Portal:Military history of Australia/Units/January 18

Four No. 82 Wing F-111s in 2006

No. 82 Wing is the Royal Australian Air Force's Strike and Reconnaissance Wing. It is currently headquartered at RAAF Amberley, Queensland, and operates the F/A-18F Super Hornet and Pilatus PC-9 Forward Air Control aircraft. No. 82 Wing was established in 1944 to command the RAAF's B-24 Liberator heavy bomber squadrons. Shortly after the war it moved to its present location at RAAF Amberley and converted to Avro Lincoln bombers. These aircraft were replaced with English Electric Canberra jet bombers in 1953. In 1973 the wing accepted its first F-111 bombers, which it operated until 2010 when it was re-equipped with the Super Hornet.