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No. 44 Wing RAAF

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were re-raised as subordinate units of No. 44 Wing. The two squadrons were to command the existing RAAF air traffic control detachments at Australian Defence Force-run airports, freeing No. 44 Wing Headquarters to focus on higher-level tasks. In December 2012 the wing had a strength of 500 personnel,
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On formation, No. 44 Wing controlled six radar stations in the Darwin area. Over the next two years it established seventeen new stations throughout the North-Western Area, relocated ten, and disbanded two others, and also set up twelve homing beacons. It further established supply, maintenance
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In August 2008 it was reported that No. 44 Wing had 237 air traffic controllers and was below its target strength and having difficulty retaining controllers. As a result, the RAAF was unable to monitor the movements of all its planes.
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had ceased, the threat of air raids on mainland Australia eased, and No. 44 Wing was disbanded on 22 August 1944. Its radar stations and other facilities were divested to various fighter, radio and maintenance units in the area.
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including 280 JBACs. Many of the wing's other personnel are technicians who are responsible for setting up and maintaining the unit's specialised equipment.
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On 27 November 2000, the air traffic control (ATC) elements of No. 41 Wing were split off to become a re-formed No. 44 Wing, with headquarters at
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A Saga of Achievement: A Story of the Men and Women Who Maintained and Operated Radio and Radar Systems of the RAAF Over 50 Years
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In February 2013, No. 44 Wing and two other former radar wings of World War II,
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Members of the No. 44 Wing detachment responsible for air traffic control at
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Hannam, and by March 1943 had a staff of 77 officers and other ranks.
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celebrate their 100,000th air movement in January 2004
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and repair facilities, as well as communications with
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to coordinate air defence in the region. Hannam was
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official history of the RAAF in the Pacific theatre
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Index

Royal Australian Air Force
Air traffic control
Surveillance and Response Group
RAAF Base Williamtown
Royal Australian Air Force
wing
air traffic control
Australian Defence Force
HMAS Albatross (Naval Air Station)
Oakey Army Aviation Centre
RDF
Adelaide River
Darwin
North-Western Area Command
radar
Japanese air raids
North-Western Area Campaign
official history of the RAAF in the Pacific theatre
Flight Lieutenant
No. 5 Fighter Sector Headquarters
mentioned in despatches
New Guinea

Baghdad International Airport
RAAF Base Williamtown
Australian Defence Force
Royal Australian Navy
Australian Army
Darwin
Townsville

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