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No. 76 Squadron is a Royal Australian Air Force training squadron and operates Hawk 127 aircraft from RAAF Base Williamtown. It was formed as a fighter unit in 1942. The squadron saw extensive combat during World War II, flying Curtiss P-40 Kittyhawks in and around New Guinea. Following the war the Squadron formed part of the British Commonwealth Occupation Force in Japan and was a jet fighter squadron during the Cold War.