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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%;">No. 3 Squadron RAAF</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_3sqn.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/6/64/Raaf_3sqn.jpg" decoding="async" width="120" height="190" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="100" data-file-height="158" /></a></span><div class="infobox-caption">No. 3 Squadron's crest</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em;">Active</th><td class="infobox-data">1916–1919 <br /> 1925–1946<br />1948–1953<br /> 1956–current</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em;">Country</th><td class="infobox-data">Australia</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em;">Branch</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Royal_Australian_Air_Force" title="Royal Australian Air Force">Royal Australian 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/Multirole_combat_aircraft" title="Multirole combat aircraft">Multi-role fighter</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em;">Part of</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/No._81_Wing_RAAF" title="No. 81 Wing RAAF">No. 81 Wing</a>, <a href="/wiki/Air_Combat_Group_RAAF" title="Air Combat Group RAAF">Air Combat Group</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em;">Garrison/HQ</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/RAAF_Base_Williamtown" title="RAAF Base Williamtown">RAAF Base Williamtown</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em;">Motto(s)</th><td class="infobox-data"><i>Operta Aperta</i> <br />("Secrets Revealed")<sup id="cite_ref-Fighter1_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Fighter1-1"><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;">Engagements</th><td class="infobox-data">World War I <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Western_Front_(World_War_I)" title="Western Front (World War I)">Western Front</a></li></ul> <p>World War II </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Western_Desert_Campaign" class="mw-redirect" title="Western Desert Campaign">Western Desert Campaign</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Syria%E2%80%93Lebanon_Campaign" class="mw-redirect" title="Syria–Lebanon Campaign">Syria–Lebanon Campaign</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tunisia_Campaign" class="mw-redirect" title="Tunisia Campaign">Tunisia Campaign</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Italian_Campaign_(World_War_II)" class="mw-redirect" title="Italian Campaign 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href="#cite_note-AM-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/David_Blake_(general)" title="David Blake (general)">David Blake</a> (1916–1918)<br /><a href="/wiki/William_Anderson_(RAAF_officer)" title="William Anderson (RAAF officer)">Bill Anderson</a> (1918–1919)<br /><a href="/wiki/Henry_Wrigley" title="Henry Wrigley">Henry Wrigley</a> (1919)<br /><a href="/wiki/Frank_Lukis" title="Frank Lukis">Frank Lukis</a> (1925–1930)<br /><a href="/wiki/Harry_Cobby" title="Harry Cobby">Harry Cobby</a> (1930–1931)<br /><a href="/wiki/William_Bostock" title="William Bostock">Bill Bostock</a> (1931–1936)<br /><a href="/wiki/Allan_Walters" title="Allan Walters">Allan Walters</a> (1938–1939)<br /><a href="/wiki/Ian_Dougald_McLachlan" title="Ian Dougald McLachlan">Ian McLachlan</a> (1939–1941)<br /><a href="/wiki/Peter_Jeffrey_(RAAF_officer)" title="Peter Jeffrey (RAAF officer)">Peter Jeffrey</a> (1941)<br /><a href="/wiki/Alan_Rawlinson" title="Alan Rawlinson">Alan Rawlinson</a> (1941)<br /><a href="/wiki/Bobby_Gibbes" title="Bobby Gibbes">Bobby Gibbes</a> (1942–1943)<br /> <a href="/wiki/Brian_Eaton" title="Brian Eaton">Brian Eaton</a> (1943–1944)<br /><a href="/wiki/Vance_Drummond" title="Vance Drummond">Vance Drummond</a> (1967)<br /><a href="/wiki/John_Newham" title="John Newham">Jake Newham</a> (1967–1968)<br /><a href="/wiki/Richard_Bomball" title="Richard Bomball">Richard Bomball</a> (1973–1974)<br /><a href="/wiki/Geoff_Brown_(RAAF_officer)" title="Geoff Brown (RAAF officer)">Geoff Brown</a> (1997–2000)</td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color:#C3D6EF;color:inherit;text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;font-size:110%;">Aircraft flown</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em;"><a href="/wiki/Fighter_aircraft" title="Fighter aircraft">Fighter</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/F-35_Lightning_II" class="mw-redirect" title="F-35 Lightning II">F-35A Lightning II</a></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="shortdescription nomobile noexcerpt noprint searchaux" style="display:none">Military unit</div> <p><b>No. 3 Squadron</b> is a <a href="/wiki/Royal_Australian_Air_Force" title="Royal Australian Air Force">Royal Australian Air Force</a> (RAAF) fighter squadron, headquartered at <a href="/wiki/RAAF_Base_Williamtown" title="RAAF Base Williamtown">RAAF Base Williamtown</a>, near <a href="/wiki/Newcastle,_New_South_Wales" title="Newcastle, New South Wales">Newcastle, New South Wales</a>. Established in 1916, it was one of four combat squadrons of the <a href="/wiki/Australian_Flying_Corps" title="Australian Flying Corps">Australian Flying Corps</a> during World War I, and operated on the <a href="/wiki/Western_Front_(World_War_I)" title="Western Front (World War I)">Western Front</a> in France before being disbanded in 1919. It was re-established as a permanent squadron of the RAAF in 1925, and during World War II operated in the <a href="/wiki/Mediterranean_and_Middle_East_theatre_of_World_War_II" title="Mediterranean and Middle East theatre of World War II">Mediterranean Theatre</a>. The <a href="/wiki/Cold_War" title="Cold War">Cold War</a> years saw the squadron disbanded and re-raised twice. It was based at <a href="/wiki/RMAF_Butterworth" class="mw-redirect" title="RMAF Butterworth">RAAF Butterworth</a> during the <a href="/wiki/Malayan_Emergency" title="Malayan Emergency">Malayan Emergency</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Indonesia%E2%80%93Malaysia_confrontation" title="Indonesia–Malaysia confrontation">Indonesia–Malaysia <i>Konfrontasi</i></a>. Equipped with <a href="/wiki/McDonnell_Douglas_F/A-18_Hornet" title="McDonnell Douglas F/A-18 Hornet">McDonnell Douglas F/A-18 Hornet</a> multi-role fighters from 1986, the squadron deployed to <a href="/wiki/Diego_Garcia" title="Diego Garcia">Diego Garcia</a> in 2002 to provide local air defence, and the following year contributed aircraft and crews to the invasion of Iraq as part of <a href="/wiki/Australian_contribution_to_the_2003_invasion_of_Iraq" class="mw-redirect" title="Australian contribution to the 2003 invasion of Iraq">Operation Falconer</a>. In April 2016, it deployed to the Middle East as part of the <a href="/wiki/Military_intervention_against_ISIL" class="mw-redirect" title="Military intervention against ISIL">military intervention against ISIL</a>. The squadron began re-equipping with <a href="/wiki/Lockheed_Martin_F-35_Lightning_II" title="Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II">Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II</a> multi-role fighters in 2018. </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=No._3_Squadron_RAAF&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="World_War_I">World War I</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=No._3_Squadron_RAAF&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: World War I"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>No. 3 Squadron was formed at <a href="/wiki/RAAF_Williams#RAAF_Base_Point_Cook" title="RAAF Williams">Point Cook, Victoria</a>, on 19 September 1916 under the command of Major <a href="/wiki/David_Blake_(general)" title="David Blake (general)">David Blake</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Eather11_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Eather11-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It was one of four operational squadrons of the <a href="/wiki/Australian_Flying_Corps" title="Australian Flying Corps">Australian Flying Corps</a>, and its personnel were members of the <a href="/wiki/Australian_Army" title="Australian Army">Australian Army</a>. Shortly afterwards, the unit embarked upon HMAT <i>Ulysses</i> and sailed to England for training, before becoming the first AFC squadron deployed to France, in September 1917, equipped with the <a href="/wiki/Royal_Aircraft_Factory_R.E.8" title="Royal Aircraft Factory R.E.8">R.E.8</a> two-seat <a href="/wiki/Reconnaissance" title="Reconnaissance">reconnaissance</a>/general purpose aircraft.