331 Squadron - Coffs Harbour
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BRIEF HISTORY 331SQN
· 331SQN was raised in September 1980 as 31FLT, Air Training Corp.
· Mrs Lyn West from the local RAAF Association was appointed the first female Flight Commander.
· The squadrons inaugural parade was held at Coffs Harbour Airport in October 1980 and was the first Flight to receive the new Royal Australian Air Force uniform.
· After 6 years of operating out of the boot of a car, a parent support group undertook the construction of the Squadron’s own HQ.
· Then Governor of NSW, Air Marshal Sir James Rowland, piloted a plane from Sydney and opened the building on Monday the 17th of August 1987, the Commanding Officer at the time was FLTLT Toby Tyson.
· In January 1988 a De Havilland Caribou propeller was installed at the front of the building, as well as a Mark 84 Snake Eye drag weapon, two-blade Bonanza propeller and the vertical stabiliser from a two-seat Mirage, A3-116, which was the last Mirage IIIO manufactured.
· In April 2019, 331SQN HQ was demolished and 331SQN was moved to ‘Fitzroy Barracks’ in the CBD of Coffs Harbour.
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