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Australian Flying Corps operations in World War 1 – B.E.2 aircraft Air Marshal Sir Richard Williams, KBE, CB, DSO, in his uniform as a captain in the Australian Flying Corps. The first military pilot trained in Australia, Williams became the Air Force's first Chief of the Air Staff in 1921. He is properly remembered and honoured today as the "Father of the Royal Australian Air Force". Air Force groundcrew preparing a Liberator aircraft for a sortie in the South-West Pacific in World War 2.

Lancaster aircraft of Bomber Command. B-24 Liberator aircraft on fire following an attack on a Japanese light cruiser in the South-West Pacific. Air Force aircrew member of Bomber Command. Australian aircrews flew in every major operation mounted by Bomber Command in World War 2. Bristol Beaufighter aircraft operated in both European and Pacific Theatres. Air Force nursing sister in the Pacific Theatre. Air Force pilot in tropical rig in the Pacific Theatre. Radar Station in northern Australia. Air Force groundcrew working on a Kittyhawk aircraft in the Western Desert. Catalina aircraft in the Pacific Theatre. Air Force pilot in the Korean War standing in front of Mustang aircraft.

.	14. Air Force door gunner on Iroquois helicopter in Vietnam. C-130 Hercules aircraft landing in dusty conditions in north-west Australia. Air Force groundcrew marshalling an F/A-18 Hornet aircraft at night. "Night Moves" - G.Meggs, 1998. Extract from poem "High Flight" by John Gillespie Magee Jr.