No. 1 Squadron is a Royal Australian Air Force unit headquartered at RAAF Base Amberley, Queensland. It operates F/A-18F Super Hornet multi- role fighters (pictured). The squadron formed under the Australian Flying 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 Squadron 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, suffering heavy losses. It later operated Bristol Beauforts and de Havilland Mosquitos. The squadron re-formed with Avro Lincoln heavy bombers in 1948. From 1950 to 1958 it was based in Singapore, and was responsible for most of the Commonwealth air campaign during the Malayan Emergency. On returning to Australia it re-equipped 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-111 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 of Australia's contribution to the military intervention against ISIL.
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_______________________________ Today's selected anniversaries:
1554:
Bayinnaung, who later assembled the largest empire in the history of Southeast Asia, was crowned king of the Burmese Taungoo Dynasty. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bayinnaung
1838:
In order to avoid persecution by anti-Mormons, Latter Day Saint movement founder Joseph Smith (pictured), along with his followers, fled Kirtland, Ohio for Far West, Missouri. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Smith
1895:
The National Trust for Places of Historic Interest or Natural Beauty, a conservation organization in England, Wales and Northern Ireland, was founded. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Trust_for_Places_of_Historic_Interest_or_Natural_Beauty
1945:
World War II: The Soviet Union's Red Army crossed the Vistula River in Poland on their way to invade Germany. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vistula%E2%80%93Oder_Offensive
1969:
In American football, the New York Jets upset the Baltimore Colts to win Super Bowl III in one of the greatest upsets in American sports history. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Super_Bowl_III
_____________________________ Wiktionary's word of the day:
heave in sight: (nautical) To appear at a distance, to emerge in the field of vision. https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/heave_in_sight
___________________________ Wikiquote quote of the day:
Give me few men and women who are pure and selfless and I shall shake the world. --Swami Vivekananda https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Swami_Vivekananda
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