List of Royal Australian Air Force wings

This is a list of the wings organised by the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF).

Numbered wings[]

No. 1 Wing RAAF^[1]
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No. 41 Wing RAAF^[1]
No. 42 Wing RAAF^[4]
No. 44 Wing RAAF^[1]
No. 61 Wing RAAF^[1]
No. 62 Wing RAAF^[1]
No. 71 Wing RAAF^[1]
No. 72 Wing RAAF^[1]
No. 73 Wing RAAF^[1]
No. 75 Wing RAAF^[1]
No. 76 Wing RAAF^[1]
No. 77 Wing RAAF^[1]
No. 78 Wing RAAF^[1]
No. 79 Wing RAAF^[1]
No. 80 Wing RAAF^[1]
No. 81 Wing RAAF^[1]
No. 82 Wing RAAF^[1]
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No. 84 Wing RAAF^[1]
No. 85 Wing RAAF^[1]
No. 86 Wing RAAF^[1]
No. 90 Wing RAAF^[5]
No. 91 Wing RAAF^[6]
No. 92 Wing RAAF^[4]
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No. 96 Wing RAAF^[7]
No. 97 Wing RAAF^[8]
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(contingency unit, not permanently established)^[10]
(contingency unit, not permanently established))^[10]
(contingency unit, not permanently established))^[10]
(contingency unit, not permanently established))^[10]
No. 395 Expeditionary Combat Support Wing RAAF^[4]
No. 396 Expeditionary Combat Support Wing RAAF^[4]
No. 402 Wing RAAF^[11]
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No. 501 Wing RAAF^[9]
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Named wings[]

Notes[]

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o ^p ^q ^r ^s ^t Odgers (1968), p. 508
^ ^a ^b ^c Gillison (1962), p. 759
^ Australian War Memorial (1995), p. 1
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j "Air Force Wings". Royal Australian Air Force. Retrieved 3 December 2010.
^ Stephens (2006), p. 244
^ "91 Composite Wing RAAF". Australian Military Units. Australian War Memorial. Retrieved 11 February 2010.
^ ^a ^b Air Power Development Centre (2015), p. 45
^ Bullard (2017), p. 257
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l Jackson (2000), p. 19
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d O'Brien (2009). pp. 93–94
^ Lax 2020, p. 117.
^ Lax 2020, p. 677.
^ Wellfare, John (11 August 2005). "Unconventional enemy to defeat". Air Force. Department of Defence. Retrieved 11 February 2010.
^ "About Us: Air Warfare Centre". Royal Australian Air Force. 2016. Retrieved 16 August 2016. Information Warfare Directorate – centralises the AF’s tactical information warfare elements and provides the wider RAAF with an integrated and tailorable operational support capability drawn from across the Intelligence, Electronic Warfare and Information Operations domains.
^ Wilson (2003), p. 11
^ Breen (2008), p. 139
^ Lax 2020, p. 555.
^ Australian War Memorial (1995), p. 84

References[]

Air Power Development Centre (2015). Air Force - Serving Australia's Interests. Canberra: Royal Australian Air Force.
Australian War Memorial (1995). Squadrons, Formations & Units of the Royal Australian Air Force and their Deployment. Canberra: Unpublished monograph held by the AWM Research Centre.
Breen, Bob (2008). Struggling for Self Reliance. Four Case Studies of Australian Regional Force Projection in the Late 1980s and the 1990s. Canberra Papers on Strategy and Defence No. 171. Canberra: ANU E Press. ISBN 978-1-921536-09-0. Archived from the original on 16 November 2012. Retrieved 13 April 2013.
Bullard, Steven (2017). In their Time of Need: Australia's Overseas Emergency Relief Operations 1918-2006. Official History of Australian Peacekeeping, Humanitarian and Post-Cold War Operations. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-1-107-02634-6.
Gillison, Douglas (1962). Royal Australian Air Force 1939–1942. Australia in the War of 1939–1945. Series 3 – Air. Canberra: Australian War Memorial. Archived from the original on 7 June 2011.
Jackson, Paul, ed. (2000). Jane's World Air Forces. Coulsdon: Jane's Information Group. ISBN 0-7106-1293-1.
Lax, Mark (2020). Taking the Lead : The Royal Australian Air Force 1972-1996. Newport, New South Wales: Big Sky Publishing. ISBN 978-1-922265-95-1.
O'Brien, Graham (2009). Always There: A History of Air Force Combat Support (PDF). Tuggeranong, ACT: Air Power Development Centre. ISBN 9781920800451.
Odgers, George (1968). Air War Against Japan 1943–1945. Australia in the War of 1939–1945. Series 3 – Air (reprint ed.). Canberra: Australian War Memorial. Archived from the original on 14 October 2013.
Stephens, Alan (2006). The Royal Australian Air Force: A History (Paperback ed.). South Melbourne: Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-555541-7.
Wilson, David (2003). Warden to Tanager: RAAF Operations in East Timor. Maryborough: Banner Books. ISBN 1-875593-26-8.

[Odgers_508-1] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o ^p ^q ^r ^s ^t Odgers (1968), p. 508

[Gillison_759-2] Gillison (1962), p. 759

[3] Australian War Memorial (1995), p. 1

[RAAF_website_wings-4] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j "Air Force Wings". Royal Australian Air Force. Retrieved 3 December 2010.

[5] Stephens (2006), p. 244

[6] "91 Composite Wing RAAF". Australian Military Units. Australian War Memorial. Retrieved 11 February 2010.

[APDC_2015_45-7] Air Power Development Centre (2015), p. 45

[8] Bullard (2017), p. 257

[Jackson_2000_19-9] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l Jackson (2000), p. 19

[OBrien_93-94-10] O'Brien (2009). pp. 93–94

[FOOTNOTELax2020117-11] Lax 2020, p. 117.

[FOOTNOTELax2020677-12] Lax 2020, p. 677.

[13] Wellfare, John (11 August 2005). "Unconventional enemy to defeat". Air Force. Department of Defence. Retrieved 11 February 2010.

[RaafAboutAwcIwd-14] "About Us: Air Warfare Centre". Royal Australian Air Force. 2016. Retrieved 16 August 2016. Information Warfare Directorate – centralises the AF’s tactical information warfare elements and provides the wider RAAF with an integrated and tailorable operational support capability drawn from across the Intelligence, Electronic Warfare and Information Operations domains.

[15] Wilson (2003), p. 11

[16] Breen (2008), p. 139

[FOOTNOTELax2020555-17] Lax 2020, p. 555.

[18] Australian War Memorial (1995), p. 84

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Contents

Numbered wings[]

Named wings[]

See also[]

Notes[]

References[]