RAAF Base Glenbrook

RAAF Base Glenbrook
Glenbrook, New South Wales in Australia
RAAF Base Glenbrook
Location in New South Wales
Coordinates 33°45′48″S 150°38′12″E / 33.76333°S 150.63667°E / -33.76333; 150.63667Coordinates: 33°45′48″S 150°38′12″E / 33.76333°S 150.63667°E / -33.76333; 150.63667
Type Military air base
Area 28 hectares (69 acres)
Site information
Operator  Royal Australian Air Force
Site history
In use 1948 (1948) – present
Garrison information
Current
commander		 Group Captain Mark Larter
Garrison Headquarters Air Command
Occupants
Airfield information
Identifiers ICAO: YGNB
Elevation 195 metres (640 ft) AMSL
Helipads
Number Length and surface
H7 13 metres (43 ft) Asphalt
Sources: Australian AIP and aerodrome chart[1]

RAAF Base Glenbrook (ICAO: YGNB)[1] is a Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) military air base located in Glenbrook, in the Lower Blue Mountains, approximately 60 kilometres (37 mi) 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 an heliport, or helicopter landing site (HLS), with most administrative services located on the nearby RAAF Base Richmond. Parts of the 28-hectare (69-acre) site are heritage-listed and comprise the Officers' Mess, once the former site of the Lapstone Hotel.[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]

Units

UnitFull nameForce Element GroupAircraftNotes
HQACHeadquarters Air CommandAir CommandN/A
HQCRWHeadquarters Combat Reserve WingCombat Support GroupN/A

See also

References

  1. 1 2 YGNB – Glenbrook (PDF). AIP En Route Supplement from Airservices Australia, effective 01 March 2018
  2. ↑ "G030 : Lapstone Hotel (RAAF Base), Former". New South Wales State Heritage Register. Office of Environment & Heritage, New South Wales Government. 17 January 2000. Retrieved 18 August 2017.
  3. ↑ "RAAF Glenbrook base to close in 2015". The Sydney Morning Herald. AAP. 24 November 2009. Retrieved 18 August 2017.
  • "Welcome to Richmond" (PDF). RAAFANSW Publications. 2017.


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