The
Royal Australian Air Force
"Through Adversity to the Stars"
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and its forerunners have won many
battle
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and theatre honours since their formation.
*Egypt (1915–17)
*Palestine (1917–18)
*Western Front (1917–18)
*Defence of Britain (1940–45)
*Atlantic (1939–45)
*Bismark
*English Channel and North Sea 1939–45
*Tripitz
*Baltic (1939–45)
*Fortress Europe (1940–44)
*France and Germany (1944–45)
*Biscay Ports (1940–45)
*Ruhr (1940–45)
*Berlin (1940–45)
*German Ports (1940–45)
*Normandy 1944
*Walcheren
*Rhine
*Biscay (1940–45)
*S.E. Europe (1942–45)
*Egypt and Libya (1940–43)
*El Alamein
*El Hamma
*North Africa (1942–43)
*Mediterranean (1940–43)
*Sicily 1943
*Italy (1943–45)
*Anzio and Nettuno
*Gustav Line
*Gothic Line
*Eastern Waters (1941–45)
*Arctic (1940–45)
*Russia (1941–45)
*Syria 1941
*Pacific (1941–45)
*Malaya (1941–42)
*Darwin (1941–44)
*Rabaul 1942
*Coral Sea
*New Guinea (1942–44)
*Moresby (1943–44)
*Milne Bay
*Bismark Sea
*New Britain 1943
*Markham Valley (1943–44)
*Dutch New Guinea 1944
*Morotai
*South China Sea (1944–45)
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Philippines
The Philippines (; fil, Pilipinas, links=no), officially the Republic of the Philippines ( fil, Republika ng Pilipinas, links=no),
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(1944)
*Borneo 1945
*Malaya (1948–60)
*Thai-Malay (1960–66)
*Malaysia (Confrontation 1962–66)
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Ubon
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, Thailand (1962–66)
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East Timor
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(1999–2000)
*Iraq (2003)
See also
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Royal Australian Air Force Memorial, Canberra
Notes
History of the Royal Australian Air Force
Battle honours
Royal Australian Air Force lists
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