">Pilot Officer</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Officer_Cadet#United_Kingdom" class="mw-redirect" title="Officer Cadet">Officer Cadet</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th>Abbreviation: </th> <td>MRAAF </td> <td>ACM </td> <td>AIRMSHL </td> <td>AVM </td> <td>AIRCDRE </td> <td>GPCAPT </td> <td>WGCDR </td> <td>SQNLDR </td> <td>FLTLT </td> <td>FLGOFF </td> <td>PLTOFF </td> <td>OFFCDT </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Other_ranks_insignia">Other ranks insignia</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Royal_Australian_Air_Force&action=edit&section=27" title="Edit section: Other ranks insignia"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table style="border:1px solid #8888aa; background:#f7f8ff; text-align:center; padding:5px;"> <tbody><tr bgcolor="#CCCCCC"> <th colspan="1">Rank Group </th> <td colspan="2" width="22%">Warrant Officer </td> <td colspan="2" width="22%">Senior Non-Commissioned Officer </td> <td colspan="1">Junior Non-Commissioned Officer </td> <td colspan="3">Other ranks </td></tr> <tr> <th width="10%"><a href="/wiki/NATO" title="NATO">NATO Code</a> </th> <td colspan="2">OR-9 </td> <td colspan="1">OR-8 </td> <td>OR-6 </td> <td width="15%">OR-5 </td> <td width="9%">OR-3 </td> <td width="9%">OR-2 </td> <td width="9%">OR-1 </td></tr> <tr> <th><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/38/Air_Force_Ensign_of_Australia.svg/23px-Air_Force_Ensign_of_Australia.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/38/Air_Force_Ensign_of_Australia.svg/35px-Air_Force_Ensign_of_Australia.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/38/Air_Force_Ensign_of_Australia.svg/46px-Air_Force_Ensign_of_Australia.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></span></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Australia" title="Australia">Australia</a> <i>Other Ranks Insignia</i> </th> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:RAAF_E9_(OR9)_WOFF-AF_rank_ins.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ce/RAAF_E9_%28OR9%29_WOFF-AF_rank_ins.svg/100px-RAAF_E9_%28OR9%29_WOFF-AF_rank_ins.svg.png" decoding="async" width="100" height="179" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ce/RAAF_E9_%28OR9%29_WOFF-AF_rank_ins.svg/150px-RAAF_E9_%28OR9%29_WOFF-AF_rank_ins.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ce/RAAF_E9_%28OR9%29_WOFF-AF_rank_ins.svg/199px-RAAF_E9_%28OR9%29_WOFF-AF_rank_ins.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="918" /></a></span> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:RAAF_E9_(OR9)_WOFF_rank_ins_01.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/10/RAAF_E9_%28OR9%29_WOFF_rank_ins_01.svg/100px-RAAF_E9_%28OR9%29_WOFF_rank_ins_01.svg.png" decoding="async" width="100" height="179" class="mw-file-element" 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data-file-height="918" /></a></span> </td> <td width="9%"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:RAAF_E_6(OR6)_SGT_rank_ins.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bf/RAAF_E_6%28OR6%29_SGT_rank_ins.svg/100px-RAAF_E_6%28OR6%29_SGT_rank_ins.svg.png" decoding="async" width="100" height="179" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bf/RAAF_E_6%28OR6%29_SGT_rank_ins.svg/150px-RAAF_E_6%28OR6%29_SGT_rank_ins.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bf/RAAF_E_6%28OR6%29_SGT_rank_ins.svg/199px-RAAF_E_6%28OR6%29_SGT_rank_ins.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="918" /></a></span> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:RAAF_E_5(OR5)_CPL_rank_ins.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d0/RAAF_E_5%28OR5%29_CPL_rank_ins.svg/100px-RAAF_E_5%28OR5%29_CPL_rank_ins.svg.png" decoding="async" width="100" height="179" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d0/RAAF_E_5%28OR5%29_CPL_rank_ins.svg/150px-RAAF_E_5%28OR5%29_CPL_rank_ins.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d0/RAAF_E_5%28OR5%29_CPL_rank_ins.svg/199px-RAAF_E_5%28OR5%29_CPL_rank_ins.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="918" /></a></span> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:RAAF_E_3(OR3)_LAC_rank_ins.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cf/RAAF_E_3%28OR3%29_LAC_rank_ins.svg/100px-RAAF_E_3%28OR3%29_LAC_rank_ins.svg.png" decoding="async" width="100" height="179" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cf/RAAF_E_3%28OR3%29_LAC_rank_ins.svg/150px-RAAF_E_3%28OR3%29_LAC_rank_ins.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cf/RAAF_E_3%28OR3%29_LAC_rank_ins.svg/199px-RAAF_E_3%28OR3%29_LAC_rank_ins.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="918" /></a></span> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:RAAF_E_2(OR2)_AC_rank_ins.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/08/RAAF_E_2%28OR2%29_AC_rank_ins.svg/100px-RAAF_E_2%28OR2%29_AC_rank_ins.svg.png" decoding="async" width="100" height="179" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/08/RAAF_E_2%28OR2%29_AC_rank_ins.svg/150px-RAAF_E_2%28OR2%29_AC_rank_ins.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/08/RAAF_E_2%28OR2%29_AC_rank_ins.svg/199px-RAAF_E_2%28OR2%29_AC_rank_ins.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="918" /></a></span> </td> <td width="9%"><i>No insignia</i><hr style="height:4px" /> </td></tr> <tr> <th>Rank Title: </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Warrant_Officer_of_the_Air_Force" title="Warrant Officer of the Air Force">Warrant Officer of the Air Force</a> </td> <td colspan="1"><a href="/wiki/Warrant_Officer#Australia" class="mw-redirect" title="Warrant Officer">Warrant Officer</a> </td> <td colspan="1"><a href="/wiki/Flight_Sergeant#Australia" class="mw-redirect" title="Flight Sergeant">Flight Sergeant</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Sergeant" title="Sergeant">Sergeant</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Corporal" title="Corporal">Corporal</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Leading_Aircraftman" class="mw-redirect" title="Leading Aircraftman">Leading Aircraftman/<br />Aircraftwoman</a> </td> <td colspan="1"><a href="/wiki/Aircraftman" title="Aircraftman">Aircraftman/<br />Aircraftwoman</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Military_recruitment" title="Military recruitment">Recruit</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th>Abbreviation: </th> <td colspan="1">WOFF-AF </td> <td colspan="1">WOFF </td> <td colspan="1">FSGT </td> <td>SGT </td> <td>CPL </td> <td>LAC/LACW </td> <td colspan="1">AC/ACW </td> <td>ACR/ACWR </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Uniforms">Uniforms</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Royal_Australian_Air_Force&action=edit&section=28" title="Edit section: Uniforms"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In 1922, the colour of the RAAF winter uniform was determined by Air Marshal Sir <a href="/wiki/Richard_Williams_(RAAF_officer)" title="Richard Williams (RAAF officer)">Richard Williams</a> on a visit to the Geelong Wool Mill. He asked for one dye dip fewer than the RAN blue (three indigo dips rather than four). There was a change to a lighter blue-grey when an all-seasons uniform was introduced in 1972 by Chief of Air Force Air Marshal Colin Hannah. The original colour and style were re-adopted from 1 January 2000 under direction from the then CAF Air Marshal Errol McCormack.<sup id="cite_ref-92" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-92"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>92<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-93" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-93"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>93<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-94" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-94"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>94<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Slip-on rank <a href="/wiki/Epaulette" title="Epaulette">epaulettes</a>, known as "Soft Rank Insignia" (SRI), displaying the word <small>"AUSTRALIA"</small> are worn on the shoulders of the service dress uniform.