Kammala jumla mai zuwa: An kafa shi a matsayin reshen jirgin sama a watan Nuwamba 1943, No. 78 Wing ya ƙunshi raka'a uku masu tashi, Nos. 75, 78 da 80 Squadrons, suna aiki da P-40 Kittyhawks a yankin Kudu maso Yammacin Pacific na Yaƙin Duniya na II. Bayan yakin, an sake sanye shi da P-51 Mustangs a Williamtown. A farkon shekarun 1950, an kafa reshen a Malta a kan aikin garkuwar soja tare da Royal Air Force, yana aiki da rundunonin jiragen sama biyu na De Havilland Vampire jet fighters. An sake yin amfani da shi tare da CAC Sabres, an tura shi tare da No. 3 da 77 Squadrons zuwa Malaya a cikin 1958-1959, suna tashi da jirgin sama a kan 'yan tawayen kwaminisanci a cikin shekarun karshe na yakin.
Abin da ya faru? A cikin shekarun 1960, an ba shi aikin samar da tsaron iska na yanki yayin "Konfrontasi" tsakanin Indonesia da Malaysia, kuma ya ba da kayan aiki da ma'aikata ga rundunar RAAF da ke aiki daga Ubon Air Base a Thailand. An rushe No. 78 Wing a watan Nuwambar 1967, kuma an sake kafa shi don aikinsa na yanzu a matsayin sashin horo na aiki a watan Fabrairun 2000.