<sup id="cite_ref-AWM1_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-AWM1-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> To avoid confusion with the British <a href="/wiki/No._3_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 3 Squadron RAF">No. 3 Squadron RFC</a>, it was known to the British military as "No. 69 Squadron RFC".<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> This terminology was never accepted by the squadron or the <a href="/wiki/First_Australian_Imperial_Force" title="First Australian Imperial Force">Australian Imperial Force</a> who continued to use the AFC designation regardless,<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> and in early 1918, the British designation was dropped.<sup id="cite_ref-Eather11_4-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Eather11-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:R.E.8_(3_sqn_AFC).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2b/R.E.8_%283_sqn_AFC%29.jpg/220px-R.E.8_%283_sqn_AFC%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="77" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2b/R.E.8_%283_sqn_AFC%29.jpg/330px-R.E.8_%283_sqn_AFC%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2b/R.E.8_%283_sqn_AFC%29.jpg/440px-R.E.8_%283_sqn_AFC%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2500" data-file-height="872" /></a><figcaption>R.E.8s of No 3 Sqn AFC</figcaption></figure> <p>After moving to the Western Front, the squadron was initially based at Savy. In November 1917 it was assigned the role of a corps reconnaissance squadron and allocated to <a href="/wiki/I_Anzac_Corps" class="mw-redirect" title="I Anzac Corps">I Anzac Corps</a>, which was based around <a href="/wiki/Mesen" title="Mesen">Messines</a>, and established itself at Bailleul.<sup id="cite_ref-Eather11_4-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Eather11-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> No. 3 Squadron would remain with I Anzac for the remainder of the war,<sup id="cite_ref-Eather11_4-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Eather11-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and participated in bombing, artillery spotting and reconnaissance missions supporting ANZAC and other <a href="/wiki/British_Empire" title="British Empire">British Empire</a> ground forces. Its first air-to-air victory came on 6 December 1917; by the end of the war its aircrews had been credited with another 15 German aircraft,<sup id="cite_ref-Eather11_4-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Eather11-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and a total of 10,000 operational hours.<sup id="cite_ref-Stephens_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Stephens-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In early 1918 the collapse of Russia allowed the Germans to concentrate their strength on the Western Front, and launched a <a href="/wiki/German_spring_offensive" title="German spring offensive">major offensive</a>.<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> As the Allies were pushed back, the squadron's airfield at Baileul came into range of the German guns and it was moved first to Abeele and then, as the Allies were pushed back further, it moved again to Poulainville.<sup id="cite_ref-Eather12_10-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Eather12-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> During the offensive, the squadron operated mainly in the Somme Valley, providing artillery observation.<sup id="cite_ref-AWM1_5-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-AWM1-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In April 1918 the squadron became responsible for the remains of the "Red Baron", <a href="/wiki/Manfred_von_Richthofen" title="Manfred von Richthofen">Manfred von Richthofen</a>, after he was shot down in its sector.<sup id="cite_ref-Eather12_10-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Eather12-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Blake initially believed that one of the squadron's R.E.8s may have been responsible but later endorsed the theory that an Australian anti-aircraft machine gunner actually shot down the Red Baron.<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> In July the squadron undertook reconnaissance and deception operations in support of the Australian attack at <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Hamel" title="Battle of Hamel">Hamel</a>,<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> before later joining the final Allied offensive of the war around <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Amiens_(1918)" title="Battle of Amiens (1918)">Amiens</a> in August, flying support operations until the armistice in November.<sup id="cite_ref-AWM1_5-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-AWM1-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Shortly before the end of the war, the squadron began converting to the <a href="/wiki/Bristol_F.2_Fighter" title="Bristol F.2 Fighter">Bristol F.2 Fighter</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Eather12_10-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Eather12-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Following the end of hostilities the squadron was engaged briefly in mail transport duties before being withdrawn to the United Kingdom in early 1919. It was disbanded in February and over the course of the next couple of months its personnel were repatriated back to Australia.<sup id="cite_ref-AWM1_5-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-AWM1-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Eather12_10-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Eather12-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Casualties amounted to 32 killed and 23 wounded,<sup id="cite_ref-AWM1_5-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-AWM1-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> of which the majority were aircrew; the squadron lost 11 aircraft during the war.