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The Royal Australian Air Force Memorial is on Anzac Parade, the principal ceremonial and memorial avenue of Canberra, the capital city of Australia. The Royal Australian Air Force was formed on 31 March 1921, being preceded by the Australian Flying Corps that saw service in World War I. This memorial commemorates the 50th anniversary of the ...
19 August 1968 - XH646 Handley Page Victor K.1, 214 Squadron, mid-air collision with Canberra B(I).6 WT325 near Holt, Norfolk. Four killed in Victor, three killed in Canberra. 1969. 15 April 1969 - A7-020, Macchi CA30-20 6394, during low-level training mission, crashed in paddock beside Springberg Lane, Perry Bridge Vic AU; two died. [41]
RAAF squadrons were permanently based at the Canberra Aerodrome from 1939. The base was formally established as RAAF Station Canberra on 1 April 1940. In 1941 part of the airport was named Fairbairn Airbase after the late Minister for Air and Civil Aviation James Fairbairn, Member of the Australian House of Representatives, who was killed in an aircraft crash in the proximity of the airfield ...
The RAAF established the Women's Auxiliary Australian Air Force (WAAAF) in March 1941, which then became the Women's Royal Australian Air Force (WRAAF) in 1951. [87] The service merged with the RAAF in 1977; however, all women in the Australian military were barred from combat-related roles until 1990.
F/A-18F Super Hornet of No. 1 Squadron, 2013 This is a list of Royal Australian Air Force aircraft squadrons. The Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) was formed in 1921 and traces its lineage to the previous Australian Flying Corps that served during World War I. The list also includes those squadrons that were under Australian and British operational control during World War II, and squadrons ...
Australian Air Board Agency overview Formed 1920 Dissolved 1976 Superseding agency Chief of the Air Staff Advisory Committee Jurisdiction Royal Australian Air Force Headquarters Melbourne (1920–61) Canberra (1961–76) Parent department Department of Defence (1920–39, 1973–76) Department of Air (1939–73) Parent agency Australian Air Council (1920–29) The Air Board, also known as the ...
Units of the Royal Australian Air Force: A Concise History. Volume 8: Training Units. Canberra: Australian Government Publishing Service. ISBN 0-644-42800-7. Royal Australian Air Force (2020). Air Force Capability Guide 2020 (PDF). Canberra: Air and Space Power Centre. Stephens, Alan (1995). Going Solo: The Royal Australian Air Force 1946 ...
Australia in the War of 1939–1945. Series 3 – Air. Vol. 2 (reprint ed.). Canberra: Australian War Memorial. OCLC 246580191. RAAF Historical Section (1995). Units of the Royal Australian Air Force – Volume 3: Bomber Units. Canberra: Australian Government Publishing Service. ISBN 0-644-42795-7