<sup id="cite_ref-ranks_91-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ranks-91"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>91<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> When not in the service dress or "ceremonial" uniform, RAAF personnel wear the <a href="/wiki/General_Purpose_Uniform" title="General Purpose Uniform">General Purpose Uniform</a> (GPU) as a working dress, which is a blue version of the <a href="/wiki/Australian_Multicam_Camouflage_Uniform" title="Australian Multicam Camouflage Uniform">Australian Multicam Camouflage Uniform</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-95" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-95"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>95<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Roundel_and_badge">Roundel and badge</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Royal_Australian_Air_Force&action=edit&section=29" title="Edit section: Roundel and badge"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Originally, the air force used the red, white and blue roundel of the RAF. However, during the Second World War the inner red circle, which was visually similar to the Japanese <i><a href="/wiki/Flag_of_Japan" title="Flag of Japan">hinomaru</a></i>, was removed after a <a href="/wiki/No._11_Squadron_RAAF" title="No. 11 Squadron RAAF">No. 11 Squadron</a> Catalina was mistaken for a Japanese aircraft and attacked by a <a href="/wiki/Grumman_F4F_Wildcat" title="Grumman F4F Wildcat">Grumman Wildcat</a> of <a href="/wiki/VMFA-212" title="VMFA-212">VMF-212</a> of the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Marine_Corps" title="United States Marine Corps">United States Marine Corps</a> on 27 June 1942.<sup id="cite_ref-roundel_96-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-roundel-96"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>96<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-97" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-97"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>97<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> After the war, a range of options for the RAAF roundel was proposed, including the <a href="/wiki/Southern_Cross" class="mw-redirect" title="Southern Cross">Southern Cross</a>, a <a href="/wiki/Boomerang" title="Boomerang">boomerang</a>, a sprig of <a href="/wiki/Acacia_sensu_lato" title="Acacia sensu lato">wattle</a>, and a <a href="/wiki/Red_kangaroo" title="Red kangaroo">red kangaroo</a>. On 2 July 1956, the current version of the roundel was formally adopted. This consists of a white inner circle with a red kangaroo surrounded by a royal blue circle. The kangaroo faces left, except when used on aircraft or vehicles, when the kangaroo should always face forward.<sup id="cite_ref-roundel_96-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-roundel-96"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>96<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Low visibility versions of the roundel exist, with the white omitted and the red and blue replaced with light or dark grey.<sup id="cite_ref-98" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-98"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>98<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The RAAF badge was accepted by the <a href="/wiki/Chester_Herald" title="Chester Herald">Chester Herald</a> in 1939. The badge is composed of the <a href="/wiki/St_Edward%27s_Crown" title="St Edward's Crown">St Edward's Crown</a> mounted on a circle featuring the words Royal Australian Air Force, beneath which scroll work displays the Latin motto <i><a href="/wiki/Per_Ardua_Ad_Astra" class="mw-redirect" title="Per Ardua Ad Astra">Per Ardua Ad Astra</a></i>, which it shares with the Royal Air Force. Surmounting the badge is a <a href="/wiki/Wedge-tailed_eagle" title="Wedge-tailed eagle">wedge-tailed eagle</a>. <i>Per Ardua Ad Astra</i> is attributed with the meaning "Through Adversity to the Stars" and is from <a href="/wiki/H._Rider_Haggard" title="H. Rider Haggard">Sir Henry Rider Haggard's</a> novel <i><a href="/wiki/The_People_of_the_Mist" title="The People of the Mist">The People of the Mist</a></i>.<sup id="cite_ref-badge_99-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-badge-99"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>99<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Music">Music</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Royal_Australian_Air_Force&action=edit&section=30" title="Edit section: Music"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The "Eagles of Australia" is the official march of the RAAF and is played as a quick march when the RAAF bands perform public duties in the capital. Composed by the RAAF's Director of Music, Squadron Leader Ron Mitchell (who was also director of the <a href="/wiki/Royal_Australian_Air_Force_Band" title="Royal Australian Air Force Band">Air Force Band</a>), it was officially adopted as the RAAF's new march music on 23 March 1983, replacing the <a href="/wiki/Royal_Air_Force_March_Past" title="Royal Air Force March Past">Royal Air Force March Past</a>, which had long been the RAAF's march as well as the marchpast of other Commonwealth air forces. Subsequently, journalist Frank Cranston wrote lyrics to the march and a musical score was produced by September of the following year.<sup id="cite_ref-100" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-100"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>100<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Roulettes">Roulettes</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Royal_Australian_Air_Force&action=edit&section=31" title="Edit section: Roulettes"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Roulettes" title="Roulettes">Roulettes</a></div> <p>The Roulettes are the RAAF's formation <a href="/wiki/Aerobatics" title="Aerobatics">aerobatic</a> display team. They perform around Australia and Southeast Asia, and are part of the RAAF Central Flying School (CFS) based at <a href="/wiki/RAAF_Base_East_Sale" title="RAAF Base East Sale">RAAF Base East Sale</a>, Victoria.<sup id="cite_ref-101" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-101"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>101<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Roulettes operate the <a href="/wiki/Pilatus_PC-21" title="Pilatus PC-21">Pilatus PC-21</a> and formations for shows are a group of six aircraft. The pilots learn many formations including loops, rolls, corkscrews and ripple rolls. Most of the performances are done at a low altitude of 500 feet (150 metres).<sup id="cite_ref-102" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-102"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>102<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div style="clear:both;" class=""></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Future_procurement">Future procurement</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Royal_Australian_Air_Force&action=edit&section=32" title="Edit section: Future procurement"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:A35-001_in_flight.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2f/A35-001_in_flight.jpg/220px-A35-001_in_flight.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="146" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2f/A35-001_in_flight.jpg/330px-A35-001_in_flight.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2f/A35-001_in_flight.jpg/440px-A35-001_in_flight.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4928" data-file-height="3280" /></a><figcaption>The first Australian F-35A takes off from Luke AFB on a test sortie in 2015</figcaption></figure> <p>This list includes aircraft on order or a requirement which has been identified: </p> <ul><li>Up to 100 <a href="/wiki/Lockheed_Martin_F-35_Lightning_II" title="Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II">F-35A Lightning II</a> (<a href="/wiki/CTOL" title="CTOL">CTOL</a> variant) with no fewer than 72 aircraft acquired to equip three operational squadrons and an operational conversion unit. The remaining aircraft will be acquired in conjunction with the withdrawal of the F/A-18F Super Hornets after 2020 to ensure no gap in Australia's overall air combat capability occurs. On 25 November 2009, Australia committed to placing a first order for 14 aircraft at a cost of <a href="/wiki/Australian_dollar" title="Australian dollar">A$</a>3.2 billion with deliveries to begin in 2014.