Editing Royal Australian Navy (section)

=== Fleet Air Arm ===
{{Main|Fleet Air Arm (RAN)}}
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! colspan="6"  style="background:lavender" | Operational Squadrons
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| [[File:N48-005 at the 2016 ADFA Open Day.jpg|150px]] || [[816 Squadron RAN|816 Squadron]] || [[MH-60R]] || 8 || Anti-submarine warfare, anti-surface warfare, search and rescue || The RAN operates 23 MH-60Rs, 8 of which are usually deployed at sea at any one time with the rest in maintenance and training.<ref name="MH-60R">{{Cite web|title=MH-60R Seahawk|url=https://www.navy.gov.au/aircraft/mh-60r-seahawk|website=Royal Australian Navy|access-date=11 October 2021|archive-date=11 October 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211011111629/https://www.navy.gov.au/aircraft/mh-60r-seahawk|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=816 Squadron|url=https://www.navy.gov.au/about/organisation/fleet-air-arm/816-squadron|website=Royal Australian Navy|access-date=11 October 2021|archive-date=21 November 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211121121627/https://www.navy.gov.au/about/organisation/fleet-air-arm/816-squadron|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="MH-60RDitch">{{cite press release |title=Three aircrew safe after helicopter ditched in the Philippine Sea |url=https://news.defence.gov.au/media/media-releases/three-aircrew-safe-after-helicopter-ditched-philippine-sea |website=Department of Defence |access-date=9 January 2022 |date=14 October 2021 |archive-date=21 October 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211021104624/https://news.defence.gov.au/media/media-releases/three-aircrew-safe-after-helicopter-ditched-philippine-sea |url-status=live }}</ref> One was ditched in the [[Philippine Sea]] in October 2021 while embarked on HMAS ''Brisbane''.<ref name="MH-60RDitch"/>
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| [[File:N48-005 at the 2016 ADFA Open Day.jpg|150px]] || [[808 Squadron RAN|808 Squadron]] || [[MH-60R]] || || Transport and resupply || In April 2022, the RAN ceased flying the MRH-90 Taipan and the fleet was placed into storage.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Hurst |first1=Daniel |title=Australia pays to maintain trouble-plagued Taipan helicopters no longer being used by navy |url=https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2022/nov/09/australia-pays-to-maintain-trouble-plagued-taipan-helicopters-no-longer-being-used-by-navy |access-date=22 March 2023 |work=[[Guardian Australia|The Guardian]] |date=9 November 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |author1=Department of Defence |title=Portfolio Budget Statements October 2022-23 - Defence Portfolio |date=2022 |publisher=Commonwealth of Australia |location=Canberra |isbn=9781925890587 |page=57 |url=https://www.defence.gov.au/sites/default/files/2022-10/October_2022-23_Defence_PBS_00_Complete.pdf |access-date=22 March 2023}}</ref> In May 2022, the Australian government announced that the [[MRH-90]] would be replaced by additional MH-60R Seahawks.<ref>{{cite press release |author1=Prime Minister Scott Morrison |author2=Minister for Defence Peter Dutton|author3=Minister for Defence Industry, Minister for Science and Technology Melissa Price |title=Securing our national security and local defence jobs and skills |url=https://www.liberal.org.au/latest-news/2022/05/09/securing-our-national-security-and-local-defence-jobs-and-skills |website=Liberal Party of Australia |access-date=1 September 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220509013723/https://www.liberal.org.au/latest-news/2022/05/09/securing-our-national-security-and-local-defence-jobs-and-skills |archive-date=9 May 2022 |date=9 May 2022 |url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |author1=Department of Defence |title=2020 Force Structure Plan |date=2020 |publisher=Commonwealth of Australia |isbn=9780994168061 |url=https://www1.defence.gov.au/sites/default/files/2020-11/2020_Force_Structure_Plan.pdf |page=37 |access-date=2 October 2021 |archive-date=13 April 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210413080645/https://www1.defence.gov.au/sites/default/files/2020-11/2020_Force_Structure_Plan.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref> In September 2022, the government ordered 12 MH-60Rs.<ref>{{cite press release |title=Lockheed Martin to produce 12 more MH-60R Seahawk Helicopters for the Royal Australian Navy |url=https://news.lockheedmartin.com/2022-09-20-Lockheed-Martin-to-Produce-12-More-MH-60R-SEAHAWK-Helicopters-for-the-Royal-Australian-Navy |website=Lockheed Martin |access-date=5 October 2022 |date=20 September 2022}}</ref><ref>{{Cite press release|title=Australia – MH-60R Multi-Mission Helicopters and related defense services|url=https://www.dsca.mil/press-media/major-arms-sales/australia-mh-60r-multi-mission-helicopters-and-related-defense|website=Defense Security Cooperation Agency|date=8 October 2021|series=Transmittal No. 21-61|access-date=11 October 2021|archive-date=9 October 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211009072204/https://www.dsca.mil/press-media/major-arms-sales/australia-mh-60r-multi-mission-helicopters-and-related-defense|url-status=live}}</ref>
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! colspan="6"  style="background:lavender" |Training Squadrons
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| [[File:N48-005 at the 2016 ADFA Open Day.jpg|150px]] || [[725 Squadron RAN|725 Squadron]] || [[MH-60R]] || 15 || Conversion training and maintenance ||
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| [[File:Joint Helicopter Aircrew Training School (N52-014) Airbus Helicopter EC135T2+ at Wagga Wagga Airport.jpg|150px]] || [[723 Squadron RAN|723 Squadron]] || [[Eurocopter EC135|EC-135T2+]]|| 15 || Helicopter aircrew training
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! colspan="6"  style="background:lavender" |Experimental Squadron
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| [[File:US Navy 1005268-N-RC844-159 A Scan Eagle Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV).jpg|150px]] || rowspan="2" | [[822X Squadron RAN|822X Squadron]] || [[Boeing Insitu ScanEagle|ScanEagle]] || || rowspan="2" | Unmanned aerial vehicle trials || 
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| [[File:Schiebel CAMCOPTER S-100.jpg|150px]] || [[Schiebel Camcopter S-100|S-100 Camcopter]] || ||
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