No. 92 Wing RAAF

No. 92 Wing RAAF
A P-8A Poseidon in November 2020
Active	1977–present
Branch	Royal Australian Air Force
Role	Intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance, Electronic Warfare, anti-submarine and anti-surface warfare, search and survivor supply
Part of	Surveillance & Response Group
Garrison/HQ	RAAF Base Edinburgh
Motto(s)	Watch and Ward
Aircraft	P-8A Poseidon MQ-4C Triton MC-55A Peregrine
Commanders
Current commander	GPCAPT Arran Moore

No. 92 Wing is the intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance wing of the Royal Australian Air Force, to include conducting maritime patrol, anti surface and submarine warfare, and electronic warfare. Headquartered at RAAF Base Edinburgh, 92WG is part of the Surveillance and Response Group.^[1] 92 Wing currently comprises four squadrons – No. 9 Squadron (operating the MQ-4C Triton), No. 10 Squadron (operating the MC-55A Peregrine), No. 11 Squadron (operating the P-8A Poseidon), and No. 292 Squadron (the P-8A operational training squadron). The wing also has a detachment headquarters at RMAF Base Butterworth in Malaysia. 92WG operates 12 P-8A Poseidon maritime patrol aircraft, and is acquiring the MQ-4C Triton unmanned aerial system (UAS), and the MC-55A airborne intelligence, surveillance, reconnaissance and electronic warfare aircraft. The P-8A is multi-role platform, capable of F2T2EA. Its roles include anti-submarine and anti-surface surveillance and warfare, for which the aircraft are equipped with MK54 torpedoes and Harpoon anti shipping missiles. It is also responsible for long range intelligence, surveillance, reconnaissance and maritime attack missions, Naval support and search and survivor supply missions. The Australian Maritime search area of responsibility constitutes approximately 11% of the Earth's surface, the largest area of responsibility for any single country.^[2]