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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 RAAFOdgers (1968), p. 508 * No. 21 Wing RAAFGillison (1962), p. 759 * No. 22 Wing RAAF * No. 24 Wing RAAF * No. 34 Wing RAAF * No. 41 Wing RAAF * No. 42 Wing RAAF * No. 44 Wing RAAF * No. 61 Wing RAAF * No. 62 Wing RAAF *No. 71 Wing RAAF * No. 72 Wing RAAF *No. 73 Wing RAAF * No. 75 Wing RAAF * No. 76 Wing RAAF *No. 77 Wing RAAF * No. 78 Wing RAAF * No. 79 Wing RAAF *No. 80 Wing RAAF *No. 81 Wing RAAF * No. 82 Wing RAAF * No. 83 Wing RAAF *No. 84 Wing RAAF * No. 85 Wing RAAF * No. 86 Wing RAAF * No. 90 Wing RAAF *No. 91 Wing RAAF * No. 92 Wing RAAF * No. 95 Wing RAAFAir Power Development Centre (2015), p. 45 * No. 96 Wing RAAF * No. 97 Wing RAAF * No. 301 Air Base Wing RAAF * No. 302 Air Base Wing RAAF * No. 303 Air Base Wing RAAF * No. 304 Air Base Wing RAAF * No. 305 Air Base Wing RAAF * No. 306 Air Base Wing RAAF * No. 307 Air Base Wing RAAF * No. 321 Air Base Wing RAAF * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wing (military Aviation Unit)
In military aviation, a wing is a unit of command. In most military aviation services, a wing is a relatively large formation of planes. In Commonwealth countries a wing usually comprises three squadrons, with several wings forming a group (around 10 squadrons). Each squadron will contain around 20 planes. Commonwealth usage Origins On its establishment in 1912, the British Royal Flying Corps (RFC) was intended to be an inter-service, combined force of the British Army and Royal Navy. Given the rivalry that existed between the army and navy, new terminology was used, in order to avoid marking the corps out as having an army or navy ethos. While the term "wing" had been used in the cavalry, its more general use predominated. Accordingly, the word "wing", with its allusion of flight, was chosen as the term of subdivision and the corps was split into a "Military Wing" (i.e. an army wing) and a "Naval Wing". Each wing consisted of a number of squadrons (the term "squadro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