<sup id="cite_ref-Aus_order_14_F-35_103-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Aus_order_14_F-35-103"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>103<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-104" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-104"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>104<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In May 2012, the decision to purchase 12 F-35s from the initial 14 order was deferred until 2014 as part of wider ADF procurement deferments to balance the Federal Government budget.<sup id="cite_ref-105" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-105"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>105<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On 23 April 2014, Australia confirmed the purchase of 58 F-35A Lightning II fighters in addition to the 14 already ordered. Up to a further 28 aircraft may be acquired.<sup id="cite_ref-C4WDefault-7772118_106-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-C4WDefault-7772118-106"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>106<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-C4WDefault-1040671_107-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-C4WDefault-1040671-107"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>107<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The first two Australian F-35A Lightning II fighters were rolled out in July 2014, and began flying training flights with the USAF <a href="/wiki/61st_Fighter_Squadron" title="61st Fighter Squadron">61st Fighter Squadron</a> in December 2014.<sup id="cite_ref-108" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-108"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>108<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-First_Australian_F-35_Luke_AFB_109-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-First_Australian_F-35_Luke_AFB-109"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>109<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>A further seven <a href="/wiki/Boeing_P-8A_Poseidon" class="mw-redirect" title="Boeing P-8A Poseidon">Boeing P-8A Poseidons</a> to be purchased and brought into service by the late 2020s, bringing the total number of aircraft to fifteen, was announced in the <i><a href="/wiki/2016_Defence_White_Paper" title="2016 Defence White Paper">2016 Defence White Paper</a></i>.<sup id="cite_ref-110" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-110"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>110<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Six <a href="/wiki/Northrop_Grumman_MQ-4C_Triton" title="Northrop Grumman MQ-4C Triton">MQ-4C</a> Triton unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) to expand the surveillance of Australia's maritime approaches, with the possibility of purchasing a seventh air frame.<sup id="cite_ref-:1_111-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-111"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>111<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The drones will cost approximately A$6.9 billion <a href="/wiki/Whole-life_cost" title="Whole-life cost">over their entire life-time</a>, with the fleet expected to be in service by late 2025.<sup id="cite_ref-112" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-112"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>112<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> They will be based at <a href="/wiki/RAAF_Base_Edinburgh" title="RAAF Base Edinburgh">RAAF Base Edinburgh</a> however will regularly conduct missions from <a href="/wiki/RAAF_Base_Tindal" title="RAAF Base Tindal">RAAF Base Tindal</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-113" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-113"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>113<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>A possible further two <a href="/wiki/Airbus_A330_MRTT" title="Airbus A330 MRTT">KC-30As</a> to support the incoming P-8A fleet, which would bring the total number of aircraft to nine, was announced in the <i>2016 Defence White Paper</i>.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEDefence_White_Paper201695–96_114-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEDefence_White_Paper201695–96-114"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>114<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>In May 2020, <a href="/wiki/Boeing_Australia" title="Boeing Australia">Boeing Australia</a> unveiled the <a href="/wiki/Boeing_MQ-28_Ghost_Bat" title="Boeing MQ-28 Ghost Bat">Airpower Teaming System</a> (ATS), a joint partnership between the company and the RAAF. The Airpower Teaming System is an unmanned aircraft incorporating artificial intelligence; the aircraft is the first of its kind to be produced in Australia and the first aircraft to be designed and manufactured in Australia for over 50 years.</li> <li>A$4–5 billion project to replace the BAE Hawk 127 lead-in fighter trainer was announced in the <i>2016 Integrated Investment Program</i> that accompanied the <i>2016 Defence White Paper</i>. The project has a timeframe of 2022 to 2033.<sup id="cite_ref-115" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-115"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>115<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Four <a href="/wiki/MC-55A_Peregrine" class="mw-redirect" title="MC-55A Peregrine">MC-55A Peregrine</a> <a href="/wiki/SIGINT" class="mw-redirect" title="SIGINT">SIGINT</a> and <a href="/wiki/ELINT" class="mw-redirect" title="ELINT">ELINT</a> <a href="/wiki/Intelligence_gathering" class="mw-redirect" title="Intelligence gathering">intelligence gathering</a> aircraft, based on the <a href="/wiki/Gulfstream_G550" title="Gulfstream G550">Gulfstream G550</a>, in a A$2.5 billion procurement.<sup id="cite_ref-116" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-116"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>116<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-117" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-117"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>117<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>In July 2020, Prime Minister <a href="/wiki/Scott_Morrison" title="Scott Morrison">Scott Morrison</a> announced that Australia would acquire the <a href="/wiki/AGM-158C_LRASM" title="AGM-158C LRASM">AGM-158C Long Range Anti-Ship Missile</a> (LRASM) for the F/A-18F Super Hornet.<sup id="cite_ref-118" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-118"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>118<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In September 2021, Morrison announced that Australia would acquire the <a href="/wiki/AGM-158_JASSM#AGM-158B_JASSM-ER" title="AGM-158 JASSM">AGM-158B Joint Air-to-Surface Standoff Missile</a> (JASSM-ER) for the F/A-18F Super Hornet and F-35A fighters.<sup id="cite_ref-Pursuenuclear_119-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Pursuenuclear-119"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>119<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>A$4.9–7.3 billion project to acquire a Medium Range Ground Based Air Defence capability to defend deployed airfields, command centres and other valuable assets from enemy air attack.<sup id="cite_ref-120" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-120"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>120<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-121" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-121"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>121<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEDefence_White_Paper201696_122-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEDefence_White_Paper201696-122"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>122<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The project has a timeframe of mid to late 2020s.