Linda Corbould

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Linda Corbould
1963 -
Wing Commander Linda Corbould training in a USAF C-17 Globemaster III
Place of birth	Tasmania, Australia
Service/branch	Royal Australian Air Force
Years of service	1981 -
Rank	Wing Commander
Commands	No. 36 Squadron RAAF (November 2006 - )
Battles/wars	Iraq War
Awards	Medal of the Order of Australia

Wing Commander Linda Corbould (1963 – ) is an officer in the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) and the first woman to command a RAAF flying squadron.

Linda Corbould was raised in Tasmania, Australia and joined the RAAF in 1981. As women could not become pilots at the RAAF at the time she served as an air traffic controller until 1990 when pilot training was opened up to women. Corbould became the third female member of the RAAF to gain her 'wings' and subsequently flew C-130 Hercules transport aircraft. Corbould served as deputy commander of the C-130 Hercules detachment which formed part of the Australian contribution to the 2003 invasion of Iraq and was awarded the Medal of the Order of Australia for planning and commanding a flight into Baghdad on the night of April 12-13 2003.

In 2006 Wing Commander Linda Corbould oversaw the RAAF’s program to accept the C-17 Globemaster III strategic transport aircraft. She assumed command of No. 36 Squadron RAAF on 17 November 2006 and delivered the RAAF's first C-17 from the United States to Australia on 4 December 2006.