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| During the late 1990s one of the C-130Hs was fitted with ] equipment under a classified project designated "Project Peacemate". This aircraft was reported to still be active in the signals intelligence role in 2008.<ref>La Franchi (2008), p. 23</ref> | |||
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| |unit_name=Australian Flying Corps | |||
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| |caption=Captain ] (centre) with officers of A Flight, No. 4 Squadron AFC, and their Sopwith Camels on the Western Front, June 1918 | |||
| |dates=1912–1921 | |||
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| |website= | |||
| <!-- Commanders --> | |||
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| |commander2= | |||
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| |aircraft_bomber= | |||
| |aircraft_electronic= | |||
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| The '''Australian Flying Corps''' (AFC) was the branch of the ] responsible for operating aircraft during ], and is the forerunner of the ] (RAAF). The AFC was established in 1912, though it was not until 1914 that it began training flights. During World War I elements of the AFC saw combat in the Middle East and France as part of the British ] (RFC). In addition, a training wing was established in the ]. Following the war, the AFC returned to Australia in 1919 and was disbanded in order to form the '''Australia Air Corps'''. This service was separated from the Army in 1921 and became the independent RAAF. | |||
| ==References== | ==References== | ||
| ;Citations | |||
| ;Notes | |||
| {{reflist}} | {{reflist}} | ||
| ;Works consulted | |||
| ;Bibliography | |||
| *{{cite journal|last=La Franchi|first=Peter|title=New ADF airlift studies|journal=Asia Pacific Defence Reporter|date=March 2008|pages=22-23|url=http://www.asiapacificdefencereporter.com/back-issues|volume=34|issue=2}} | |||
| * {{cite book|last=Cutlack|first=F.M.|title=The Australian Flying Corps in the Western and Eastern Theatres of War, 1914–1918|year=1984|origyear=1923|edition=University of Queensland Press|publisher=University of Queensland Press|location=St. Lucia, Queensland|isbn=070221728X|url=http://www.awm.gov.au/histories/first_world_war/volume.asp?levelID=67894|series=]}} | |||
| * {{cite book|last=Dennis|first=Peter|coauthors=et al.|title=The Oxford Companion to Australian Military History|publisher=Oxford University Press Australia & New Zealand|location=Melbourne|date=2008|edition=Second|isbn=9780195517842}} | |||
| * {{cite book|last=Grey|first=Jeffrey|title=A Military History of Australia|year=2008|publisher=Cambridge University Press|location=Port Melbourne|isbn=9780521697910|edition=Third}} | |||
| * {{cite book|last=Molkentin|first=Michael|title=Fire in the Sky. The Australian Flying Corps in the First World War|year=2010|publisher=Allen & Unwin|isbn=9781742370729|location=Sydney}} | |||
| * {{cite book |last=Stephens |first=Alan |origyear=2001 |year=2006 |title=The Royal Australian Air Force: A History |location=Melbourne|publisher=Oxford University Press |isbn=0195555414}} | |||
Revision as of 23:28, 6 April 2013
During the late 1990s one of the C-130Hs was fitted with signals intelligence equipment under a classified project designated "Project Peacemate". This aircraft was reported to still be active in the signals intelligence role in 2008.
References
- Citations
- La Franchi (2008), p. 23
- Works consulted
- La Franchi, Peter (March 2008). "New ADF airlift studies". Asia Pacific Defence Reporter. 34 (2): 22–23.