No. 81 Wing is responsible for operating the Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II multi-role fighters of the Royal Australian Air Force. Headquartered at RAAF Base Williamtown, New South Wales, the wing
No. 76 Squadron pilots with a Kittyhawk fighter, 1944
Pilots of No. 81 Wing with a P-51D Mustang, shortly after arrival at Bofu, Japan, in March 1946
Sabre in the markings of No. 76 Squadron's "Black Panthers" aerobatic team
F/A-18 Hornets of No. 3 Squadron in 2013
The Royal Australian Air Force is the principal aerial warfare force of Australia, a part of the Australian Defence Force along with the Royal Australian Navy and the Australian Army. Constitutionally
No. 81 Wing RAAF
…No. 81 Wing is responsible for operating the Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II multi-role fighters of the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF). Headquartered at RAAF Base Williamtown, New South Wales, the wing comprises three combat units, Nos. 3 and 77 Squadrons based at Williamtown…
Australian Flying Corps Bristol Fighter F-2B (McCaughey Battleplane), Palestine, 1918
A Handley Page Hampden of No. 455 Squadron, based at RAF Leuchars in Scotland, May 1942
The aircrew and ground staff of No. 467 Squadron at RAF Waddington, England, celebrate Avro Lancaster R5868 "S for Sugar" completing 100 operations, May 1944
P-40E Kittyhawk piloted by Keith Truscott, commander of No. 76 Squadron, at Milne Bay, New Guinea, September 1942