RAAF Base Glenbrook
is a
Royal Australian Air Force
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(RAAF) base located in
Glenbrook, in the Lower
Blue Mountains, approximately west of the
Sydney central business district
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in
New South Wales
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, Australia.
The base serves as home to Headquarters Air Command of the RAAF. There is no airfield although it has a
heliport
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Designated heliports typically contain one or more touchdown and liftoff areas and may also hav ...
, or helicopter landing site (HLS) and most administrative services are located on the nearby
RAAF Base Richmond
RAAF Base Richmond is a Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) military air base located within the City of Hawkesbury, approximately North-West of the Sydney Central Business District in New South Wales, Australia. Situated between the towns of ...
. Parts of the site are
heritage-listed
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and comprise the Officers' Mess, once the Hotel.
During World War Two, men stationed at the base co-ordinated the stockpiling of mustard gas in the
disused Glenbrook railway tunnel.
In 2009 the
Minister for Defence,
John Faulkner
John Philip Faulkner (born 12 April 1954) is an Australian former Labor Party politician who was a Senator for New South Wales from 1989 to 2015. He was a Cabinet Minister in the Keating, Rudd and Gillard governments.
After his election to ...
, announced that the base would be closed by 2015, and its command operations transfer to
RAAF Base Amberley
RAAF Base Amberley is a Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) military airbase located southwest of Ipswich, Queensland in Australia and southwest of Brisbane CBD. It is the largest military airbase in Australia.
Amberley is one of two defence ...
.
Closure has yet to occur.
Units
See also
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List of Royal Australian Air Force installations
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List of airports in New South Wales
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References
External links
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Royal Australian Air Force bases
Heliports in Australia
Military installations in New South Wales
Glenbrook, New South Wales
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