The 16th Aviation Brigade (16 Avn Bde) commands all the

Australian Army The Australian Army is the principal land warfare force of Australia, a part of the Australian Defence Force (ADF) along with the Royal Australian Navy and the Royal Australian Air Force. The Army is commanded by the Chief of Army (CA), who ...

aviation Aviation includes the activities surrounding mechanical flight and the aircraft industry. ''Aircraft'' includes airplane, fixed-wing and helicopter, rotary-wing types, morphable wings, wing-less lifting bodies, as well as aerostat, lighter- ...

units and has technical control of the Army Aviation Training Centre reporting to Army Aviation Command. The Brigade was formed on 2 April 2002 by combining Headquarters Divisional Aviation (Operational Command) and Headquarters Aviation Support Group (Technical Command) and is headquartered in

Enoggera Barracks Enoggera Barracks (also known as Gallipoli Barracks) is an Australian Army base in the northwestern Brisbane suburb of Enoggera in Queensland, Australia. It was officially established in the early 20th century when the area was used for field ...

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. It was originally named Headquarters 16th Brigade (Aviation) and was renamed to the 16th Aviation Brigade. The Army Aviation Training Centre (AAvnTC) based at

Oakey Oakey is a rural town and locality in the Toowoomba Region, Queensland, Australia. The Museum of Army Aviation is located at Oakey Airport. Geography The town is situated on the eastern side of the Darling Downs and the Toowoomba Region ...

is responsible for training and maintains a training fleet reporting separately to Army Aviation Command.

Current structure

The 16th Aviation Brigade currently consists of: *16th Aviation Brigade headquarters (

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) ** 1st Aviation Regiment (armed reconnaissance helicopter,

Robertson Barracks Robertson Barracks is a major Australian Army base located in the Northern Territory of Australia within the suburb of Holtze in the Municipality of Litchfield about east of the Darwin city centre. The barracks were built during the 1990s. Th ...

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) ***161st Reconnaissance Squadron ***162nd Reconnaissance Squadron ***Logistic Support Squadron ***Technical Support Squadron ** 5th Aviation Regiment (transport helicopter, RAAF Base Townsville, Townsville, Queensland) ***A Squadron ***B Squadron ***C Squadron ***Logistic Support Squadron ***Technical Support Squadron ** 6th Aviation Regiment (special forces transport helicopter,

Holsworthy Barracks Holsworthy Barracks is an Australian Army military barracks, located in the Heathcote National Park in Holsworthy approximately from the central business district, in south-western Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. The barracks is part of ...

Sydney, New South Wales Sydney ( ) is the capital city of the state of New South Wales, and the most populous city in both Australia and Oceania. Located on Australia's east coast, the metropolis surrounds Sydney Harbour and extends about towards the Blue Mountains ...

) ***

171st Special Operations Aviation Squadron The 171st Special Operations Aviation Squadron (171 SOAS) is an Australian Army helicopter squadron equipped with NHIndustries MRH-90 Taipan helicopters and provides support to the Special Operations Command. The squadron is based at Luscombe A ...

*** 173rd Aviation Squadron ***Support Squadron

Current structure

Equipment

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