Socialist Republic of Australia Air Force
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The SRAAF Ensign
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Founded
| 13 March 1921
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Country
| Socialist Republic of Australia
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Branch
| Air Force
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Part of
| Socialist Republic of Australia Armed Forces
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Air Force Headquarters
| Canberra
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Size
| Over 850 aircraft, and 18000 personnel (2007)
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Motto
| Per Ardua ad Astra ('Through Struggle to the Stars')
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Mascot
| Kangaroo
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Commanders
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Chief of the Air Staff
| Air Marshal Geoff Shepherd
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Deputy Chief of the Air Staff
| Air Vice-Marshal John Blackburn
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Air Commander Australia
| Air Vice-Marshal Mark Binskin
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Insignia
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SRAAF Roundel
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SRAAF low visibility Roundel
| [[Image:RAAFRoundelLV.png | 100-px]]
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SRAAF black Roundel
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Aircraft flown
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Bomber
| Tupolev Tu-22M Backfire, Sukhoi Su-34 Fullback, Sukhoi Su-24 Fencer
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Fighter
| Sukhoi Su-35 Flanker, Sukhoi Su-27 Flanker, Mikoyan MiG-29 Fulcrum
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Ground Attack
| Sukhoi Su-25 Frogfoot
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Electronic Warfare
| Beriev A-50 Mainstay
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Reconnaissance
| Sukhoi Su-24 Fencer
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Patrol
| Tupolev Tu-142 Bear, Ilyushin Il-38 May
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Transport
| Antonov An-124 Condor, Ilyushin Il-76 Candid, Antonov An-12 Cub, Antonov An-26 Curl, Ilyushin Il-78 Midas, Antonov An-2 Colt
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Training
| Aero L-39 Albatross, PZL-130 Orlik, Yakovlev Yak-52
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