No. 77 Squadron RAAF

No. 77 Squadron is a squadron in the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF). It flies out of RAAF Williamtown in New South Wales, Australia. It is part of No. 81 Wing and has F18 Hornet fighters.

The squadron started at RAAF Pearce in Western Australia in 1942 during the Second World War, and fought in the Pacific Theatre with P40 Kittyhawks. After the war it got new P51 Mustangs and went to Japan.

In 1950 it went to Korea to support the United Nations against North Korea. It got Meteor jets there and shot down five MiG 15s and 5,000 buildings and vehicles.



When they went back to Australia in 1956 they got new Sabre jets. In 1958 they went to Malaya to help the Commonwealth there. They stayed there, looking after the country until 1969. Then they went back to Williamtown and got new Mirage jets, then F18 Hornets in 1987. It went to Afghanistan in 2001 and again in 2015. In 2021 it will get F35 Lightning fighters.

Jobs and planes

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A row of helmeted pilots in the cockpits of their fighter jets
Pilots of No. 77 Squadron in their F/A-18 Hornets, 2010

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The squadron has F18 Hornets which they got in 1987. They look after an area of sky in New South Wales.

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Notes

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  1. ↑ "No. 77 Squadron".
  2. ↑ Gillison, Royal Australian Air Force, p. 649 Archived 2016-06-24 at the Wayback Machine