Unit Name: | No. 396 Expeditionary Combat Support Wing RAAF |
Country: | Australia |
Branch: | Royal Australian Air Force |
Command Structure: | Combat Support Group |
Garrison: | RAAF Base Darwin |
Garrison Label: | Headquarters |
Dates: | ?–present |
Motto: | Steadfast in Support |
Identification Symbol Label: | Callsign |
Equipment Label: | Aircraft |
No. 396 Expeditionary Combat Support Wing (396 ECSW) is a ground support wing of the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF). Part of the Combat Support Group, it is responsible for the provision of combat and base support services and maintains the RAAF's "bare bases" at Weipa, Exmouth and Derby in the northern part of Australia's airspace. The wing consists of three expeditionary combat support squadrons, one combat support squadron, an operations support squadron, a combat logistics squadron and two support units, which are located at various bases all around Australia, and in Malaysia at RMAF Butterworth.[1]