[5] Its role is to defend the national airspace and to provide air policing and surveillance of its land and maritime borders.

[10] It was first tasked to fly doctors to rural area with two Sikorsky S-55 aircraft, which was operated by pilots from the Worldwide Helicopter Company.

When Brunei assumed responsibility for its own defence from the United Kingdom in 1984, the Air Wing was expanded.

[11] In the same year, Airfield Ground Defence was transferred from the RBAirF's Administration Wing to the Air Regiment.

Following an order made in 2020, the RBAirF acquired five Boeing Insitu RQ-21 Blackjack unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV) from the United States in 2021.

[14] They will be used for intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (ISR) around Brunei's territorial waters in the South China Sea.

[15] A parade was held at the Air Movement Centre (AMC) in celebration of the 55th anniversary on 25 June 2021.

[16] In collaboration with the Philippine Air Force (PAF) on 3 December 2021, pilots from the Philippines will carry out their training with the S-70i Blackhawk flight simulator at the Canadian Aviation Electronics (CAE) Brunei Multi-Purpose Training Centre (BMPTC).

[17] The decommissioning ceremony of the RBAirF's Bölkow BO105 fleet was held at the AMC within the Air Force Base, Rimba, on 5 February 2022.

2 Squadron, Air Wing in 1981, administered and maintained by the Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers (REME) from the UK until 1993, this ended 41 years' service of the type as latterly operated by No.

In January 2015, the RBAirF transferred four of its S-70A Black Hawk’s to the Royal Malaysian Air Force.

[39] In November 2011, the White House announced that a deal has been secured by Sikorsky to sell 12 UH-60Ms to the Royal Brunei Air Force.