No. 88 Squadron RAAF

A September 2017 article in Australian Aviation stated that No. 88 Squadron was "newly formed".^[2] The squadron forms part of the RAAF's Tactics and Training Directorate, which also comprises the Air Warfare School. The directorate is an element of the Air Warfare Centre.^[2]

No. 88 Squadron is responsible for developing air combat tactics and training the RAAF's elite Air Warfare Instructors. As part of this role it conducts air warfare instructor courses.^[3] No. 88 Squadron is based at RAAF Base Williamtown; this allows it to be co-located with the headquarters of many of the RAAF's fighter and surveillance units.^[1] Each air warfare instructor course runs for five months, and training is provided in six specialist domains involving the RAAF's combat and surveillance aircraft types.^[1]

In April 2018 the squadron was awarded the perpetual Markowski Cup for being the RAAF's most proficient support unit during 2017.^[4]