<sup id="cite_ref-Barnes20_13-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Barnes20-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="1925_–_1939"><span id="1925_.E2.80.93_1939"></span>1925 – 1939</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=No._3_Squadron_RAAF&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: 1925 – 1939"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In 1925, the squadron was re-formed as part of the fledgling independent <a href="/wiki/Royal_Australian_Air_Force" title="Royal Australian Air Force">Royal Australian Air Force</a>. Under the command of Squadron Leader <a href="/wiki/Frank_Lukis" title="Frank Lukis">Frank Lukis</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-Barnes24_14-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Barnes24-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> it was based initially at Point Cook and then at <a href="/wiki/RAAF_Base_Richmond" title="RAAF Base Richmond">Richmond</a>, operating a variety of aircraft including <a href="/wiki/Royal_Aircraft_Factory_S.E.5" title="Royal Aircraft Factory S.E.5">S.E.5As</a>, <a href="/wiki/Airco_DH.9" title="Airco DH.9">DH.9s</a>, <a href="/wiki/Westland_Wapiti" title="Westland Wapiti">Westland Wapitis</a> and <a href="/wiki/Hawker_Demon" class="mw-redirect" title="Hawker Demon">Hawker Demons</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Barnes20_13-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Barnes20-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="World_War_II">World War II</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=No._3_Squadron_RAAF&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: World War II"><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:3_sqn_(AWM_P02541.013).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/46/3_sqn_%28AWM_P02541.013%29.jpg/220px-3_sqn_%28AWM_P02541.013%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/46/3_sqn_%28AWM_P02541.013%29.jpg/330px-3_sqn_%28AWM_P02541.013%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/46/3_sqn_%28AWM_P02541.013%29.jpg/440px-3_sqn_%28AWM_P02541.013%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="450" data-file-height="301" /></a><figcaption>No. 3 Squadron ground crew in front of a P-40 in 1942.</figcaption></figure> <p>At the outbreak of World War II, the squadron was one of 12 permanent RAAF squadrons. It was initially given an army co-operation role, and was deployed to the Middle East in mid-1940, to support the <a href="/wiki/6th_Division_(Australia)" title="6th Division (Australia)">6th Division</a> of the Australian Army.<sup id="cite_ref-AWM2_15-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-AWM2-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The squadron was to spend the entire war in the <a href="/wiki/Mediterranean_and_Middle_East_theatre_of_World_War_II" title="Mediterranean and Middle East theatre of World War II">Mediterranean theatre</a>, and became part of the <a href="/wiki/Allies_of_World_War_II" title="Allies of World War II">Allies</a>' <a href="/wiki/Desert_Air_Force" title="Desert Air Force">Desert Air Force</a> (later the First Tactical Air Force), supporting the <a href="/wiki/Eighth_Army_(United_Kingdom)" title="Eighth Army (United Kingdom)">8th Army</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Commanded by Squadron Leader <a href="/wiki/Ian_Dougald_McLachlan" title="Ian Dougald McLachlan">Ian McLachlan</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-Barnes24_14-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Barnes24-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> the squadron's personnel travelled by sea to <a href="/wiki/Egypt" title="Egypt">Egypt</a>, where it was to be provided with aircraft from RAF stocks. Initially, it used two obsolete biplane types, the <a href="/wiki/Gloster_Gauntlet" title="Gloster Gauntlet">Gloster Gauntlet</a> and <a href="/wiki/Gloster_Gladiator" title="Gloster Gladiator">Gloster Gladiator</a>, for close air support, along with the <a href="/wiki/Westland_Lysander" title="Westland Lysander">Westland Lysander</a>, for reconnaissance sorties, against <a href="/wiki/Kingdom_of_Italy_(1861%E2%80%931946)" class="mw-redirect" title="Kingdom of Italy (1861–1946)">Italian</a> forces in Egypt and Libya.<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> In the course of these operations, the squadron clashed with aircraft from the <i><a href="/wiki/Regia_Aeronautica" title="Regia Aeronautica">Regia Aeronautica</a></i>. It then, briefly, operated the <a href="/wiki/Hawker_Hurricane" title="Hawker Hurricane">Hawker Hurricane</a> instead, before converting to the <a href="/wiki/Curtiss_P-40" class="mw-redirect" title="Curtiss P-40">Curtiss P-40</a>B/C Tomahawk in 1941. It saw action against <a href="/wiki/Vichy_France" title="Vichy France">Vichy French</a> aircraft during the <a href="/wiki/Syria%E2%80%93Lebanon_campaign" title="Syria–Lebanon campaign">Syria–Lebanon campaign</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Eather25-26_18-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Eather25-26-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>With the Tomahawk and its successor, the Kittyhawk (P-40D – P-40N), the squadron returned to the North African campaign, during which it often engaged in intense air battles with state of the art fighters operated by the <i>Reggia Aeronautica</i> (such as the <a href="/wiki/Macchi_C.202" class="mw-redirect" title="Macchi C.202">Macchi C.202</a>) and <a href="/wiki/Nazi_Germany" title="Nazi Germany">German</a> <i><a href="/wiki/Luftwaffe" title="Luftwaffe">Luftwaffe</a></i> (<a href="/wiki/Messerschmitt_Bf_109" title="Messerschmitt Bf 109">Messerschmitt Bf 109</a>E/F), during 1941–1943.<sup id="cite_ref-Eather25-26_18-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Eather25-26-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> There is evidence that 3 Sqn was the DAF Kittyhawk squadron that attacked German ground forces at <a href="/wiki/Mezzouna" title="Mezzouna">Mezzouna</a>, Tunisia, on 3 April 1943 and caused, in the process, severe injuries to <a href="/wiki/Claus_Von_Stauffenberg" class="mw-redirect" title="Claus Von Stauffenberg">Claus Von Stauffenberg</a> (who would, the following year, attempt to assassinate Adolf Hitler, as part of a failed <a href="/wiki/20_July_plot" title="20 July plot">coup against the Nazi regime</a>).<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> </p> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Commonwealth_Aircraft_Corporation_CA-18_Mustang_(VH-JUC)_in_No._3_Squadron_RAAF_(KH677)_colours.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/79/Commonwealth_Aircraft_Corporation_CA-18_Mustang_%28VH-JUC%29_in_No._3_Squadron_RAAF_%28KH677%29_colours.jpg/220px-Commonwealth_Aircraft_Corporation_CA-18_Mustang_%28VH-JUC%29_in_No._3_Squadron_RAAF_%28KH677%29_colours.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/79/Commonwealth_Aircraft_Corporation_CA-18_Mustang_%28VH-JUC%29_in_No._3_Squadron_RAAF_%28KH677%29_colours.jpg/330px-Commonwealth_Aircraft_Corporation_CA-18_Mustang_%28VH-JUC%29_in_No._3_Squadron_RAAF_%28KH677%29_colours.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/79/Commonwealth_Aircraft_Corporation_CA-18_Mustang_%28VH-JUC%29_in_No._3_Squadron_RAAF_%28KH677%29_colours.jpg/440px-Commonwealth_Aircraft_Corporation_CA-18_Mustang_%28VH-JUC%29_in_No._3_Squadron_RAAF_%28KH677%29_colours.jpg 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="536" /></a><figcaption>A <a href="/wiki/Commonwealth_Aircraft_Corporation" title="Commonwealth Aircraft Corporation">CAC</a> CA-18 Mustang warbird painted to represent a <a href="/wiki/North_American_P-51_Mustang" title="North American P-51 Mustang">North American P-51 Mustang</a> of No. 3 Squadron used in Italy during World War II</figcaption></figure> <p>No. 3 Squadron's longest-serving <a href="/wiki/Commanding_officer" title="Commanding officer">commanding officer</a> (CO) during the war was <a href="/wiki/Squadron_Leader" class="mw-redirect" title="Squadron Leader">Squadron Leader</a> <a href="/wiki/Bobby_Gibbes" title="Bobby Gibbes">Bobby Gibbes</a>, whose tour lasted from February 1942 to April 1943.<sup id="cite_ref-Times_20-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Times-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Gibbes was replaced by Squadron Leader <a href="/wiki/Brian_Eaton" title="Brian Eaton">Brian Eaton</a>, who led the unit until February 1944.