wing raaf wing royal_australian_air_force raaf transport wing coming control headquartered new_south_wales wing comprises squadron operating boeing challenger jets squadron operating lockheed martin medium transports technical training unit squadron formed army operation duties theatre world war wing operated mix aircraft including disbanding formed tactical transport wing headquartered queensland comprising nos squadrons operating canada augmented squadron operating trainer transports wing reorganised special transport wing headquartered richmond transferred wing wing took responsibility squadron operating boeing tanker transports squadron operating transports addition controlling squadron squadron converted transferred wing assumed control squadron development unit subsequently moved direct squadron wing following retirement squadron raaf sole hercules unit transferred wing wing squadron merged squadron formed wing operate tactical transport commencing squadron detached wing january scheduled return operational history army cooperation formation royal_australian_air_force raaf established army cooperation wings late world war described official history raaf pacific essentially non offensive character responsible reconnaissance artillery spotting supply drops ground forces ddt combat malaria guiding close support aircraft objectives wing aircraft carry strikes targets opportunity army cooperation wing formed september queensland commanded group captain comprised tactical reconnaissance squadron air observation post flight communication unit operational base unit wing arrived october begin supporting australian troops squadron equipped eighteen assigned mark targets flight reconnaissance work words official history eyes battalion commanders communications unit flew reconnaissance supply anti missions renamed local air supply unit march december january wing lost operations despite suffering shortages pilots equipment wing generally able pace army requirements detachment squadron flying employed augment wing supply capabilities end june squadron flown sorties flight local air supply unit squadron detachment accounted navigational efficiency new pilots increased demands bulk reconnaissance duties fell flight pacific war ended august local air supply unit tasked dropping announcing news japanese positions month succeeded wing commander end hostilities led morale problems owing inactivity sent headquarters frank report effect tone earning air officer commanding flight disbanded december followed month later local air supply unit squadron transferred western_australia january disbanded october year wing headquarters completed reduction nucleus january departed arrived victoria february disbanding march transport formation wing established tactical transport wing newly formed queensland february comprised squadrons squadron located squadron located raaf base richmond new_south_wales prior squadrons control predecessor wing primary purpose support australian_army operations exercises new_south_wales maintained detachments search rescue local transport duties western_australia detachment squadron detachment formed flight march addition military role provided assistance civil community form disaster relief medical evacuation aircraft frequently operated training humanitarian missions squadron responsible conversion operations training transferred queensland october beginning following month seven fleet retired storage use spare parts wing control located richmond augmented squadron operating navigational training transport fisheries surveillance victoria january wing reorganised special transport wing special transport meaning activities directly related army support carrying headquarters relocated richmond addition squadron complement included squadron operating boeing air air transport richmond squadron operating falcon transport raaf base canberra nos squadrons transferred wing headquartered richmond squadron soon employed form wing detachment kuwait march undertook operational aerial tanker mission squadron formation royal_air_force raf saudi_arabia detachment subsequently addition march september formed wing detachment australia contribution war afghanistan located air base provided aerial coalition aircraft operating theatre efforts earning wing unit citation squadron fleet falcon replaced boeing business jets challenger july arrival new jets permitted air_force cease squadron transport role concert wing squadron completed conversion beech king air december squadron transferred wing assumed control richmond based units defunct wing squadron squadron undertook instruction technical staff ground based training hercules boeing flight responsible developing new techniques air transport operations later moved direct control squadron retired june subsequently relocated control wing squadron transferred wing wing october operated mix lockheed hercules lockheed martin wing having consolidated operations squadron prior squadron boeing iii hercules king airs employed flood relief queensland victoria early february hercules transported medical staff equipment aid victims earthquake year squadron provided transport visits australia queen elizabeth_ii president barack_obama squadron hercules retired november expected remain service february raaf marked years rotating detachment support australian contribution wars afghanistan iraq rotation maintained squadron auspices wing operations having absorbed squadron squadron established wing january operate tactical transports richmond squadron transferred transition team january expected return wing control reaching initial operating capability new aircraft arrived australia june april renamed
No. 84 Wing RAAF