Bases Flashcards
RAAF BASE Darwin
One of our main forward operating bases.
Shares the runway with Darwin International Airport.
NT BASES
RAAF BASE Darwin
RAAF BASE Tindal
RAAF BASE Tindal
15km out of Katherine.
Home to F/A - 18 Hornet aircraft.
Very involved in Katherine community.
QLD BASES
RAAF BASE Townsville
RAAF BASE Amberely
RAAF BASE Schurger
RAAF BASE Townsville
Another forward operating base.
Aircraft Support Unit.
Home to Army’s Blackhawk and Chinook aircraft.
RAAF BASE Amberely
Australia’s larger Air Force base.
Home to Heron remotely piloted aircraft.
Also houses FA - 18 Hornet, C-17 Globemaster and air to air refuelling components
RAAF BASE Schurger
Designed for operational units to move into existing facilities at short notice, for either defence purposes or exercises.
NSW BASES
RAAF BASE Williamtown
RAAF BASE Glenbrook
RAAF BASE Richmond
RAAF BASE Wagga
RAAF BASE Williamtown
Nation’s main fighter pilot training base.
Planned to house most of the incoming F-35A JSF Lightning aircraft (less that $130 million and by 2020)
RAAF BASE Glenbrook
At the foothills of the Blue Mountains.
Home to Air Command - raise, train and sustain our air and space power according to the Government’s needs
RAAF BASE Richmond
Home to the C-130J Hercules medium transport aircraft
RAAF BASE Wagga
Delivers both technical and non technical training (I will go to the No1 Recruit Training Unit)
ACT BASES
ADFA
Russell Offices
Russell Offices
Home to Air Force HQ
VIC BASES
RAAF BASE East Sale
RAAF BASE Williams