RAAF Base Amberley

Brisbane, Queensland

The Royal Australian Air Force's RAAF Base Amberley is our largest base, employing over 3500 people. It is 40kms south-west of Brisbane on the outskirts of Ipswich. Best known as home to our F-111 strike aircraft, a large number of units call Amberley home:

Combat Support Group
- Combat Support Unit Amberley - base managers
- No 395 Expeditionary Combat Support Wing
- No 382 Expeditionary Combat Support Squadron
- No 396 Expeditionary Combat Support Wing Detachment Amberley
- Airfield Defence Wing
  - No 1 Airfield Defence Squadron - Airfield Defence Guards
  - No 2 Airfield Defence Squadron - Airfield Defence Guards
Health Services Wing
- No 1 Air Transportable Health Squadron
Reserve Training Wing
No 44 Wing Detachment Amberley - air traffic control
No 82 Wing - strike and reconnaissance
- No 1 Squadron - F-111 strike aircraft
- No 6 Squadron - F-111 strike aircraft
No 36 Squadron - C-17 Globemaster heavy transport aircraft
No 87 Squadron - photography
No 278 Squadron - flight simulator and technical training
No 1 Airfield Operations Support Squadron - airfield engineering
RAAF Security and Fire School - security, fire-fighting and military working dog training

Public access

Public access to RAAF Bases is not permitted. All visitors must be signed in and wear their visitor's pass at all times. Please contact the security guards for further information.

Contact

RAAF Base Amberley
South Amberley Road
Amberley QLD 4306

Switchboard: (07) 5461 1111