Talk:No. 23 Squadron RAAF

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Hello,

I have made some corrections and additions that give the page some more accurate and up to date information. I advise you to leave the information as it is entirley correct. My father was the executive officer and cheif operations officer of 23 Squadron during the East Timor Campaign.

Regards,

MilitaryHistoryGuru — Preceding unsigned comment added by Militaryhistoryguru (talk • contribs) 04:58, 31 August 2015 (UTC)

Hello, as I stated in response to your post on my talk page, Wikipedia content should be referenced to reliable sources per the verifiability policies. The information that you have provided needs to be backed up with such references. If it cannot be, then it should be removed. Please kindly self revert until you can provide the required references. As far as I am aware, No. 23 Squadron hasn't had a flying role since 1960, so what you have added does not seem right to me. (I can't find anything online that states they are flying the Super Hornet, either, which according to the RAAF is only operated by Nos. 1 and 6 Squadrons: [1]) Regards, AustralianRupert (talk) 05:09, 31 August 2015 (UTC)

MilitaryHistoryGuru - there is no mention of 23 Sqn operating the F-111 in the appropriate RAAF Historical Section volume or Eather "Flying Squadrons of the Australian Defence Force" so unless you have a strong reference it cannot be included. With all due respect to your family connection I'd say you are probably mistaken about this. Personnel from 23 Sqn *may* have played some role in its introduction to service (as a guess given its role and the fact that it was at Amberely at the time) but I can't see that the squadron itself would have ever operated the aircraft. All reliable sources I've seen state that the squadron ceased flying operations in 1960 (long before the F-111s entered service). Per WP:PROVEIT the burden is on you to provide references for unsourced information when it is challenged. Anotherclown (talk) 06:10, 31 August 2015 (UTC)

This claim is complete rubbish. The RAAF reserve squadrons haven't had a flying role since the 1950s: at the time of the East Timor intervention they were basically holding units for reservists, who were attached to regular units during their periods of active service. The squadrons seem to have picked up some specific support roles in the last few years, but still don't operate any aircraft. The various works on the RAAF's F-111s are very clear about them only being operated by No. 1 and 6 Squadrons, as well as the ARDU (for trials purposes at various times) and the temporary RAAF Washington Flying Unit. Nick-D (talk) 08:33, 31 August 2015 (UTC)