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headquartered at RAAF Base Amberley, Queensland. It operates F/A-18F Super Horne

t multi-role fighters (pictured). The squadron formed under the Australian Flyin
g Corps in 1916 and saw action in the Middle East during World War I. Initially
equipped with obsolete B.E.2s, it converted to Bristol Fighters in 1917. No. 1 S
quadron was re-established as part of the RAAF in 1925. During World War II, it
flew Lockheed Hudson bombers in the Malayan and Dutch East Indies campaigns, suf
fering heavy losses. It later operated Bristol Beauforts and de Havilland Mosqui
tos. The squadron re-formed with Avro Lincoln heavy bombers in 1948. From 1950 t
o 1958 it was based in Singapore, and was responsible for most of the Commonweal
th air campaign during the Malayan Emergency. On returning to Australia it re-eq
uipped with English Electric Canberra jets. It operated F-4E Phantoms from 1970
to 1973, as a stop-gap pending delivery of the F-111C swing-wing bomber. The F-1
11 remained in service for 37 years until replaced by the Super Hornet in 2010.
A detachment has been deployed to the Middle East since September 2014 as part o
f Australia's