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Military aviation museum in New South Wales, Australia
Fighter World
Fighter World entrance
Fighter World
Location within New South Wales
Established
1989
Location
Medowie Road, Williamtown, New South Wales, Australia
Fighter World is an Australian not-for-profit aviation heritage centre at RAAF Base Williamtown, north of Newcastle, New South Wales. It is part of RAAF Aviation and Heritage and is operated with the purpose of preserving the history of fighter operations of the RAAF. The museum's collection are predominantly fighter aircraft once operated by the RAAF. Included in the collection are historically significant aircraft including de Havilland Vampire A79-1 and Dassault Mirage IIIO A3-3, both of which were the first aircraft of their type built in Australia.[2][3]
Staff include paid employees, RAAF reservists and a team of approximately 50 volunteers, most of whom have previous RAAF experience.
^"RAAF Base Williamtown - NSW". Royal Australian Air Force. Retrieved 15 April 2021.
^"deHavilland Vampire A79-1". Fighterworld.com.au. Fighter World. Retrieved 11 September 2016.
^"Mirage IIIO/D Display". Fighterworld.com.au. Fighter World. Retrieved 11 September 2016.
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