No. 1 Squadron is a Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) squadron headquartered at RAAF Base Amberley, Queensland. It is controlled by No. 82 Wing, part of Air Combat Group, and is equipped with Boeing F/A-18F Super Hornet multi-role fighters.

F/A-18F Super Hornet of No. 1 Squadron, 2013. This is a list of Royal Australian Air Force aircraft squadrons. The Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) was formed in 1921 and traces its lineage to the previous Australian Flying Corps that served during World War I.

No. 1 Squadron is a Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) squadron headquartered at RAAF Base Amberley, Queensland. It is controlled by No. 82 Wing, part of Air Combat Group, and is equipped with Boeing F/A-18F Super Hornet multi-role fighters.

1 Squadron was formed in January 1916, serving in Egypt and supporting the allied advance into Palestine during the Sinai campaign. The squadron was disbanded after the war but was reformed again in the early 1920s.

The F/A-18F Super Hornets achieved Final Operational Capability (FOC) in December 2012 and are based at Number 1 Squadron at RAAF Base Amberley. The twin seat F/A-18F Super Hornet can undertake: air interception; air combat; close air support of ground troops; interception of enemy supply lines including shipping; Specifications

No. 1 Squadron is a Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) squadron based at RAAF Amberley. The squadron is currently being re-equipped with F/A-18F Super Hornet multi-role fighters. No. 1 Squadron was established as a unit of the Australian Flying Corps (AFC) at …

1 Squadron was the first squadron to see action in the Pacific War. Before the Japanese raids on Pearl Harbor, Japanese convoys were sighted moving south of Indo-Chian. Early on 8 December 1941 seven Hudsons were despatched under the command of Wing Commander Davis, after reports that another convoy of Japanese warships was shelling beach ...

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1 Squadron together with 2,6,7,8,13,14,15,32 and 100 squadrons are commemorated on Plaque 3 at the RAAF Memorials complex in Adelaide, because they all operated the rugged Bristol Beaufort light bomber in the SW Pacific later in the war.

In the early hours of the 8 December 1941 (local time) 1 Squadron RAAF became the first RAAF unit to be involved in action against the Japanese who had just carried out a Naval bombardment of the defences at Kota Baharu. 1 Squadron immediately carried out aerial attacks on the Japanese landing force.