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEDefence_White_Paper201696_122-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEDefence_White_Paper201696-122"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>122<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The project had been named Medium Range Air and Missile Defence in the <i>2016 Integrated Investment Program</i>.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEIntegrated_Investment_Program201693,_100,_101_123-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEIntegrated_Investment_Program201693,_100,_101-123"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>123<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Q171_124-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Q171-124"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>124<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The project was also renamed and renumbered to AIR6502 Phase 1 from AIR6500 Phase 2 for the <i>2020 Force Structure Plan</i>.<sup id="cite_ref-Q171_124-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Q171-124"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>124<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>The full replacement and expansion of the existing 12 <a href="/wiki/Lockheed_Martin_C-130J_Super_Hercules" title="Lockheed Martin C-130J Super Hercules">C-130J Super Hercules</a> fleet to 20 aircraft.<sup id="cite_ref-125" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-125"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>125<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Announced in July 2023 by <a href="/wiki/Minister_for_Defence_(Australia)" title="Minister for Defence (Australia)">Defence Minister</a> <a href="/wiki/Richard_Marles" title="Richard Marles">Richard Marles</a>, the fleet expansion and renewal is budgeted at A$9.8 billion.<sup id="cite_ref-126" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-126"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>126<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Australia plans to, via <a href="/wiki/SCIFiRE" title="SCIFiRE">SCIFiRE</a>, acquire a Mach 5-8 <a href="/wiki/Hypersonic_weapon" title="Hypersonic weapon">hypersonic</a> <a href="/wiki/Air-launched_cruise_missile" title="Air-launched cruise missile">air-launched cruise missile</a> in collaboration with the <a href="/wiki/United_States" title="United States">United States</a>, as of 2021, the date for the receiving of these missiles is stated at 5–10 years.<sup id="cite_ref-127" 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Taylor & Francis. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/9780815318835" title="Special:BookSources/9780815318835"><bdi>9780815318835</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=World+War+II+in+the+Pacific%3A+An+Encyclopedia&rft.series=Military+History+of+the+United+States+Series&rft.pub=Taylor+%26+Francis&rft.date=2001&rft.isbn=9780815318835&rft.aulast=Sandler&rft.aufirst=Stanley&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ARoyal+Australian+Air+Force" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation book cs1">Spencer, Alex M (2020). <i>British Imperial Air Power: The Royal Air Forces and the Defense of Australia and New Zealand Between the World Wars</i>. 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New York: Putnam. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0399122176" title="Special:BookSources/0399122176"><bdi>0399122176</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Encyclopedia+of+Aircraft&rft.place=New+York&rft.pub=Putnam&rft.date=1978&rft.isbn=0399122176&rft.aulast=Taylor&rft.aufirst=Michael+John+Haddrick&rft.au=Taylor%2C+John+William+Ransom&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ARoyal+Australian+Air+Force" class="Z3988"></span></li></ul> </div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Further_reading">Further reading</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Royal_Australian_Air_Force&action=edit&section=39" title="Edit section: Further reading"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239549316"><div class="refbegin refbegin-columns references-column-width" style="column-width: 30em"> <ul><li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFAshworth1999" class="citation book cs1">Ashworth, Norman (1999). <i>How Not To Run An Air Force! The Higher Command of the Royal Australian Air Force During the Second World War</i>. Australia: Royal Australian Air Force Air Power Development Centre. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-642-26550-X" title="Special:BookSources/0-642-26550-X"><bdi>0-642-26550-X</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=How+Not+To+Run+An+Air+Force%21+The+Higher+Command+of+the+Royal+Australian+Air+Force+During+the+Second+World+War&rft.place=Australia&rft.pub=Royal+Australian+Air+Force+Air+Power+Development+Centre&rft.date=1999&rft.isbn=0-642-26550-X&rft.aulast=Ashworth&rft.aufirst=Norman&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ARoyal+Australian+Air+Force" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFMcPhedran2011" class="citation book cs1">McPhedran, Ian (2011). <i>Air Force: Inside the New era of Australian Air Power</i>. Australia: Harper Collins Publishers. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-7322-9025-2" title="Special:BookSources/978-0-7322-9025-2"><bdi>978-0-7322-9025-2</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Air+Force%3A+Inside+the+New+era+of+Australian+Air+Power&rft.place=Australia&rft.pub=Harper+Collins+Publishers&rft.date=2011&rft.isbn=978-0-7322-9025-2&rft.aulast=McPhedran&rft.aufirst=Ian&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ARoyal+Australian+Air+Force" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFRoyal_Australian_Air_Force2013" class="citation book cs1">Royal Australian Air Force (September 2013). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://airpower.airforce.gov.au/Publications/Details/534/The-Air-Power-Manual---6th-Edition.aspx"><i>The Air Power Manual</i></a> (6th ed.). Canberra: Department of Defence, Air Power Development Centre. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-1-9208-0090-1" title="Special:BookSources/978-1-9208-0090-1"><bdi>978-1-9208-0090-1</bdi></a>. <q>reprinted with corrections May 2014</q></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=The+Air+Power+Manual&rft.place=Canberra&rft.edition=6th&rft.pub=Department+of+Defence%2C+Air+Power+Development+Centre&rft.date=2013-09&rft.isbn=978-1-9208-0090-1&rft.au=Royal+Australian+Air+Force&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fairpower.airforce.gov.au%2FPublications%2FDetails%2F534%2FThe-Air-Power-Manual---6th-Edition.aspx&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ARoyal+Australian+Air+Force" class="Z3988"></span></li></ul> </div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="External_links">External links</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span 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class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Services</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Naval_Ensign_of_Australia.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/38/Naval_Ensign_of_Australia.svg/50px-Naval_Ensign_of_Australia.svg.png" decoding="async" width="50" height="25" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/38/Naval_Ensign_of_Australia.svg/75px-Naval_Ensign_of_Australia.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/38/Naval_Ensign_of_Australia.svg/100px-Naval_Ensign_of_Australia.