<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> During this period, No. 3 Squadron took part in the <a href="/wiki/Allied_invasion_of_Sicily" title="Allied invasion of Sicily">Allied invasions of Sicily</a> and <a href="/wiki/Allied_invasion_of_Italy" title="Allied invasion of Italy">Italy</a>. It re-equipped with <a href="/wiki/P-51_Mustang" class="mw-redirect" title="P-51 Mustang">P-51 Mustangs</a> in November 1944 and continued to operate in Italy and Yugoslavia until the end of the European war in May 1945. No. 3 Squadron's record of 25,663 operational flight hours and 217.5 enemy aircraft destroyed made it the highest-scoring RAAF fighter squadron.<sup id="cite_ref-AWM2_15-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-AWM2-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Barnes23_22-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Barnes23-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<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=No._3_Squadron_RAAF&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Cold War"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>At the end of the war, No. 3 Squadron returned to Australia and disbanded at Point Cook on 30 July 1946. It was re-formed at <a href="/wiki/RAAF_Base_Fairbairn" class="mw-redirect" title="RAAF Base Fairbairn">RAAF Base Fairbairn</a> in <a href="/wiki/Canberra" title="Canberra">Canberra</a> in early 1948 when <a href="/wiki/No._4_Squadron_RAAF" title="No. 4 Squadron RAAF">No. 4 Squadron RAAF</a> was renumbered as No. 3 Squadron. Equipped with Mustangs, <a href="/wiki/CAC_Wirraway" title="CAC Wirraway">CAC Wirraways</a> and <a href="/wiki/Auster_Aircraft" title="Auster Aircraft">Austers</a>, the squadron served briefly as a tactical reconnaissance and close support squadron before disbanding again in 1953.<sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The squadron re-formed on 1 March 1956 at <a href="/wiki/RAAF_Base_Williamtown" title="RAAF Base Williamtown">RAAF Base Williamtown</a>, <a href="/wiki/New_South_Wales" title="New South Wales">New South Wales</a>. It operated <a href="/wiki/CAC_Sabre" title="CAC Sabre">CA-27 Sabres</a> out of <a href="/wiki/RMAF_Base_Butterworth" class="mw-redirect" title="RMAF Base Butterworth">Butterworth</a>, Malaya, from 1958 engaging in warlike operations associated with the <a href="/wiki/Malayan_Emergency" title="Malayan Emergency">Malayan Emergency</a> and <a href="/wiki/Indonesia%E2%80%93Malaysia_confrontation" title="Indonesia–Malaysia confrontation">Konfrontasi</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Barnes23_22-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Barnes23-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>As Australian involvement in the <a href="/wiki/Vietnam_War" title="Vietnam War">Vietnam War</a> intensified, No. 3 Squadron returned to Australia and re-equipped with <a href="/wiki/Mirage_III" class="mw-redirect" title="Mirage III">Mirage III</a>O fighters at Williamtown in 1967.<sup id="cite_ref-Eather27_24-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Eather27-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The CO, <a href="/wiki/Wing_Commander_(rank)" class="mw-redirect" title="Wing Commander (rank)">Wing Commander</a> <a href="/wiki/Vance_Drummond" title="Vance Drummond">Vance Drummond</a>, was killed during air combat manoeuvres at <a href="/wiki/No._2_Operational_Conversion_Unit_RAAF" title="No. 2 Operational Conversion Unit RAAF">No. 2 Operational Conversion Unit</a> in May.<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> He was succeeded by Wing Commander <a href="/wiki/John_Newham" title="John Newham">Jake Newham</a> (later <a href="/wiki/Chief_of_Air_Force_(Australia)" title="Chief of Air Force (Australia)">Chief of the Air Staff</a>).<sup id="cite_ref-Barnes24_14-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Barnes24-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> After training in air-to-air and air-to-ground roles, the squadron deployed to <a href="/wiki/RAAF_Butterworth" class="mw-redirect" title="RAAF Butterworth">RAAF Butterworth</a> in Malaysia in February 1969, detachments were also deployed to <a href="/wiki/RAF_Tengah" class="mw-redirect" title="RAF Tengah">RAF Tengah</a> and <a href="/wiki/Paya_Lebar_Air_Base" title="Paya Lebar Air Base">Paya Lebar Air Base</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Eather27_24-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Eather27-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> During this period, the aircraft became known as "lizards", in reference to their camouflage paint scheme and low altitude operations. The <a href="/wiki/Frill_neck_lizard" class="mw-redirect" title="Frill neck lizard">frill neck lizard</a> was adopted as an informal squadron insignia.<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> </p><p>After 15 years deployed to Malaysia, No. 3 Squadron returned to Australia, and after transferring aircraft and personnel to <a href="/wiki/No._79_Squadron_RAAF" title="No. 79 Squadron RAAF">No. 79 Squadron</a>, on 29 August 1986 No. 3 Squadron became the first operational RAAF unit to receive <a href="/wiki/F/A-18_Hornet" class="mw-redirect" title="F/A-18 Hornet">F/A-18 Hornets</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Barnes23_22-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Barnes23-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Post-Cold_War">Post-Cold War</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=No._3_Squadron_RAAF&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Post-Cold 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:Two_RAAF_FA-18_Hornets_about_to_refuel_during_Cope_North_2013.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ee/Two_RAAF_FA-18_Hornets_about_to_refuel_during_Cope_North_2013.jpg/220px-Two_RAAF_FA-18_Hornets_about_to_refuel_during_Cope_North_2013.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="146" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ee/Two_RAAF_FA-18_Hornets_about_to_refuel_during_Cope_North_2013.jpg/330px-Two_RAAF_FA-18_Hornets_about_to_refuel_during_Cope_North_2013.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ee/Two_RAAF_FA-18_Hornets_about_to_refuel_during_Cope_North_2013.jpg/440px-Two_RAAF_FA-18_Hornets_about_to_refuel_during_Cope_North_2013.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4256" data-file-height="2832" /></a><figcaption>Two No. 3 Squadron Hornets in 2013</figcaption></figure> <p>The squadron continues to operate the Hornets from its home base at RAAF Base Williamtown. In February 2002, during the <a href="/wiki/War_in_Afghanistan_(2001%E2%80%93present)" class="mw-redirect" title="War in Afghanistan (2001–present)">Afghanistan War</a>, elements of No. 3 Squadron were deployed to <a href="/wiki/Diego_Garcia" title="Diego Garcia">Diego Garcia</a>, in the Indian Ocean, to relieve <a href="/wiki/No._77_Squadron_RAAF" title="No. 77 Squadron RAAF">No. 77 Squadron</a>, providing air defence for the Coalition base there.<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> No. 3 Squadron personnel also participated in <a href="/wiki/Australian_contribution_to_the_2003_invasion_of_Iraq" class="mw-redirect" title="Australian contribution to the 2003 invasion of Iraq">Operation Falconer</a>, No. 75 Squadron's deployment to the <a href="/wiki/Iraq_War" title="Iraq War">Iraq War</a> during 2003, conducting air interdiction operations and combat air patrols.<sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><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> The squadron currently forms part of the <a href="/wiki/Air_Combat_Group_RAAF" title="Air Combat Group RAAF">Air Combat Group</a>'s <a href="/wiki/No._81_Wing_RAAF" title="No. 81 Wing RAAF">No. 81 Wing RAAF</a>.