No. 114 Mobile Control and Reporting Unit RAAF

No. 114 Mobile Control and Reporting Unit
No. 114 MCRU's crest
Active1943–48
1949–66
1968–current
AllegianceAustralia
BranchRoyal Australian Air Force
RoleAir defence
Part ofNo. 41 Wing
Garrison/HQRAAF Base Darwin
Motto(s)Swift to React
EngagementsWorld War II Malayan Emergency
Indonesia–Malaysia confrontation
War in Afghanistan
Battle honoursPacific (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.

  1. ^ "Surveillance and Response Group". Royal Australian Air Force. Retrieved 4 June 2013.
  2. ^ "No. 114 Mobile Control and Reporting Unit". Royal Australian Air Force. Retrieved 4 June 2013.