RAAF Base Glenbrook | |
Location: | , New South Wales |
Country: | Australia |
Type: | Military air base |
Coordinates: | -33.7633°N 150.6367°W |
Pushpin Map: | New South Wales |
Pushpin Mapsize: | 300 |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in New South Wales |
Pushpin Relief: | 1 |
Used: | present |
Current Commander: | Group Captain Kaarin Kooij |
Garrison: | Headquarters Air Command |
Icao: | YGNB |
Elevation: | 6400NaN0 |
H1-Number: | H7 |
H1-Length: | 13m (43feet) |
H1-Surface: | Asphalt |
Footnotes: | Sources: Australian AIP and aerodrome chart |
RAAF Base Glenbrook is a Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) base located in Glenbrook, in the Lower Blue Mountains, approximately west of the Sydney central business district in New South Wales, Australia.
The base serves as home to Headquarters Air Command of the RAAF. There is no airfield although it has a heliport, or helicopter landing site (HLS) and most administrative services are located on the nearby RAAF Base Richmond. Parts of the 28ha site are heritage-listed and comprise the Officers' Mess, once the Hotel.[1]
During World War Two, men stationed at the base co-ordinated the stockpiling of mustard gas in the disused Glenbrook railway tunnel.[2]
In 2009 the Minister for Defence, John Faulkner, announced that the base would be closed by 2015, and its command operations transfer to RAAF Base Amberley.[3] Closure has yet to occur.
Unit | Full name | Aircraft | Notes | |
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HQAC | Headquarters Air Command | |||
323SQN | No 323 Squadron AAFC | Australian Air Force Cadets | ||