Adrian
You have the main ones.
76 Sqn. I think you have the “Black Panthers” and “Red Diamonds” in the wrong order.
Perhaps : 76 Sqn. “Red Diamonds” (1961–63?)
76 Sqn. “Black Panthers” (1964-66?)
“Black Panthers” until 1966 I think, when the Sqn re-equipped with Mirage.
78 Wing in Butterworth also had a team, made up I believe of two 3 Sqn and two 77 Sqn pilots, and without a name. This would have been early 1960s.
The 2OCU “Marksmen” may have gone until 1969, after which all the Sabres were clumpted in 5OTU, which did not form a team.
After that, the first Mirage team – 77 Sqn “Deltas” – formed in late 1970 for the RAAF 50th Anniversay airshows in March 1971.
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