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22 Cards in this Set
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Point cook is home to the raaf museum, when was it established? |
1949 |
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AIRMSHL Richard Williams is regarded as the father of the raaf, when did he become first chief of air staff? |
October 1922 |
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The Australian air force was created on 31 March 1921. When was the prefix 'royal' added? |
13 Aug 1921. |
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Who are the 4 VC recipients? |
McNamara (WW1), Edwards, Middleton and Newton |
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When was the current raaf ensign approved by the queen? And when was it proclaimed as a flag under the flags act? |
1981, 6 may 1982 |
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AVM Don Bennett formed and leg the 'pathfinder' force from what year? |
1942 |
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What date did 2 of the Japanese air raids hit Darwin and out the raaf base out of action? |
19 feb 1942 |
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Jap air raids 42-42 |
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How many fighter pilots were involved in the morotai mutiny? |
8 |
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How many Australians helped deliver an average of 8000 tonnes of food and supplies firing the Berlin air lift? |
57 |
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What aircraft were flown by the raaf to combat the communist led insurgency during the malayan emergency? |
Dakota transport, Lincoln and canberra bombers. |
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What aircraft did 77 sqn fly in Korea? |
Mustang then meteor |
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Why was 77sqn withdrawn from Korea? |
The meteor was inferior compared to Chinese and Russian mig-15's |
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After concern over conflict with Indonesia, when did the raaf start modernising its military? |
1958 |
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Which aircraft did the raaf use during the Vietnam War? |
Caribou, Hercules, Iroquois |
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When were helicopters transferred to army? |
1986 |
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When were helicopters transferred to army? |
1986 |
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What was Australia's longest operation? |
OP Slipper |
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What aircraft were deployed to op slipper? |
F18, P3, Hercules, c17, heron, b707, TPS77 radar |
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When were the bali bombings |
2002, 2005 |
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What countries has the raaf contributed significantly to peace operations? |
Indo, Korea, kashmir, Sinai, Cambodia, Kigali, Somalia, Bougainville, Lebanon, Solomon Islands, Sudan and east Timor |
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The raaf has been a large part in humanitarian relief operations both home and abroad. What are some significant events? |
2004 boxing day tsunami, 2011 Christchurch earthquake, 2011 jap earthquake and tsunami |
