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'''Tactical Transport Group''' was a [[Royal Australian Air Force]] (RAAF) [[Group (air force)|group]]. It was established on 1 June 1988 as part of a broad-ranging reform of the RAAF's organisation.<ref name=Part4>{{cite web |last1=Weston|first1=Brian|date=14 February 2018|title=Combat Power through Organisation Part 4: Evolving the FEG|url=http://centralblue.williamsfoundation.org.au/combat-power-through-organisation-part-4-evolving-the-feg-brian-weston/ |publisher=Williams Foundation|access-date=5 April 2021}}</ref>

The group commanded the RAAF units which were primarily responsible for providing tactical airlift for the [[Australian Army]]. These included [[No. 5 Squadron RAAF|No. 5 Squadron]] with [[Bell UH-1 Iroquois]] helicopters, [[No. 9 Squadron RAAF|No. 9 Squadron]], which was equipped with [[Sikorsky UH-60 Black Hawk|Sikorsky S-70 Black Hawk]] helicopters, [[No. 12 Squadron RAAF|No. 12 Squadron]] with [[Boeing CH-47 Chinook in Australian service|Boeing CH-47 Chinook]] helicopters, [[No. 35 Squadron RAAF|No. 35 Squadron]] which operated both Iroquois helicopters and [[de Havilland Canada DHC-4 Caribou]] fixed-wing aircraft and [[No. 38 Squadron RAAF|No. 38 Squadron]] which also operated Caribous.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Weston |first1=Brian|date=11 February 2018|title=Combat Power through Organisation Part 3: Function over geography|url=http://centralblue.williamsfoundation.org.au/combat-power-through-organisation-part-3-function-over-geography-brian-weston/|publisher=Williams Foundation|access-date=11 February 2018}}</ref>{{sfn|Eather|1995|p=151}}

At the time that Tactical Transport Group was formed the RAAF was in the process of preparing to transfer its helicopters to the Army. This change took place over 1989. No. 9 Squadron was disbanded on 14 February that year, with its helicopters and personnel becoming the [[5th Aviation Regiment (Australia)|5th Aviation Regiment]].{{sfn|Eather|1995|p=40}} No. 12 Squadron's Chinooks were withdrawn from service on 30 June and the squadron was disbanded on 25 August.{{sfn|Eather|1995|p=49}} On 5 December No. 35 Squadron transferred its Iroquois to the Army.{{sfn|Eather|1995|p=72}} No. 5 Squadron's Iroquois were also transferred to the Army during 1989, and the unit was absorbed into the [[Australian Defence Force Helicopter School]] on 9 December.{{sfn|Eather|1995|p=31}}{{sfn|Odgers|1989|p=198}}

The Tactical Transport Group was disbanded in February 1991. The two squadrons equipped with Caribous became part of the [[Air Lift Group RAAF|Air Lift Group]].<ref name=Part4/>

==References==
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;Works consulted
*{{cite book|last=Eather|first=Steve|year=1995|title=Flying Squadrons of the Australian Defence Force|publisher=Aerospace Publications|location=Weston Creek, Australian Capital Territory|isbn=1-875671-15-3}}
*{{cite book|last1=Odgers|first1=George|title=The RAAF: An Illustrated History|date=1989|publisher=Child & Associates|location=Frenchs Forest, New South Wales|isbn=0867771399}}

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