<prompt> Bhala okuqhubekayo kwalesi sigaba - Ibutho lahlonyiswa kabusha nge-CAC Sabres eWilliamtown ngoNovemba 1956. Eminyakeni emibili kamuva yathuthelwa e-RAAF Butterworth eMalaya ukuze ijoyine umkhankaso womoya wokulwa nama-guerrilla amakhomanisi ezigabeni zokugcina zeSimo Esiphuthumayo  <response>: . futhi. Ibutho lahlala eButterworth ngawo-1960, linikeza ukuzivikela emoyeni esifundeni ngesikhathi se Konfrontasi phakathi kwe-Indonesia neMalaysia. Yabuyela eWilliamtown ekuqaleni kuka-1969 ukuze ihlome kabusha ngezindiza zezindiza zeDassault Mirage III. I-No. 77 Squadron yaqala ukuguqukela kumaHornets ngoJuni 1987. Inikeze iqembu lezindiza ezine esikhungweni saseMelika eDiego Garcia ngo-2001-2002, isekela impi e-Afghanistan, futhi yathunyelwa eMiddle East njengengxenye yokungenelela kwezempi ngokumelene ne-ISIL ngo-2015-2016. Kanye nama-Hornet, leli qembu lasebenzisa i-Pilatus PC-9s okwesikhashana endimeni yokulawula umoya ngaphambili ekuqaleni kwawo-2000. I-RAAF ihlela ukufaka esikhundleni sezindiza zayo i-Hornet nezindiza ze-Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II eziqala ngo-2018, kanti i-No. 77 Squadron ihlelelwe ukuguqukela ohlotsheni olusha ngo-2021. 