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1280" data-file-height="640" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/Royal_Australian_Navy" title="Royal Australian Navy">Royal Australian Navy</a></li> <li><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Flag_of_Australia_(converted).svg" 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href="/wiki/Minister_for_Defence_Personnel" title="Minister for Defence Personnel">Minister for Defence Personnel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Minister_for_Defence_Industry" class="mw-redirect" title="Minister for Defence Industry">Minister for Defence Industry</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Security_Committee_(Australia)" title="National Security Committee (Australia)">National Security Committee of Cabinet</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Department_of_Defence_(Australia)#Secretary_of_Defence" class="mw-redirect" title="Department of Defence (Australia)">Secretary of Defence</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chief_of_the_Defence_Force_(Australia)" title="Chief of the Defence Force (Australia)">Chief of the Defence Force</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vice_Chief_of_the_Defence_Force_(Australia)" title="Vice Chief of the Defence Force (Australia)">Vice Chief of the Defence Force</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chief_of_Army_(Australia)" title="Chief of Army (Australia)">Chief of Army</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chief_of_Navy_(Australia)" title="Chief of Navy (Australia)">Chief of Navy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chief_of_Air_Force_(Australia)" title="Chief of Air Force (Australia)">Chief of Air Force</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chief_of_Joint_Operations_(Australia)" title="Chief of Joint Operations (Australia)">Chief of Joint Operations</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Senior_Australian_Defence_Organisation_Positions" title="Senior Australian Defence Organisation Positions">Senior Positions</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Current_senior_Australian_Defence_Organisation_personnel" title="Current senior Australian Defence Organisation personnel">Senior Personnel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Inspector-General_of_the_Australian_Defence_Force" title="Inspector-General of the Australian Defence Force">Inspector-General of the Australian Defence Force</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Structure</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Australian_Defence_Organisation" title="Australian Defence Organisation">Australian Defence Organisation</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Australia%27s_Federation_Guard" title="Australia's Federation Guard">Australia's Federation Guard</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Force_Element_Group" title="Force Element Group">Force Element Group</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Special_forces_of_Australia" title="Special forces of Australia">Special Forces</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vice_Chief_of_the_Defence_Force_(Australia)#VCDF_Group" title="Vice Chief of the Defence Force (Australia)">Vice Chief of the Defence Force Group</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chief_of_Joint_Operations_(Australia)" title="Chief of Joint Operations (Australia)">Joint Operations Command</a> (<a href="/wiki/Headquarters_Joint_Operations_Command_(Australia)" title="Headquarters Joint Operations Command (Australia)">Headquarters Joint Operations Command</a>, <a href="/wiki/Northern_Command_(Australia)" title="Northern Command (Australia)">Northern Command</a>, <a href="/wiki/Maritime_Border_Command_(Australia)" class="mw-redirect" title="Maritime Border Command (Australia)">Maritime Border Command</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chief_of_Joint_Capabilities" title="Chief of Joint Capabilities">Joint Capabilities Group</a> (Joint Logistics Command, <a href="/wiki/Joint_Health_Command_(Australia)" title="Joint Health Command (Australia)">Joint Health Command</a>, <a href="/wiki/Australian_Defence_College" title="Australian Defence College">Australian Defence College</a>, <a href="/wiki/Australian_Defence_Force_Academy" title="Australian Defence Force Academy">Australian Defence Force Academy</a>, <a href="/wiki/Joint_Military_Police_Unit_(Australia)" class="mw-redirect" title="Joint Military Police Unit (Australia)">Joint Military Police Unit</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Judge_Advocate_General_(Australia)" title="Judge Advocate General (Australia)">Judge Advocate General</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fleet_Command_(Australia)" title="Fleet Command (Australia)">Fleet Command</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Forces_Command_(Australia)" title="Forces Command (Australia)">Forces Command</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/RAAF_Air_Command" title="RAAF Air Command">Air Command</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Army_Aviation_Command_(Australia)" title="Army Aviation Command (Australia)">Aviation Command</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Defence_Space_Command" title="Defence Space Command">Defence Space Command</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Special_Operations_Command_(Australia)" title="Special Operations Command (Australia)">Special Operations Command</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1st_Division_(Australia)" title="1st Division (Australia)">1st Division (Deployable Joint Force Headquarters)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Navy_Strategic_Command" class="mw-redirect" title="Navy Strategic Command">Navy Strategic Command</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Australian_Defence_Force#Personnel" title="Australian Defence Force">Personnel<br /> and training</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Australian_Defence_Force_ranks" title="Australian Defence Force ranks">Australian Defence Force ranks and insignia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Australian_Defence_Force#Reserves" title="Australian Defence Force">Australian Defence Force Reserves</a> (<a href="/wiki/Royal_Australian_Naval_Reserve" title="Royal Australian Naval Reserve">Royal Australian Naval Reserve</a>, <a href="/wiki/Australian_Army_Reserve" title="Australian Army Reserve">Australian Army Reserve</a>, <a href="/wiki/Air_Force_Reserve_(Australia)" title="Air Force Reserve (Australia)">Royal Australian Air Force Reserve</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Australian_Defence_Force_Cadets" title="Australian Defence Force Cadets">Australian Defence Force Cadets</a> (<a href="/wiki/Australian_Navy_Cadets" title="Australian Navy Cadets">Australian Navy Cadets</a>, <a href="/wiki/Australian_Army_Cadets" title="Australian Army Cadets">Australian Army Cadets</a>, <a href="/wiki/Australian_Air_Force_Cadets" title="Australian Air Force Cadets">Australian Air Force Cadets</a>, <a href="/wiki/National_Cadet_Advisory_Council" class="mw-redirect" title="National Cadet Advisory Council">National Cadet Advisory Council</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Women_in_the_Australian_military" title="Women in the Australian military">Women in the Australian military</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sexual_orientation_and_gender_identity_in_the_Australian_military" title="Sexual orientation and gender identity in the Australian military">Sexual orientation and gender identity in the Australian military</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Conscription_in_Australia" title="Conscription in Australia">Conscription</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Defence_Force_Discipline_Act_1982" title="Defence Force Discipline Act 1982">Defence Force Discipline Act 1982</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Australian_Defence_Force_Basic_Flying_Training_School" title="Australian Defence Force Basic Flying Training School">Australian Defence Force Basic Flying Training School</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Category:Australian_military_uniforms" title="Category:Australian military uniforms">Military Uniforms</a> (<a href="/wiki/Australian_Multicam_Camouflage_Uniform" title="Australian Multicam Camouflage Uniform">Australian Multicam Camouflage