Bases in NT?
RAAF Base Darwin
RAAF Base Tindal
Bases in queensland?
RAAF Base Townsville
RAAF Base Amberley
RAAF Base Scherger
Bases in NSW?
RAAF Base Williamtown
RAAF Base Glenbrook
RAAF Base Richmond
RAAF Base Wagga
Bases in ACT?
Russell Offices
Bases in SA?
RAAF Base Edinburgh
RAAF Woomera
Bases in Victoria?
RAAF Base East Sale
RAAF Williams
Bases in WA?
RAAF Base Pearce
RAAF Base Curtin
RAAF Base Learmonth
Most likely posting locations?
No. 87SQN Headquarters, RAAF Base Edinburgh, SA
No. 87SQN Tactical Intelligence Flights located at:
- RAAF Base Edinburgh SA
- RAAF Base Amberly, QLD
- RAAF Base Williamtown, NSW
- RAAF Base Richmond, NSW
- RAAF Base Tindal, NT
- No. 460SQN, Canberra ACT
- No. 462SQN, RAAF Base Edinburgh, SA
Additional possible posting locations?
- Australian Signals Directorate (ASD), ACT
- Defence Intelligence Organisation, ACT
- HQ Air Command: Air and Space Operations Centre, Bungendore, NSW
- HQ Joint Operations Command, Bungendore, NSW
- HQ Air Command - RAAF Glenbrook, NSW
- Defence Force School of Intelligence, Canungra, QLD
- Air Intelligence Training Unit, RAAF Base Edinburgh, SA
- Defence Force School of Signals - Electronic Warfare Wing at Cabarlah, QLD.
Operations at Russel offices
- administrative head
- headquarters
- No 34 Squadron, based at Defence Establishment Fairbairn
Operations at RAAF Base Williamtown
- Tactical fighter element of the Air Combat Group
- The Airborne Early Warning and Control (AEW&C) element of Surveillance and Response Group
- planned to remain the RAAF’s main fighter pilot training base
- will house most of the planned F-35A Joint Strike Fighter
Operations at RAAF Base Glenbrook
- Home to Air Command; raise, train and sustain Air Force’s air and space power to meet Government objectives
Operations at RAAF Base Richmond
best known for being home to our C-130 Hercules
Operations at RAAF Base Wagga
- delivers initial employment and postgraduate training
- supports two key headquarters of Wings from Air Force Training Group - RAAF College and Ground Training Wing
4 major training groups:- No 1 Recruit Training Unit;
- School of Postgraduate Studies;
-RAAF School of Technical Training; and
-RAAF School of Administration and Logistics Training
Operations at RAAF Base Darwin
- one of the Air Force’s main forward operating bases
- undertakes a supporting role in major exercises held in NT
- Notable exercises include Pitch Black; High Sierra; and Diamond Storm
Operations at RAAF Base Tindal
- Air Force’s youngest operational base (except for bare bases)
- one of Australia’s most important defence sites.
Operations at RAAF Base Townsville
forward operating base
Operations at RAAF Base Scherger
- completes a series of strategic outposts reaching from Learmonth in Western Australia to the Cape York Peninsula
- designed so that operational units can move into existing facilities at little or no notice for defence requirements or exercises
Operations at RAAF Base Amberley
Air Force’s largest base and employs over 5000 people.
Operations at RAAF Base Edinburgh
- primarily home to the Air Warfare Centre
- No 92 Wing’s AP-3C Orion and P-8A Poseidon aircraft which conduct surveillance operations throughout Australia’s airspace
Operations at Woomera Range Complex
- provide a specialised operations environment in support of directed whole-of-Defence activities for the testing of war materiel and, other directed activities in the wider National interest
- supports a wide variety of trials covering many defence related technologies including ground-based weapons systems, explosive ordnance and hazardous materials, and specialised force preparation activities
- operational support
- ‘sharpen the spear’, further alludes to its primary function in supporting the enhancement of the ADF’s war-fighting effectiveness.
Operations at RAAF Base East Sale
- plays a major role in training the next generation of Air Force personnel under the Air Training Wing: Air combat training school and Air traffic controllers
Operations at RAAF Base Williams
- the main function now is training
Operations at RAAF Base Pearce
- one of the busiest RAAF bases in the country in terms of total aircraft movements
- home to No 2 Flying Training School and No 79 Squadron
- the primary role is pilot training but is also the only permanent RAAF Base on the west coast and thus has a significant logistics role
