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]
No. 21 Wing RAAF^[2]
No. 22 Wing RAAF^[3]
No. 24 Wing RAAF^[2]
No. 34 Wing RAAF^[2]
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]
No. 83 Wing RAAF^[1]
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]
No. 95 Wing RAAF^[7]
No. 96 Wing RAAF^[7]
No. 97 Wing RAAF^[8]
No. 301 Air Base Wing RAAF^[9]
No. 302 Air Base Wing RAAF^[9]
No. 303 Air Base Wing RAAF^[9]
No. 304 Air Base Wing RAAF^[9]
No. 305 Air Base Wing RAAF^[9]
No. 306 Air Base Wing RAAF^[9]
No. 307 Air Base Wing RAAF^[9]
No. 321 Air Base Wing RAAF^[9]
No. 322 Air Base Wing RAAF^[9]
No. 323 Air Base Wing RAAF^[9]
No. 324 Air Base Wing RAAF (contingency unit, not permanently established)^[10]
No. 325 Air Base Wing RAAF (contingency unit, not permanently established))^[10]
No. 326 Air Base Wing RAAF (contingency unit, not permanently established))^[10]
No. 327 Air Base Wing RAAF (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]
No. 481 Wing RAAF^[12]
No. 501 Wing RAAF^[9]
No. 503 Wing RAAF^[9]

Named wings

Airfield Defence Wing RAAF^[13]
Air System Development and Test Wing RAAF^[4]
Air Training Wing RAAF^[4]
Ground Training Wing RAAF^[4]
Health Services Wing RAAF^[4]
Information Warfare Directorate RAAF^[14]^[4]
INTERFET Combined Air Wing^[15]/No. 96 Combined Air Wing RAAF^[16]
Operational Support Wing RAAF^[17]
Reserve Training Wing RAAF^[4]
Search and Rescue Wing RAAF^[18]

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.
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.

Royal Australian Air Force

Australian Defence Force

leadership

Air and Space Interoperability Council
Chief of Air Force
Deputy Chief of Air Force
Defence Space Commander
Marshal of the Royal Australian Air Force
Air Chief Marshal
List of Royal Australian Air Force air marshals
Warrant Officer of the Air Force

personnel

structure

Units and Formations
Defence Space Command
Groups
Wings
Squadrons
Ground Support Squadrons
Flights
Musterings
Air Force Reserve
Australian Air Force Cadets
Airfield Defence Guards
Air Traffic Control

Air
Command
groups
and
wings

Air Combat	No. 78 Wing No. 81 Wing No. 82 Wing
Air Mobility	No. 84 Wing No. 86 Wing
Surveillance & Response	No. 41 Wing No. 42 Wing No. 44 Wing No. 92 Wing
Combat Support	No. 95 Wing No. 396 Combat Support Wing Health Services Wing
Air Warfare	Integrated Mission Support Directorate Information Warfare Directorate Tactics and Training Directorate Test and Development Directorate Aircraft Research and Development Unit Aircraft Systems Engineering Squadron Aircraft Stores Compatibility Engineering Squadron RAAF Institute of Aviation Medicine Air Force Ranges Directorate
Training	Air Training Wing Basic Flying Training School Central Flying School Ground Training Wing Combat Survival Training School Reserve Training Wing RAAF College Officers' Training School