<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> In April 2016, No. 3 Squadron deployed to the Middle East during <a href="/wiki/Operation_Okra" title="Operation Okra">Operation Okra</a> as part of the <a href="/wiki/Military_intervention_against_ISIL" class="mw-redirect" title="Military intervention against ISIL">military intervention against ISIL</a>, taking over from No. 77 Squadron.<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> </p><p>On 8 December 2017, No. 3 Squadron ceased F/A-18 flight operations, followed by the disbandment of the squadron, under Wing Commander John Haly on 14 December 2017 and subsequent re-establishment of the squadron at Luke AFB in Arizona, under command of Wing Commander Darren Clare.<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> All of its Hornets and most of its personnel were transferred to No. 77 Squadron.<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> As of February 2018, No. 3 Squadron was equipped with two <a href="/wiki/Lockheed_Martin_F-35_Lightning_II" title="Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II">Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning IIs</a> and was scheduled to have ten of the type by the end of the year. It was planned to dispatch two of these F-35s to Australia in late 2018, the other eight remaining in the United States for training purposes.<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> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Aircraft_operated">Aircraft operated</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=No._3_Squadron_RAAF&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Aircraft operated"><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:Four_No_3_Squadron_RAAF_F-35As_during_Talisman_Sabre_2023.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/28/Four_No_3_Squadron_RAAF_F-35As_during_Talisman_Sabre_2023.jpg/220px-Four_No_3_Squadron_RAAF_F-35As_during_Talisman_Sabre_2023.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/28/Four_No_3_Squadron_RAAF_F-35As_during_Talisman_Sabre_2023.jpg/330px-Four_No_3_Squadron_RAAF_F-35As_during_Talisman_Sabre_2023.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/28/Four_No_3_Squadron_RAAF_F-35As_during_Talisman_Sabre_2023.jpg/440px-Four_No_3_Squadron_RAAF_F-35As_during_Talisman_Sabre_2023.jpg 2x" data-file-width="6953" data-file-height="4640" /></a><figcaption>Four No. 3 Squadron F-35As in 2023</figcaption></figure> <p>No. 3 Squadron has operated the following aircraft:<sup id="cite_ref-Eather12_10-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Eather12-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Eather27_24-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Eather27-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Royal_Aircraft_Factory_R.E.8" title="Royal Aircraft Factory R.E.8">Royal Aircraft Factory R.E.8</a> (1917–1918)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gloster_Gauntlet" title="Gloster Gauntlet">Gloster Gauntlet</a>, <a href="/wiki/Gloster_Gladiator" title="Gloster Gladiator">Gloster Gladiator</a>, <a href="/wiki/Westland_Lysander" title="Westland Lysander">Westland Lysander</a> (August 1940 – January 1941)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hawker_Hurricane" title="Hawker Hurricane">Hawker Hurricane</a> (January–May 1941)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Curtiss_P-40" class="mw-redirect" title="Curtiss P-40">P-40 Tomahawk/Kittyhawk</a> (May 1941 – November 1944)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/P-51_Mustang" class="mw-redirect" title="P-51 Mustang">P-51D Mustang</a> (November 1944 – July 1946)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/CAC_Sabre" title="CAC Sabre">CAC Sabre</a> (1956–1967)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mirage_III" class="mw-redirect" title="Mirage III">Mirage III</a> (1967–1986)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/F/A-18_Hornet" class="mw-redirect" title="F/A-18 Hornet">F/A-18 Hornet</a> (August 1986 – December 2017)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/F-35_Lightning_II" class="mw-redirect" title="F-35 Lightning II">F-35A Lightning II</a> (2018 – current)</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=No._3_Squadron_RAAF&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/McDonnell_Douglas_F/A-18_Hornet_in_Australian_service" title="McDonnell Douglas F/A-18 Hornet in Australian service">McDonnell Douglas F/A-18 Hornet in Australian service</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=No._3_Squadron_RAAF&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Notes">Notes</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=No._3_Squadron_RAAF&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Notes"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output 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The Australian Flying Corps in the First World War</i>. Crows Nest, New South Wales: Allen & Unwin. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-1-74237-072-9" title="Special:BookSources/978-1-74237-072-9"><bdi>978-1-74237-072-9</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Fire+in+the+Sky.+The+Australian+Flying+Corps+in+the+First+World+War&rft.place=Crows+Nest%2C+New+South+Wales&rft.pub=Allen+%26+Unwin&rft.date=2010&rft.isbn=978-1-74237-072-9&rft.aulast=Molkentin&rft.aufirst=Michael&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ANo.+3+Squadron+RAAF" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFWrigley1935" class="citation book cs1">Wrigley, Henry (1935). <i>The Battle Below: Being the History of No. 3 Squadron, Australian Flying Corps</i>. 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href="/wiki/No._21_Squadron_RAAF" title="No. 21 Squadron RAAF">21</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._22_Squadron_RAAF" title="No. 22 Squadron RAAF">22</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._23_Squadron_RAAF" title="No. 23 Squadron RAAF">23</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._24_Squadron_RAAF" title="No. 24 Squadron RAAF">24</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._25_Squadron_RAAF" title="No. 25 Squadron RAAF">25</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._26_Squadron_RAAF" title="No. 26 Squadron RAAF">26</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._27_Squadron_RAAF" title="No. 27 Squadron RAAF">27</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._28_Squadron_RAAF" title="No. 28 Squadron RAAF">28</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._29_Squadron_RAAF" title="No. 29 Squadron RAAF">29</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._30_Squadron_RAAF" title="No. 30 Squadron RAAF">30</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._31_Squadron_RAAF" title="No. 31 Squadron RAAF">31</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._32_Squadron_RAAF" title="No. 32 Squadron RAAF">32</a></li> <li><a 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href="/wiki/No._67_Squadron_RAAF" title="No. 67 Squadron RAAF">67</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._71_Squadron_RAAF" title="No. 71 Squadron RAAF">71</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._73_Squadron_RAAF" title="No. 73 Squadron RAAF">73</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._75_Squadron_RAAF" title="No. 75 Squadron RAAF">75</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._76_Squadron_RAAF" title="No. 76 Squadron RAAF">76</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._77_Squadron_RAAF" title="No. 77 Squadron RAAF">77</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._78_Squadron_RAAF" title="No. 78 Squadron RAAF">78</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._79_Squadron_RAAF" title="No. 79 Squadron RAAF">79</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._80_Squadron_RAAF" title="No. 80 Squadron RAAF">80</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._82_Squadron_RAAF" title="No. 82 