3SQN | Australian Military Aviation History

Lockheed Martin F-35A Lightning II [A35]

Nov 18, 2024 | 3SQN, 75SQN, 77SQN, Series 3 RAAF Aircraft

The arrival of the first two Lockheed-Martin F-35A Lightning II aircraft at RAAF Williamtown on December 10, 2018, marked the start of operations for Australia’s first fifth-generation fighter and paved the way for the Air Force’s transition to a...

3 Squadron in WW2

Nov 18, 2024 | 3SQN, World War 2

At the outbreak of World War II, number 3 squadron RAAF would be sent to the Middle East tasked with supporting the 6th Division of the Australian Army and would spend the entire war in the Mediterranean theatre, and became part of the Allies’ Desert Air Force (later...