Uniform</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Department_of_Veterans%27_Affairs_(Australia)" title="Department of Veterans' Affairs (Australia)">Department of Veterans' Affairs</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Veterans%27_Review_Board" title="Veterans' Review Board">Veterans' Review Board</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Australian_Defence_Force#Military_intelligence_and_surveillance" title="Australian Defence Force">Intelligence</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Defence_Intelligence_Organisation" title="Defence Intelligence Organisation">Defence Intelligence Organisation</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Australian_Signals_Directorate" title="Australian Signals Directorate">Australian Signals Directorate</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Australian_Geospatial-Intelligence_Organisation" title="Australian Geospatial-Intelligence Organisation">Australian Geospatial-Intelligence Organisation</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pine_Gap" title="Pine Gap">Joint Defence Facility Pine Gap</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Defence_Strategic_Policy_and_Intelligence_Group" title="Defence Strategic Policy and Intelligence Group">Defence Strategic Policy and Intelligence Group</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Strategy</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Australia%E2%80%93United_States_relations" title="Australia–United States relations">Australian–US Alliance</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/ANZUS" title="ANZUS">Australia, New Zealand, United States Security Treaty</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Five_Power_Defence_Arrangements" title="Five Power Defence Arrangements">Five Power Defence Arrangements</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Defence_Strategic_Policy_and_Intelligence_Group" title="Defence Strategic Policy and Intelligence Group">Defence Strategic Policy and Intelligence Group</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Defending_Australia_in_the_Asia_Pacific_Century:_Force_2030" title="Defending Australia in the Asia Pacific Century: Force 2030">Defending Australia in the Asia Pacific Century White Paper</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Defence_of_Australia_policy" title="Defence of Australia policy">Defence of Australia policy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dibb_Report" title="Dibb Report">Review of Australia's Defence Capabilities Report</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Australian_Strategic_Policy_Institute" title="Australian Strategic Policy Institute">Australian Strategic Policy Institute</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Strategic_and_Defence_Studies_Centre" title="Strategic and Defence Studies Centre">Australian National University Strategic and Defence Studies Centre</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Equipment</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Capability_Acquisition_and_Sustainment_Group" title="Capability Acquisition and Sustainment Group">Capability Acquisition and Sustainment Group</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_equipment_of_the_Australian_Army" title="List of equipment of the Australian Army">Army equipment</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_guns_and_mortars_used_by_the_Royal_Regiment_of_Australian_Artillery" title="List of guns and mortars used by the Royal Regiment of Australian Artillery">Army artillery</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_active_Royal_Australian_Navy_ships" title="List of active Royal Australian Navy ships">Naval ships</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink-fragment" href="#Weaponry">Air Force Weaponry</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_aircraft_of_the_Royal_Australian_Air_Force" title="List of aircraft of the Royal Australian Air Force">Air Force aircraft</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/List_of_Australian_military_bases" title="List of Australian military bases">Installations</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Australian_military_bases" title="List of Australian military bases">Military Installations</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Royal_Australian_Navy_bases" title="List of Royal Australian Navy bases">Naval Installations</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Category:Australian_Army_bases" title="Category:Australian Army bases">Army Installations</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Royal_Australian_Air_Force_installations" title="List of Royal Australian Air Force installations">Air Force Installations</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Culture</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Australian_War_Memorial" title="Australian War Memorial">Australian War Memorial</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Anzac_spirit" title="Anzac spirit">Anzac spirit</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Weary_Dunlop" title="Weary Dunlop">Weary Dunlop</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Simpson_Kirkpatrick" title="John Simpson Kirkpatrick">Simpson and his Donkey</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Anzac_Day" title="Anzac Day">Anzac Day</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Digger_slang" title="Digger slang">Australian military slang</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Beating_Retreat#Australia" class="mw-redirect" title="Beating Retreat">Beating Retreat military ceremony</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Australian_Defence_Force_Ensign" title="Australian Defence Force Ensign">Australian Defence Force Ensign</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Military_colours,_standards_and_guidons#Australia,_Canada_and_New_Zealand" title="Military colours, standards and guidons">Australian Defence Force colours, standards and guidons</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Flags_of_the_Australian_Defence_Force" title="Flags of the Australian Defence Force">Flags of the Australian Defence Force</a></li></ul> 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War</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Military_history_of_Australia_during_World_War_I" title="Military history of Australia during World War I">World War I</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Australian_contribution_to_the_Allied_Intervention_in_Russia_1918%E2%80%931919" title="Australian contribution to the Allied Intervention in Russia 1918–1919">Russian Civil War</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Military_history_of_Australia_during_World_War_II" title="Military history of Australia during World War II">World War II</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Australia_in_the_Korean_War" title="Australia in the Korean War">Korean War</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Military_history_of_Australia_during_the_Malayan_Emergency" title="Military history of Australia during the Malayan Emergency">Malayan Emergency</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Military_history_of_Australia_during_the_Indonesia%E2%80%93Malaysia_confrontation" title="Military history of Australia during the Indonesia–Malaysia confrontation">Indonesia–Malaysia confrontation</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Military_history_of_Australia_during_the_Vietnam_War" title="Military history of Australia during the Vietnam War">Vietnam War</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_Nations_Assistance_Mission_for_Rwanda" title="United Nations Assistance Mission for Rwanda">Rwandan Civil War</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Unified_Task_Force" title="Unified Task Force">Somalian Civil War</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/International_Force_East_Timor" title="International Force East Timor">Timor-Leste</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Australian_contribution_to_the_1991_Gulf_War" title="Australian