HMA Ships HOBART, SYDNEY, PARRAMATTA, DERWENT, and VAMPIRE, and aircraft of No.817 Squadron were dispatched to search for an F111 bomber which crashed into the sea off Bateman’s Bay, NSW. ...
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Australian Naval History on 30 June 1984
724 Squadron decommissioned at NAS Nowra ...
Australian Naval History on 14 May 1984
The first of six Aerospatiale AS350BA Squirrels Helicopters arrived at HMAS Albatross for naval service. The Squirrels were initially acquired to provide an interim embarked capability for the RAN’s Adelaide ...
Australian Naval History on 28 February 1984
First Aerospatiale AS350B Squirrel delivered to RAN FAA ...
Australian Naval History on 9 February 1984
816 Squadron, equipped with Westland Wessex Mk.31B helicopters, commissioned at Nowra. ...
Australian Naval History on 8 December 1983
851 Squadron aircraft perform last flypast of RAN fixed-wing aircraft at HMAS Creswell ...
Australian Naval History on 19 November 1983
The Wessex celebrated 21 years of service in the RAN and the occasion was marked with a flypast of RAN Wessex, Iroquois and Sea King helicopters as well Royal Navy ...
Australian Naval History on 2 July 1982
805 Squadron, flying Skyhawks, and 816 squadron, flying S2 Trackers, decommissioned at NAS Nowra ...
Australian Naval History on 28 July 1977
Kiowa 891 crashed near Sunday Island, Western Australia while recovering one of the HMAS Moresby’s crew from the top of a cliff. The man jumped aboard the helicopter which then ...
Australian Naval History on 2 February 1976
817 squadron re-equipped with the larger Sea King helicopter, which greatly improved the RAN’s anti-submarine warfare capability. ...