Squadron RAAF">82</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._83_Squadron_RAAF" title="No. 83 Squadron RAAF">83</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._84_Squadron_RAAF" title="No. 84 Squadron RAAF">84</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._85_Squadron_RAAF" title="No. 85 Squadron RAAF">85</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._86_Squadron_RAAF" title="No. 86 Squadron RAAF">86</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._87_Squadron_RAAF" title="No. 87 Squadron RAAF">87</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._92_Squadron_RAAF" title="No. 92 Squadron RAAF">92</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._93_Squadron_RAAF" title="No. 93 Squadron RAAF">93</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._94_Squadron_RAAF" title="No. 94 Squadron RAAF">94</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._99_Squadron_RAAF" title="No. 99 Squadron RAAF">99</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._100_Squadron_RAAF" title="No. 100 Squadron RAAF">100</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._102_Squadron_RAAF" title="No. 102 Squadron RAAF">102</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._107_Squadron_RAAF" title="No. 107 Squadron RAAF">107</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._292_Squadron_RAAF" title="No. 292 Squadron RAAF">292</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fighter_Squadron_RAAF" title="Fighter Squadron RAAF">Fighter</a></li> 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groups">Groups</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">World War II</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/No._1_Group_RAAF" class="mw-redirect" title="No. 1 Group RAAF">No. 1 Group RAAF</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._1_(Training)_Group_RAAF" class="mw-redirect" title="No. 1 (Training) Group RAAF">No. 1 (Training) Group RAAF</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._2_Group_RAAF" class="mw-redirect" title="No. 2 Group RAAF">No. 2 Group RAAF</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._2_(Training)_Group_RAAF" class="mw-redirect" title="No. 2 (Training) Group RAAF">No. 2 (Training) Group RAAF</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._4_(Maintenance)_Group_RAAF" class="mw-redirect" title="No. 4 (Maintenance) Group RAAF">No. 4 (Maintenance) Group RAAF</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._5_(Maintenance)_Group_RAAF" class="mw-redirect" title="No. 5 (Maintenance) Group RAAF">No. 5 (Maintenance) Group RAAF</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._9_Operational_Group_RAAF" title="No. 9 Operational Group RAAF">No. 9 (Operational) Group RAAF</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Australian_First_Tactical_Air_Force" title="Australian First Tactical Air Force">No. 10 (Operational) Group RAAF</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._11_Group_RAAF" title="No. 11 Group RAAF">No. 11 Group RAAF</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Force_Element_Group" title="Force Element Group">Force Element<br />Group</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Aerospace_Operational_Support_Group_RAAF" title="Aerospace Operational Support Group RAAF">Aerospace Operational Support Group RAAF</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Air_Combat_Group_RAAF" title="Air Combat Group RAAF">Air Combat Group RAAF</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Air_Force_Training_Group_RAAF" title="Air Force Training Group RAAF">Air Force Training Group RAAF</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Air_Lift_Group_RAAF" class="mw-redirect" title="Air Lift Group RAAF">Air Lift Group RAAF</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Air_Mobility_Group_RAAF" title="Air Mobility Group RAAF">Air Mobility Group RAAF</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Combat_Support_Group_RAAF" title="Combat Support Group RAAF">Combat Support Group RAAF</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Maritime_Patrol_Group_RAAF" class="mw-redirect" title="Maritime Patrol Group RAAF">Maritime Patrol Group RAAF</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Strike_Reconnaissance_Group_RAAF" title="Strike Reconnaissance Group RAAF">Strike Reconnaissance Group RAAF</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Surveillance_and_Control_Group_RAAF&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Surveillance and Control Group RAAF (page does not exist)">Surveillance and Control Group RAAF</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Surveillance_and_Response_Group_RAAF" title="Surveillance and Response Group RAAF">Surveillance and Response Group RAAF</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Tactical_Fighter_Group_RAAF&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Tactical Fighter Group RAAF (page does not exist)">Tactical Fighter Group RAAF</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tactical_Transport_Group_RAAF" title="Tactical Transport Group RAAF">Tactical Transport Group RAAF</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;"><a href="/wiki/List_of_Royal_Australian_Air_Force_wings" title="List of Royal Australian Air Force wings">Wings</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/No._1_Wing_RAAF" title="No. 1 Wing RAAF">No. 1 Wing RAAF</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=No._21_Wing_RAAF&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="No. 21 Wing RAAF (page does not exist)">No. 21 Wing RAAF</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=No._22_Wing_RAAF&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="No. 22 Wing RAAF (page does not exist)">No. 22 Wing RAAF</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=No._24_Wing_RAAF&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="No. 24 Wing RAAF (page does not exist)">No. 24 Wing RAAF</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=No._34_Wing_RAAF&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="No. 34 Wing RAAF (page does not exist)">No. 34 Wing RAAF</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._41_Wing_RAAF" title="No. 41 Wing RAAF">No. 41 Wing RAAF</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._42_Wing_RAAF" title="No. 42 Wing RAAF">No. 42 Wing RAAF</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._44_Wing_RAAF" title="No. 44 Wing RAAF">No. 44 Wing RAAF</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._61_Wing_RAAF" title="No. 61 Wing RAAF">No. 61 Wing RAAF</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._62_Wing_RAAF" title="No. 62 Wing RAAF">No. 62 Wing RAAF</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._71_Wing_RAAF" title="No. 71 Wing RAAF">No. 71 Wing RAAF</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._72_Wing_RAAF" title="No. 72 Wing RAAF">No. 72 Wing RAAF</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._73_Wing_RAAF" title="No. 73 Wing RAAF">No. 73 Wing RAAF</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._75_Wing_RAAF" title="No. 75 Wing RAAF">No. 75 Wing RAAF</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._76_Wing_RAAF" title="No. 76 Wing RAAF">No. 76 Wing RAAF</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._77_Wing_RAAF" title="No. 77 Wing RAAF">No. 77 Wing RAAF</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._78_Wing_RAAF" title="No. 78 Wing RAAF">No. 78 Wing RAAF</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._79_Wing_RAAF" title="No. 79 Wing RAAF">No. 79 Wing RAAF</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._80_Wing_RAAF" title="No. 80 Wing RAAF">No. 80 Wing RAAF</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._81_Wing_RAAF" title="No. 81 Wing RAAF">No. 81 Wing