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| rdfs:label | - Royal Australian Air Force
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| rdfs:comment | - The RAAF traces its history back to the Imperial Conference held in London in 1911, where it was decided aviation should be developed within the armed forces of the British Empire. Australia implemented this decision, the only country to do so, by approving the establishment of the Central Flying School at Point Cook, Victoria on 22 October 1912. The RAAF was the second air force to be officially formed.
- The RAAF was unprepared for war in the Pacific when Japan entered World War II. Fitted with aircraft that were no match against the Zero, the RAAF was beaten in the skies over Malaya, the Dutch East Indies, New Guinea, and even their own home. Cut off from the US, the RAAF was forced to make their own stop-gap fighter.
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| Garrison | |
| commander3 label | |
| Commander | - Air Marshal Geoff Brown AO
- Air Vice Marshal Gavin Davies CSC
- Air Vice Marshal Melvin Hupfeld DSC
- Warrant Officer Mark Pentreath CSM
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| identification symbol 3 label | |
| identification symbol | |
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| identification symbol label | |
| aircraft patrol | |
| Caption | - Logo of the Royal Australian Air Force
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| aircraft electronic | |
| commander4 label | |
| aircraft trainer | |
| Unit Name | - Royal Australian Air Force
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| notable commanders | - ACM Angus Houston
- ACM Sir Frederick Scherger
- ACM Sir Neville McNamara
- AIRMSHL Mark Binskin
- AIRMSHL Sir George Jones
- AIRMSHL Sir Richard Williams
- AIRVCMSHL William Bostock
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| garrison label | |
| commander2 label | |
| Allegiance | |
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| Anniversaries | |
| aircraft transport | - C-130 Hercules, C-17 Globemaster III, Boeing 737, B300, Challenger 600, Airbus A330 MRTT
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| aircraft recon | |
| Motto | - Per Ardua ad Astra
- "Through Adversity to the Stars"
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| identification symbol 2 label | |
| commander1 label | |
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| abstract | - The RAAF traces its history back to the Imperial Conference held in London in 1911, where it was decided aviation should be developed within the armed forces of the British Empire. Australia implemented this decision, the only country to do so, by approving the establishment of the Central Flying School at Point Cook, Victoria on 22 October 1912. The RAAF was the second air force to be officially formed.
- The RAAF was unprepared for war in the Pacific when Japan entered World War II. Fitted with aircraft that were no match against the Zero, the RAAF was beaten in the skies over Malaya, the Dutch East Indies, New Guinea, and even their own home. Cut off from the US, the RAAF was forced to make their own stop-gap fighter.
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