| rdfs:comment | - No. 84 Wing is a Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) transport wing. Coming under the control of Air Lift Group (ALG), it is headquartered at RAAF Base Richmond, New South Wales. The wing comprises No. 34 Squadron, operating Boeing 737 and Bombardier Challenger 604 VIP jets; No. 35 Squadron, scheduled to begin operating Alenia C-27J Spartan tactical transports in 2015; No. 37 Squadron, operating Lockheed Martin C-130J Super Hercules medium transports; and a technical training unit, No. 285 Squadron.
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| abstract | - No. 84 Wing is a Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) transport wing. Coming under the control of Air Lift Group (ALG), it is headquartered at RAAF Base Richmond, New South Wales. The wing comprises No. 34 Squadron, operating Boeing 737 and Bombardier Challenger 604 VIP jets; No. 35 Squadron, scheduled to begin operating Alenia C-27J Spartan tactical transports in 2015; No. 37 Squadron, operating Lockheed Martin C-130J Super Hercules medium transports; and a technical training unit, No. 285 Squadron. Formed in 1944 for army co-operation duties in the South West Pacific theatre of World War II, No. 84 Wing operated a mix of aircraft including CAC Boomerangs, CAC Wirraways, Auster AOPs and Bristol Beauforts, before disbanding in 1946. It was re-formed in 1991 as a tactical transport wing headquartered at RAAF Base Townsville, Queensland, comprising Nos. 35 and 38 Squadrons operating de Havilland Canada DHC-4 Caribous. By 1996, it had been augmented by No. 32 Squadron, operating Hawker Siddeley HS 748 trainer-transports. In 1998, No. 84 Wing was reorganised as a special transport wing, headquartered at Richmond. The Caribous were transferred to No. 86 Wing and No. 84 Wing took over responsibility for No. 33 Squadron, operating Boeing 707 tanker-transports, and No. 34 Squadron, operating VIP transports, in addition to controlling No. 32 Squadron. By mid-2006, No. 32 Squadron had converted to Beech King Air 350s and transferred to Air Force Training Group, while No. 84 Wing had assumed control of No. 285 Squadron and Air Movements Training and Development Unit (AMTDU). AMTDU was subsequently moved under the direct aegis of ALG, and No. 33 Squadron under No. 86 Wing, following the retirement of the 707s. No. 37 Squadron, by then the RAAF's sole Hercules unit, was transferred from No. 86 Wing to No. 84 Wing in 2010. No. 35 Squadron, which had been merged with No. 38 Squadron in 2000, was re-formed under No. 84 Wing in 2013 to operate the C-27 Spartan.
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