RAAF</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._82_Wing_RAAF" title="No. 82 Wing RAAF">No. 82 Wing RAAF</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._83_Wing_RAAF" title="No. 83 Wing RAAF">No. 83 Wing RAAF</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._84_Wing_RAAF" title="No. 84 Wing RAAF">No. 84 Wing RAAF</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._85_Wing_RAAF" title="No. 85 Wing RAAF">No. 85 Wing RAAF</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._86_Wing_RAAF" title="No. 86 Wing RAAF">No. 86 Wing RAAF</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._90_Wing_RAAF" title="No. 90 Wing RAAF">No. 90 Wing RAAF</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._91_Wing_RAAF" title="No. 91 Wing RAAF">No. 91 Wing RAAF</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._92_Wing_RAAF" title="No. 92 Wing RAAF">No. 92 Wing RAAF</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=No._95_Wing_RAAF&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="No. 95 Wing RAAF (page does not exist)">No. 95 Wing RAAF</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._96_Wing_RAAF" title="No. 96 Wing RAAF">No. 96 Wing RAAF</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=No._301_Air_Base_Wing_RAAF&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="No. 301 Air Base Wing RAAF (page does not exist)">No. 301 Air Base Wing RAAF</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=No._302_Air_Base_Wing_RAAF&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="No. 302 Air Base Wing RAAF (page does not exist)">No. 302 Air Base Wing RAAF</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=No._303_Air_Base_Wing_RAAF&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="No. 303 Air Base Wing RAAF (page does not exist)">No. 303 Air Base Wing RAAF</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=No._304_Air_Base_Wing_RAAF&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="No. 304 Air Base Wing RAAF (page does not exist)">No. 304 Air Base Wing RAAF</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=No._305_Air_Base_Wing_RAAF&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="No. 305 Air Base Wing RAAF (page does not exist)">No. 305 Air Base Wing RAAF</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=No._306_Air_Base_Wing_RAAF&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="No. 306 Air Base Wing RAAF (page does not exist)">No. 306 Air Base Wing RAAF</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=No._307_Air_Base_Wing_RAAF&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="No. 307 Air Base Wing RAAF (page does not exist)">No. 307 Air Base Wing RAAF</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=No._321_Air_Base_Wing_RAAF&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="No. 321 Air Base Wing RAAF (page does not exist)">No. 321 Air Base Wing RAAF</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=No._322_Air_Base_Wing_RAAF&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="No. 322 Air Base Wing RAAF (page does not exist)">No. 322 Air Base Wing RAAF</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=No._323_Air_Base_Wing_RAAF&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="No. 323 Air Base Wing RAAF (page does not exist)">No. 323 Air Base Wing RAAF</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=No._324_Air_Base_Wing_RAAF&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="No. 324 Air Base Wing RAAF (page does not exist)">No. 324 Air Base Wing RAAF</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=No._325_Air_Base_Wing_RAAF&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="No. 325 Air Base Wing RAAF (page does not exist)">No. 325 Air Base Wing RAAF</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=No._326_Air_Base_Wing_RAAF&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="No. 326 Air Base Wing RAAF (page does not exist)">No. 326 Air Base Wing RAAF</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=No._327_Air_Base_Wing_RAAF&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="No. 327 Air Base Wing RAAF (page does not exist)">No. 327 Air Base Wing RAAF</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._395_Expeditionary_Combat_Support_Wing_RAAF" title="No. 395 Expeditionary Combat Support Wing RAAF">No. 395 Expeditionary Combat Support Wing RAAF</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._396_Expeditionary_Combat_Support_Wing_RAAF" title="No. 396 Expeditionary Combat Support Wing RAAF">No. 396 Expeditionary Combat Support Wing RAAF</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._501_Wing_RAAF" class="mw-redirect" title="No. 501 Wing RAAF">No. 501 Wing RAAF</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=No._503_Wing_RAAF&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="No. 503 Wing RAAF (page does not exist)">No. 503 Wing RAAF</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;"><a href="/wiki/List_of_Royal_Australian_Air_Force_aircraft_squadrons" title="List of Royal Australian Air Force aircraft squadrons">Squadrons</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/No._1_Squadron_RAAF" title="No. 1 Squadron RAAF">No. 1 Squadron RAAF</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._2_Squadron_RAAF" title="No. 2 Squadron RAAF">No. 2 Squadron RAAF</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">No. 3 Squadron RAAF</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._4_Squadron_RAAF" title="No. 4 Squadron RAAF">No. 4 Squadron RAAF</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._5_Squadron_RAAF" title="No. 5 Squadron RAAF">No. 5 Squadron RAAF</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._6_Squadron_RAAF" title="No. 6 Squadron RAAF">No. 6 Squadron RAAF</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._7_Squadron_RAAF" title="No. 7 Squadron RAAF">No. 7 Squadron RAAF</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._8_Squadron_RAAF" title="No. 8 Squadron RAAF">No. 8 Squadron RAAF</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._9_Squadron_RAAF" title="No. 9 Squadron RAAF">No. 9 Squadron RAAF</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._10_Squadron_RAAF" title="No. 10 Squadron RAAF">No. 10 Squadron RAAF</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._11_Squadron_RAAF" title="No. 11 Squadron RAAF">No. 11 Squadron RAAF</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._12_Squadron_RAAF" title="No. 12 Squadron RAAF">No. 12 Squadron RAAF</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._13_Squadron_RAAF" title="No. 13 Squadron RAAF">No. 13 Squadron RAAF</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._14_Squadron_RAAF" title="No. 14 Squadron RAAF">No. 14 Squadron RAAF</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._15_Squadron_RAAF" title="No. 15 Squadron RAAF">No. 15 Squadron RAAF</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._20_Squadron_RAAF" title="No. 20 Squadron RAAF">No. 20 Squadron RAAF</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._21_Squadron_RAAF" title="No. 21 Squadron RAAF">No. 21 Squadron RAAF</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._22_Squadron_RAAF" title="No. 22 Squadron RAAF">No. 22 Squadron RAAF</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._23_Squadron_RAAF" title="No. 23 Squadron RAAF">No. 23 Squadron RAAF</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._24_Squadron_RAAF" title="No. 24 Squadron RAAF">No. 24 Squadron RAAF</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._25_Squadron_RAAF" title="No. 25 Squadron RAAF">No. 25 Squadron RAAF</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._26_Squadron_RAAF" title="No. 26 Squadron RAAF">No. 26 Squadron RAAF</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._27_Squadron_RAAF" title="No. 27 