Headquartered at RAAF Base Edinburgh, 92WG is part of the Surveillance and Response Group.

Its roles include anti-submarine and anti-surface surveillance and warfare, for which the aircraft are equipped with MK54 torpedoes and Harpoon anti shipping missiles.

[2] The return to Australia of the No 92 Wing Detachment in the Middle East Area of Operations (MEAO) in November 2012 marked the end of the longest deployment of an Air Force element on combat operations to date.

The AP-3C Orion detachments conducted more than 2400 missions, comprising more than 22,300 hours of flying over Iraq, Afghanistan, Persian Gulf, Arabian Sea and off the Somali coast.

10 Squadron AP-3C Orion aircraft were deployed to the southern Philippines to assist during the Marawi crisis.

11 Squadron P-8A Poseidon was deployed to Japan to conduct maritime surveillance to prevent sanctions evasions by North Korea.

92 Wing aircraft have subsequently been periodically deployed to the region as part of Operation Argos.

11 Squadron P-8A Poseidon was deployed to the Middle East in support of a US-led International Maritime Security Construct, which includes forces from the US, Saudi Arabia, Bahrain and the UK.