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This is a list of the current Royal Australian Air Force aircraft in operation:
Aircraft | Unit operating | Number of aircraft | Origin |
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Combat aircraft | |||
Lockheed Martin F-35A Lightning II stealth multirole fighter aircraft | No. 2 Operational Conversion Unit (RAAF Base Williamtown)
No. 3 Squadron (RAAF Base Williamtown) |
63 in service (72 total ordered) | United States |
Boeing F/A-18F Super Hornet strike fighter aircraft | No. 1 Squadron (RAAF Base Amberley) |
24 | United States |
Patrol aircraft | |||
Boeing P-8A Poseidon maritime patrol and anti submarine warfare aircraft | No. 11 Squadron (RAAF Base Edinburgh) | 12 (2 on order)[1] | United States |
AEW&C and EW aircraft | |||
Boeing E-7A Wedgetail Airborne Early Warning & Control aircraft | No. 2 Squadron (RAAF Base Williamtown) | 6[2] | Australia |
Boeing EA-18G Growler Electronic Warfare aircraft | No. 6 Squadron (RAAF Base Amberley) | 12[3] | United States |
MC-55A Peregrine Intelligence, Surveillance, Reconnaissance and Electronic Warfare (ISREW) aircraft | Surveillance and Response Group (SRG) (RAAF Base Edinburgh) | 4 on order [4] | United States |
Transport aircraft | |||
Alenia C-27J Spartan battlefield airlifter | No. 35 Squadron (RAAF Base Amberley) | 10 | Italy |
Lockheed C-130J Hercules medium transport | No. 37 Squadron (RAAF Base Richmond) | 12 (20 on order to replace and expand current fleet)[5] | United States |
Boeing C-17 Globemaster heavy transport | No. 36 Squadron (RAAF Base Amberley) | 8 | United States |
Airbus KC-30A Multi-Role Tanker Transport | No. 33 Squadron (RAAF Base Amberley) | 7 (1 VIP configured[6]) | Spain/France |
Boeing BBJ (Boeing Business Jet) VIP transport | No. 34 Squadron (Defence Establishment Fairbairn) | 2 | United States |
Dassault Falcon 7X VIP transport | No. 34 Squadron (Defence Establishment Fairbairn) | 3 | France |
Beechcraft King Air 350 light transport | No. 32 Squadron (RAAF Base East Sale) | 12[7] | United States |
Helicopters | |||
AgustaWestland AW139 SAR helicopter | RAAF Base Amberley | 6 (contracted with CHC Helicopter)[9] | Italy |
Training aircraft | |||
Diamond DA40NG | Australian Air Force Cadets | 8 (under civilian registrations) | Austria |
Pilatus PC-21 | Central Flying School (RAAF Base East Sale)
No. 2 Flying Training School (RAAF Base Pearce) No. 4 Squadron (FAC training) (RAAF Base Williamtown) |
49[10] | Switzerland |
BAe Hawk 127 lead-in fighter trainer | No. 79 Squadron (RAAF Base Pearce) No. 76 Squadron (RAAF Base Williamtown) |
33 | United Kingdom |
Beechcraft King Air 350 navigation & specialised trainer | No. 32 Squadron (RAAF Base East Sale) | 12 | United States |
Remotely piloted aircraft | |||
MQ-4C Triton | No. 92 Wing | 1 (3 on order)[11][12] | United States |
MQ-28 Ghost Bat | TBD | 8 (10 Block 1s and 3 Block 2s on order)[13][14] | Australia |
Ownership of 12 historic aircraft was transferred from Temora Aviation Museum to the RAAF in July 2019; they continue to be maintained by museum staff but operated by the RAAF as the Temora Historic Flight with pilots inducted into the RAAF Reserve.[15] No. 100 Squadron was reformed in March 2021 as the Air Force Heritage Squadron to operate airworthy warbirds based at the RAAF Museum and Temora.[16]
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