Squadron RAAF">No. 27 Squadron RAAF</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._28_Squadron_RAAF" title="No. 28 Squadron RAAF">No. 28 Squadron RAAF</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._29_Squadron_RAAF" title="No. 29 Squadron RAAF">No. 29 Squadron RAAF</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._30_Squadron_RAAF" title="No. 30 Squadron RAAF">No. 30 Squadron RAAF</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._31_Squadron_RAAF" title="No. 31 Squadron RAAF">No. 31 Squadron RAAF</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._32_Squadron_RAAF" title="No. 32 Squadron RAAF">No. 32 Squadron RAAF</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._33_Squadron_RAAF" title="No. 33 Squadron RAAF">No. 33 Squadron RAAF</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._34_Squadron_RAAF" title="No. 34 Squadron RAAF">No. 34 Squadron RAAF</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._35_Squadron_RAAF" title="No. 35 Squadron RAAF">No. 35 Squadron RAAF</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._36_Squadron_RAAF" title="No. 36 Squadron RAAF">No. 36 Squadron RAAF</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._37_Squadron_RAAF" title="No. 37 Squadron RAAF">No. 37 Squadron RAAF</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._38_Squadron_RAAF" title="No. 38 Squadron RAAF">No. 38 Squadron RAAF</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._40_Squadron_RAAF" title="No. 40 Squadron RAAF">No. 40 Squadron RAAF</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._41_Squadron_RAAF" title="No. 41 Squadron RAAF">No. 41 Squadron RAAF</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._42_Squadron_RAAF" title="No. 42 Squadron RAAF">No. 42 Squadron RAAF</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._43_Squadron_RAAF" title="No. 43 Squadron RAAF">No. 43 Squadron RAAF</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._60_Squadron_RAAF" title="No. 60 Squadron RAAF">No. 60 Squadron RAAF</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._66_Squadron_RAAF" title="No. 66 Squadron RAAF">No. 66 Squadron RAAF</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._67_Squadron_RAAF" title="No. 67 Squadron RAAF">No. 67 Squadron RAAF</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=No._68_(Reserve)_Squadron_RAAF&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="No. 68 (Reserve) Squadron RAAF (page does not exist)">No. 68 (Reserve) Squadron RAAF</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=No._69_(Reserve)_Squadron_RAAF&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="No. 69 (Reserve) Squadron RAAF (page does not exist)">No. 69 (Reserve) Squadron RAAF</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._71_Squadron_RAAF" title="No. 71 Squadron RAAF">No. 71 Squadron RAAF</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._73_Squadron_RAAF" title="No. 73 Squadron RAAF">No. 73 Squadron RAAF</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._75_Squadron_RAAF" title="No. 75 Squadron RAAF">No. 75 Squadron RAAF</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._76_Squadron_RAAF" title="No. 76 Squadron RAAF">No. 76 Squadron RAAF</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._77_Squadron_RAAF" title="No. 77 Squadron RAAF">No. 77 Squadron RAAF</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._78_Squadron_RAAF" title="No. 78 Squadron RAAF">No. 78 Squadron RAAF</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._79_Squadron_RAAF" title="No. 79 Squadron RAAF">No. 79 Squadron RAAF</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._80_Squadron_RAAF" title="No. 80 Squadron RAAF">No. 80 Squadron RAAF</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._82_Squadron_RAAF" title="No. 82 Squadron RAAF">No. 82 Squadron RAAF</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._83_Squadron_RAAF" title="No. 83 Squadron RAAF">No. 83 Squadron RAAF</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._84_Squadron_RAAF" title="No. 84 Squadron RAAF">No. 84 Squadron RAAF</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._85_Squadron_RAAF" title="No. 85 Squadron RAAF">No. 85 Squadron RAAF</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._86_Squadron_RAAF" title="No. 86 Squadron RAAF">No. 86 Squadron RAAF</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._87_Squadron_RAAF" title="No. 87 Squadron RAAF">No. 87 Squadron RAAF</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._88_Squadron_RAAF" title="No. 88 Squadron RAAF">No. 88 Squadron RAAF</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._92_Squadron_RAAF" title="No. 92 Squadron RAAF">No. 92 Squadron RAAF</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._93_Squadron_RAAF" title="No. 93 Squadron RAAF">No. 93 Squadron RAAF</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._94_Squadron_RAAF" title="No. 94 Squadron RAAF">No. 94 Squadron RAAF</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._99_Squadron_RAAF" title="No. 99 Squadron RAAF">No. 99 Squadron RAAF</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._100_Squadron_RAAF" title="No. 100 Squadron RAAF">No. 100 Squadron RAAF</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._102_Squadron_RAAF" title="No. 102 Squadron RAAF">No. 102 Squadron RAAF</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._107_Squadron_RAAF" title="No. 107 Squadron RAAF">No. 107 Squadron RAAF</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._292_Squadron_RAAF" title="No. 292 Squadron RAAF">No. 292 Squadron RAAF</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/RAAF_Squadron_Berlin_Air_Lift" title="RAAF Squadron Berlin Air Lift">RAAF Squadron Berlin Air Lift</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fighter_Squadron_RAAF" title="Fighter Squadron RAAF">Fighter Squadron RAAF</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rescue_and_Communication_Squadron_RAAF" title="Rescue and Communication Squadron RAAF">Rescue and Communication Squadron RAAF</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Seaplane_Squadron_RAAF" title="Seaplane Squadron RAAF">Seaplane Squadron RAAF</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/RAAF_University_Squadrons" title="RAAF University Squadrons">RAAF University Squadrons</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;"><a href="/wiki/Flight_(military_unit)" title="Flight (military unit)">Flights</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Air ambulance<br />units</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/No._1_Air_Ambulance_Unit_RAAF" title="No. 1 Air Ambulance Unit RAAF">No. 1 Air Ambulance Unit RAAF</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._2_Air_Ambulance_Unit_RAAF" title="No. 2 Air Ambulance Unit RAAF">No. 2 Air Ambulance Unit RAAF</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Air-sea<br />rescue flights</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/No._111_Air-Sea_Rescue_Flight_RAAF" title="No. 111 Air-Sea Rescue Flight RAAF">No. 111 Air-Sea Rescue Flight RAAF</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._112_Air-Sea_Rescue_Flight_RAAF" title="No. 112 Air-Sea Rescue Flight RAAF">No. 112 Air-Sea Rescue Flight RAAF</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._113_Air-Sea_Rescue_Flight_RAAF" title="No. 113 Air-Sea Rescue Flight RAAF">No. 113 Air-Sea Rescue Flight RAAF</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=No._114_Air-Sea_Rescue_Flight_RAAF&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="No. 114 Air-Sea Rescue Flight RAAF (page does not exist)">No. 114 Air-Sea Rescue Flight RAAF</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=No._115_Air-Sea_Rescue_Flight_RAAF&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="No. 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