contribution to the 1991 Gulf War">Gulf War</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Regional_Assistance_Mission_to_Solomon_Islands" title="Regional Assistance Mission to Solomon Islands">Regional Assistance Mission to Solomon Islands</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Military_history_of_Australia_during_the_War_in_Afghanistan" title="Military history of Australia during the War in Afghanistan">War in Afghanistan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brereton_Report" title="Brereton Report">Brereton Report</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Australian_contribution_to_the_2003_invasion_of_Iraq" class="mw-redirect" title="Australian contribution to the 2003 invasion of Iraq">Iraq War</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Australian_military_involvement_in_peacekeeping" title="Australian military involvement in peacekeeping">Peace Operations</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Operation_Okra" title="Operation Okra">Military intervention against the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant</a></li> <li>Official Histories (<a href="/wiki/Official_History_of_Australia_in_the_War_of_1914%E2%80%931918" title="Official History of Australia in the War of 1914–1918">Official History of Australia in the War of 1914–1918</a>, <a href="/wiki/Australia_in_the_War_of_1939%E2%80%931945" title="Australia in the War of 1939–1945">Australia in the War of 1939–1945</a>, <a href="/wiki/Australia_in_the_Korean_War_1950%E2%80%9353" title="Australia in the Korean War 1950–53">Australia in the Korean War 1950–53</a>, <a href="/wiki/The_Official_History_of_Australia%27s_Involvement_in_Southeast_Asian_Conflicts_1948%E2%80%931975" title="The Official History of Australia's Involvement in Southeast Asian Conflicts 1948–1975">The Official History of Australia's Involvement in Southeast Asian Conflicts 1948–1975</a>, <a href="/wiki/Official_History_of_Australian_Peacekeeping,_Humanitarian_and_Post-Cold_War_Operations" title="Official History of Australian Peacekeeping, Humanitarian and Post-Cold War Operations">Official History of Australian Peacekeeping, Humanitarian and Post-Cold War Operations</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Australian_military_involvement_in_peacekeeping" title="Australian military involvement in peacekeeping">Australian military involvement in peacekeeping</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow" colspan="2"><div><span class="noviewer" typeof="mw:File"><span title="Category"><img 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navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Abkhazian_Air_Force" title="Abkhazian Air Force">Abkhazia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Afghan_Air_Force" title="Afghan Air Force">Afghanistan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Albanian_Air_Force" title="Albanian Air Force">Albania</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Algerian_Air_Force" title="Algerian Air Force">Algeria</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Air_Force_of_Angola" title="National Air Force of Angola">Angola</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Antigua_and_Barbuda_Defence_Force_Air_Wing" title="Antigua and Barbuda Defence Force Air Wing">Antigua and Barbuda</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Argentine_Air_Force" title="Argentine Air Force">Argentina</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Armenian_Air_Force" title="Armenian Air Force">Armenia</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Australia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Austrian_Air_Force" title="Austrian Air Force">Austria</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Azerbaijani_Air_Forces" title="Azerbaijani Air Forces">Azerbaijan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Royal_Bahamas_Defence_Force" title="Royal Bahamas Defence Force">Bahamas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Royal_Bahraini_Air_Force" title="Royal Bahraini Air Force">Bahrain</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bangladesh_Air_Force" title="Bangladesh Air Force">Bangladesh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Belarusian_Air_Force" title="Belarusian Air Force">Belarus</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Belgian_Air_Component" title="Belgian Air Component">Belgium</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Belize_Defence_Force_Air_Wing" title="Belize Defence Force Air Wing">Belize</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Benin_Air_Force" title="Benin Air Force">Benin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bolivian_Air_Force" title="Bolivian Air Force">Bolivia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Air_Force_and_Anti-Aircraft_Defence_of_Bosnia_and_Herzegovina" title="Air Force and Anti-Aircraft Defence of Bosnia and Herzegovina">Bosnia and Herzegovina</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Botswana_Defence_Force_Air_Wing" title="Botswana Defence Force Air Wing">Botswana</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brazilian_Air_Force" title="Brazilian Air Force">Brazil</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Royal_Brunei_Air_Force" title="Royal Brunei Air Force">Brunei</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bulgarian_Air_Force" title="Bulgarian Air Force">Bulgaria</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Royal_Cambodian_Air_Force" title="Royal Cambodian Air Force">Cambodia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cameroon_Air_Force" title="Cameroon Air Force">Cameroon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Royal_Canadian_Air_Force" title="Royal Canadian Air Force">Canada</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Central_African_Republic_Air_Force" title="Central African Republic Air Force">Central African Republic</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chadian_Air_Force" title="Chadian Air Force">Chad</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chilean_Air_Force" title="Chilean Air Force">Chile</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/People%27s_Liberation_Army_Air_Force" title="People's Liberation Army Air Force">China</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Colombian_Aerospace_Force" class="mw-redirect" title="Colombian Aerospace Force">Colombia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Congolese_Air_Force" title="Congolese Air Force">Congo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Air_Force_of_the_Democratic_Republic_of_the_Congo" title="Air Force of the Democratic Republic of the Congo">Congo DR</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Croatian_Air_Force" title="Croatian Air Force">Croatia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cuban_Revolutionary_Air_and_Air_Defense_Force" title="Cuban Revolutionary Air and Air Defense Force">Cuba</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cyprus_Air_Command" title="Cyprus Air Command">Cyprus</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Czech_Air_Force" title="Czech Air Force">Czechia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Royal_Danish_Air_Force" title="Royal Danish Air Force">Denmark</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Djibouti_Air_Force" title="Djibouti Air Force">Djibouti</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dominican_Air_Force" title="Dominican Air Force">Dominican Republic</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ecuadorian_Air_Force" title="Ecuadorian Air Force">Ecuador</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Egyptian_Air_Force" title="Egyptian Air Force">Egypt</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Salvadoran_Air_Force" title="Salvadoran Air Force">El Salvador</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eritrean_Air_Force" title="Eritrean Air Force">Eritrea</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Estonian_Air_Force" title="Estonian Air Force">Estonia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ethiopian_Air_Force" title="Ethiopian