No. 114 Mobile Control and Reporting Unit | |
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Active | 1943–48 1949–66 1968–current |
Allegiance | Australia |
Branch | Royal Australian Air Force |
Role | Air defence |
Part of | No. 41 Wing |
Garrison/HQ | RAAF Base Darwin |
Motto(s) | Swift to React |
Engagements | World War II
Malayan Emergency Indonesia–Malaysia confrontation War in Afghanistan |
Battle honours | Pacific (1943–45) New Britain (1943) New Guinea (1943–44) Borneo (1945) Malaysia (1963-66) |
Commanders | |
Notable commanders | Gordon Steege (1943) |
No. 114 Mobile Control and Reporting Unit is a Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) radar surveillance and air defence unit. Located at RAAF Base Darwin, Northern Territory, it is controlled by No. 41 Wing, under Surveillance and Response Group.[1] Its role is to "prepare for, conduct and sustain effective deployable Air Surveillance and Air Battle Management in the Unit's designated area of responsibility".[2] The unit was formed during World War II, and deployed in the South West Pacific. Since the war it has seen service in the Malayan Emergency, the Konfrontasi between Indonesia and Malaysia in the mid-1960s, and the War in Afghanistan.