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

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

↑ "No. 77 Squadron".
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Gillison, Royal Australian Air Force, p. 649
No. 77 Squadron RAAF Media
- Pilots of No. 77 Squadron in their F/A-18 Hornets, 2010
- F-35 Lightning of No. 77 Squadron at Guam during Exercise Cope North 22, January 2022
- Pilots of B Flight, No. 77 Squadron, including Flying Officer John Gorton (back row, fourth from left) with a P-40 Kittyhawk in the Northern Territory, January 1943
- No. 77 Squadron Kittyhawks at Milne Bay, 1943
- No. 77 Squadron P-51 Mustang fighters undergoing maintenance at Iwakuni, Japan, c. 1950
- Wing Commander Lou Spence, commanding No. 77 Squadron, before a mission over Korea, August 1950
- Squadron Leader Dick Cresswell (centre), on his third tour commanding No. 77 Squadron, briefs Meteor pilots at Kimpo before a mission over North Korea, August 1951
- No. 77 Squadron Meteor at Kimpo preparing for a bomber escort mission over North Korea, 1951
- No. 77 Squadron pilots and their Meteors at Kunsan, South Korea, June 1954. The nose section of aircraft A77-368 later went on display at the Australian War Memorial, Canberra.
- RAAF Sabres in Thailand, c. 1962
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[2] Gillison, Royal Australian Air Force, p. 649
No. 77 Squadron RAAF Media

Pilots of No. 77 Squadron in their F/A-18 Hornets, 2010

F-35 Lightning of No. 77 Squadron at Guam during Exercise Cope North 22, January 2022

Pilots of B Flight, No. 77 Squadron, including Flying Officer John Gorton (back row, fourth from left) with a P-40 Kittyhawk in the Northern Territory, January 1943

No. 77 Squadron Kittyhawks at Milne Bay, 1943

No. 77 Squadron P-51 Mustang fighters undergoing maintenance at Iwakuni, Japan, c. 1950

Wing Commander Lou Spence, commanding No. 77 Squadron, before a mission over Korea, August 1950

Squadron Leader Dick Cresswell (centre), on his third tour commanding No. 77 Squadron, briefs Meteor pilots at Kimpo before a mission over North Korea, August 1951

No. 77 Squadron Meteor at Kimpo preparing for a bomber escort mission over North Korea, 1951

No. 77 Squadron pilots and their Meteors at Kunsan, South Korea, June 1954. The nose section of aircraft A77-368 later went on display at the Australian War Memorial, Canberra.

RAAF Sabres in Thailand, c. 1962

Archived 2016-06-24 at the Wayback Machine

[3] Pilots of No. 77 Squadron in their F/A-18 Hornets, 2010

[4] F-35 Lightning of No. 77 Squadron at Guam during Exercise Cope North 22, January 2022

[5] Pilots of B Flight, No. 77 Squadron, including Flying Officer John Gorton (back row, fourth from left) with a P-40 Kittyhawk in the Northern Territory, January 1943

[6] No. 77 Squadron Kittyhawks at Milne Bay, 1943

[7] No. 77 Squadron P-51 Mustang fighters undergoing maintenance at Iwakuni, Japan, c. 1950

[8] Wing Commander Lou Spence, commanding No. 77 Squadron, before a mission over Korea, August 1950

[9] Squadron Leader Dick Cresswell (centre), on his third tour commanding No. 77 Squadron, briefs Meteor pilots at Kimpo before a mission over North Korea, August 1951

[10] No. 77 Squadron Meteor at Kimpo preparing for a bomber escort mission over North Korea, 1951

[11] No. 77 Squadron pilots and their Meteors at Kunsan, South Korea, June 1954. The nose section of aircraft A77-368 later went on display at the Australian War Memorial, Canberra.

[12] RAAF Sabres in Thailand, c. 1962

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No. 77 Squadron RAAF

Jobs and planes

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