Air Force">Ethiopia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Finnish_Air_Force" title="Finnish Air Force">Finland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/French_Air_and_Space_Force" title="French Air and Space Force">France</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gabonese_Air_Force" title="Gabonese Air Force">Gabon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Georgian_Air_Force" title="Georgian Air Force">Georgia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/German_Air_Force" title="German Air Force">Germany</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ghana_Air_Force" title="Ghana Air Force">Ghana</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hellenic_Air_Force" title="Hellenic Air Force">Greece</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Guatemalan_Air_Force" title="Guatemalan Air Force">Guatemala</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Guinea-Bissau_Air_Force" title="Guinea-Bissau Air Force">Guinea-Bissau</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Haiti_Air_Corps" class="mw-redirect" title="Haiti Air Corps">Haiti</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Honduran_Air_Force" title="Honduran Air Force">Honduras</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hungarian_Air_Force" title="Hungarian Air Force">Hungary</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Icelandic_Air_Policing" title="Icelandic Air Policing">Iceland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Indian_Air_Force" title="Indian Air Force">India</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Indonesian_Air_Force" title="Indonesian Air Force">Indonesia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Islamic_Republic_of_Iran_Air_Force" title="Islamic Republic of Iran Air Force">Iran</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Iraqi_Air_Force" title="Iraqi Air Force">Iraq</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Irish_Air_Corps" title="Irish Air Corps">Ireland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Israeli_Air_Force" title="Israeli Air Force">Israel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Italian_Air_Force" title="Italian Air Force">Italy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Armed_Forces_of_the_Republic_of_Ivory_Coast" title="Armed Forces of the Republic of Ivory Coast">Ivory Coast</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Japan_Air_Self-Defense_Force" title="Japan Air Self-Defense Force">Japan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Royal_Jordanian_Air_Force" title="Royal Jordanian Air Force">Jordan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kazakh_Air_Defense_Forces" title="Kazakh Air Defense Forces">Kazakhstan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kenya_Air_Force" title="Kenya Air Force">Kenya</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kuwait_Air_Force" title="Kuwait Air Force">Kuwait</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kyrgyz_Air_Force" title="Kyrgyz Air Force">Kyrgyzstan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lao_People%27s_Liberation_Army_Air_Force" title="Lao People's Liberation Army Air Force">Laos</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Latvian_Air_Force" title="Latvian Air Force">Latvia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lebanese_Air_Force" title="Lebanese Air Force">Lebanon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Liberian_Armed_Forces#Air_Force" class="mw-redirect" title="Liberian Armed Forces">Liberia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Libyan_Air_Force" title="Libyan Air Force">Libya</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lithuanian_Air_Force" title="Lithuanian Air Force">Lithuania</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Malagasy_Air_Force" title="Malagasy Air Force">Madagascar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Royal_Malaysian_Air_Force" title="Royal Malaysian Air Force">Malaysia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Malian_Air_Force" title="Malian Air Force">Mali</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Air_Wing_of_the_Armed_Forces_of_Malta" title="Air Wing of the Armed Forces of Malta">Malta</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mauritania_Islamic_Air_Force" title="Mauritania Islamic Air Force">Mauritania</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mexican_Air_Force" title="Mexican Air Force">Mexico</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Moldovan_Air_Force" title="Moldovan Air Force">Moldova</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mongolian_Air_Force" title="Mongolian Air Force">Mongolia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Montenegrin_Air_Force" title="Montenegrin Air Force">Montenegro</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Royal_Moroccan_Air_Force" title="Royal Moroccan Air Force">Morocco</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mozambique_Air_Force" title="Mozambique Air Force">Mozambique</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Myanmar_Air_Force" title="Myanmar Air Force">Myanmar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Namibian_Air_Force" title="Namibian Air Force">Namibia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Royal_Netherlands_Air_Force" title="Royal Netherlands Air Force">Netherlands</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Royal_New_Zealand_Air_Force" title="Royal New Zealand Air Force">New Zealand</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nicaraguan_Air_Force" title="Nicaraguan Air Force">Nicaragua</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nigerian_Air_Force" title="Nigerian Air Force">Nigeria</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Korean_People%27s_Army_Air_Force" title="Korean People's Army Air Force">North Korea</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_Macedonia_Air_Brigade" title="North Macedonia Air Brigade">North Macedonia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Royal_Norwegian_Air_Force" title="Royal Norwegian Air Force">Norway</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Royal_Air_Force_of_Oman" title="Royal Air Force of Oman">Oman</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pakistan_Air_Force" title="Pakistan Air Force">Pakistan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Paraguayan_Air_Force" title="Paraguayan Air Force">Paraguay</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Peruvian_Air_Force" title="Peruvian Air Force">Peru</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Philippine_Air_Force" title="Philippine Air Force">Philippines</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Polish_Air_Force" title="Polish Air Force">Poland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Portuguese_Air_Force" title="Portuguese Air Force">Portugal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Qatar_Emiri_Air_Force" title="Qatar Emiri Air Force">Qatar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Romanian_Air_Force" title="Romanian Air Force">Romania</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Russian_Air_Force" title="Russian Air Force">Russia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rwandan_Air_Force" title="Rwandan Air Force">Rwanda</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Royal_Saudi_Air_Force" title="Royal Saudi Air Force">Saudi Arabia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Senegalese_Air_Force" title="Senegalese Air Force">Senegal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Serbian_Air_Force_and_Air_Defence" title="Serbian Air Force and Air Defence">Serbia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Republic_of_Singapore_Air_Force" title="Republic of Singapore Air Force">Singapore</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Slovak_Air_Force" title="Slovak Air Force">Slovakia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Slovenian_Air_Force_and_Air_Defence" title="Slovenian Air Force and Air Defence">Slovenia</a></li> <li><a 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