Base facts Flashcards
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RAAF Base Darwin
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- forward operating base
- some infrastructure is heritage listed and dates back to WW2
- est WW2 1st June 1940
- major exercises include aces north, pitch black, Arnhem thunder, high Sierra
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RAAF Base Tindal
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- 1942 constructed
- 15km out of Katherine
- Youngest operating base
- 1 of Aus most important defence installations
- Named carson airfield in WW2
- 25% of Katherine’s population
- Will house new F-35A lightning II
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RAAF Base Williamtown
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- 30km north of Newy
- main fighter pilot training base
- since 1930’s
- Home for air combat group (ACG), Airborne early warning and control (AEW&C), Surveillance respond group (SRG)
- employs 3500 directly
- defence housing 17.9m annually
- will house most of the new F-35A lightning II in 2018
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Base Amberley
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- 40km SW of Brisbane/ Outskirts of Ipswich
- Largest base
- Employs 5000 people
- Will house the 12 new EA-18G Growler
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Base Richmond
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- 50kms NW of Sydney
- First base in NSW and second in Australia - 1925
- Now the hub of logistics support for the ADF
- Miss Jean Batten landed her solo flight from England in 1935 at the base
- 3 squadron was the formed at richmond in 1925
- Held much importance for WW2
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Base Pearce
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- 30kms North of Perth
- Primarily home to No 2 Flying Training School and No 79 Squadron
- Will house new PC-21
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Base East Sale
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- 220km SE of Melbourne
- Opened as a training base in 22 April 1943
- RAAF Central Flying School was relocated from RAAF Base Point Cook to East Sale in 1947.
- Banner of Air Training Wing
- Roulettes aerobatic display team from Central Flying School is also located in East Sale
- Will house new PC-21
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Base Townsville
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- Forward operating base
- NW of Townsville
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Base Scherger
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- The final northern bare base to be constructed for the RAAF
- Scherger completes a series of strategic outposts reaching from Learmonth in Western Australia to the Cape York Peninsula in Queensland.
- Scherger is designed for operational units to move into existing facilities at little or no notice, in the event of defence requirements or for exercises.
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Base Glenbrook
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- foothills of the NSW Blue Mountains NW of Sydney
- home to air command
- raise, train and sustain Air Force’s air and space power to meet the Government’s objectives.
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Base Wagga Wagga
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- 2 key headquarters of Wings from Air Force Training Group; RAAF College and Ground Training Wing
- 4 major training units; No 1 Recruit Training Unit (1RTU), School of Postgraduate Studies (SPS), RAAF School of Technical Training (RAAFSTT), and the RAAF School of Administration and Logistics Training (RAAFSALT).
- RAAF Base Forest Hill first flew the RAAF Ensign 29 July 1940
- First unit based at RAAF Base Wagga was No 2 Flying Training School (2FTS) which is now located at RAAF Base Pearce in Western Australia
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Russell Offices - ACT
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The Russell Offices complex in Canberra contains the administrative headquarters of the Australian Defence Force, and is the home of Air Force Headquarters (AFHQ). Canberra is also home to No 34 Squadron, based at Defence Establishment Fairbairn.
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Base Williams
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- 20kms SW of Melbourne at Point cook and Laverton
- Point Cook as the birthplace of the Air Force and oldest continually operating military airfield in the world, and Laverton as the Air Force’s third base.
- the two merged into one in 1999 and male role is training
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Base Edinburgh
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- 25kms north of Adelaide
- It is primarily home to No 92 Wing’s AP-3C Orion maritime patrol aircraft that conduct surveillance operations throughout Australia’s airspace, and Aerospace Operational Support Group Headquarters.
- planned to house P-8A Poseidon and MQ-4C Triton Unmanned Aircraft System
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Base Curtin
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- north coast of Western Australia
- It was the first major military airfield built in Australia since World War II, and was constructed as a bare base that could be used for exercises or when required for national defence.
