RAAF Base Glenbrook explained

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.

Units

Unit Full name Aircraft Notes
HQAC Headquarters Air Command
323SQNNo 323 Squadron AAFCAustralian Air Force Cadets

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: G030 : Lapstone Hotel (RAAF Base), Former . . Office of Environment & Heritage, New South Wales Government . 17 January 2000 . 18 August 2017 .
  2. News: Rock engraving throws spotlight on Australia's top-secret World War II mustard gas program. Emma. Siossian. Australian Broadcasting Corporation. 10 January 2021.
  3. News: RAAF Glenbrook base to close in 2015 . . . 24 November 2009 . 18 August 2017 .