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No. 1 Squadron is a Royal Australian Air Force squadron. The squadron is currently based at RAAF Amberley and operates the F/A-18F Super Hornet multi-role fighter. No. 1 Squadron was established as No. 1 Squadron, Australian Flying Corps at Point Cook, Victoria, on 1 January 1916. During World War I the squadron fought in the Palestine Campaign for the entire war. No. 1 Squadron deployed to Malaya in July 1940. The Squadron suffered severe losses at the hands of the Japanese and was withdrawn to Australia in March 1942 and disbanded. No. 1 Squadron re-formed on 1 December 1943 and served out the war in the Pacific until it was disbanded at Narromine, NSW on 7 August 1946. No. 1 Squadron re-formed as a heavy bomber squadron on 23 February 1948. The squadron was based in Singapore from 1950 to 1958 and flew missions against communist guerrillas during the Malayan Emergency. On returning to Australia in July 1958 the Squadron was re-equipped with the Canberra bombers. The squadron operated F-111s after their belated arrival in 1973 in the low level strike role until they were retired in 2010. In 2017, a detachment of aircraft from the squadron undertook operations in the Middle East.