Article Talk Read Edit View history Search Wikipedia RAAF Base Edinburgh From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Coordinates: 34°42′09″S 138°37′15″E RAAF Base Edinburgh (ICAO: YPED) is a Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) Main page RAAF Base Edinburgh Contents military airbase located in Edinburgh, 25 km (16 mi) north of the centre of Adelaide, Edinburgh, Adelaide, South Australia in Australia Featured content South Australia, in Australia Current events The base is primarily home to No 92 Wing and their Lockheed AP-3C Orion maritime Random article Donate to Wikipedia patrol aircraft that conduct surveillance operations throughout Australia's region of Wikipedia store interest. The Air Warfare Centre has subsumed the roles of AOSG and whilst it still conducts research and development on defence systems such as aircraft and Interaction weapons at the Woomera Test Range (WTR), it has expanded its role to address Help opportunities to improve Air Force’s ability to maximise the operational effectiveness About Wikipedia of fifth-generation, networked capabilities through improved integration across Community portal Recent changes Defence and increased knowledge sharing with allied AWCs. Contact page Also after an extensive building program over the course of 2010-2011, RAAF Base Edinburgh is also become the home of 7th Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment, a Tools RAAF Base regular infantry battalion of the Australian Army and 1st Armoured Regiment.and Edinburgh What links here YPED Related changes other some smaller units. This has pushed the daily working population of RAAF Upload file Base Edinburgh beyond 4,500 from 6am-6pm. Special pages Permanent link Contents [hide] Page information 1 History Location in South Australia Wikidata item 1.1 Environmental contamination Coordinates 34°42′09″S 138°37′15″E Cite this page 2 Current units Type Military air base 2.1 Aircraft Research and Development Unit (ARDU) Site information Print/export Create PDF in your applications with the Pdfcrowd HTML to PDF API PDFCROWD Create a book 2.2 RAAF Woomera Range Complex (WRC) Owner Department of Defence Download as PDF 2.3 7th Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment Operator Royal Australian Air Force Printable version 3 See also Website RAAF Base Edinburgh Site history In other projects 4 References 5 External links Built 1955 Wikimedia Commons Garrison information Languages Occupants Headquarters No 92 Wing Cebuano History [ edit ] No. 453 Squadron No. 24 (City of Adelaide) Squadron Deutsch RAAF Edinburgh was constructed in 1955 as a support base for weapons No. 87 Squadron ﻓﺎرﺳﯽ development at the joint UK-Australian Weapons Research Establishment (WRE) at Bahasa Melayu No. 292 Squadron [2] Svenska Woomera. This support had previously been temporarily based at Mallala. The Headquarters No 3 Security Forces [3] Тоҷикӣ base was located alongside the wartime Salisbury Explosives factory, in open Squadron Edit links fields between the then country villages of Salisbury (to the south) and Smithfield (to No. 1 Remote Sensor Unit the north). At about the same time, the satellite town of Elizabeth was being No 1 Expeditionary Health Squadron Detachment Edinburgh established (to the east). No 1 Combat Communication Support for WRE testing activities had greatly reduced by the late 1960s. Squadron Flight Edinburgh Edinburgh's major role changed in 1977 when No. 10 Reconnaissance Squadron No. 10 Squadron was relocated to South Australia from RAAF Base Townsville, which had been the No. 11 Squadron Joint Electronic Warfare centre of Australia's maritime reconnaissance operations since the Second World Operational Support Unit War. RAAF Base Edinburgh has since been home to the RAAF's Maritime Patrol RAAF Aeronautical Information Group, as well as No 1 Recruit Training Unit, the Institute of Aviation Medicine Service (AVMED) and the Aircraft Research and Development Unit (ARDU).[4] No. 462 Squadron Aircraft Research and Development Originally, RAAF Edinburgh and the DSTO were located in Salisbury, (subsequently Unit the suburb of Salisbury - Postcode 5108), in the City of Salisbury. In 1997, the ARDU Systems Engineering Department of Defence decided to rationalise the then "DSTO Salisbury" site and Squadron sell off about 70% of the site, and surrounding "Defence-owned" Crown land, to form Aircraft/Stores Compatibility the "Edinburgh Parks" industrial estate. The suburb of Salisbury was split in two, with Engineering Agency Institute of Aviation Medicine the part containing the RAAF Base and DSTO renamed "Edinburgh" (after the RAAF Headquarters Woomera Test Base). The new suburb was assigned the Postcode 5111. Range Create PDF in your applications with the Pdfcrowd HTML to PDF API PDFCROWD In 2017 it was announced that the main runway would be extended by 275 metres WTR Range Operations Branch (902 ft) to enable it to be used by the new Boeing P-8A Poseidon aircraft, which are RAAF Base Woomera Woomera Prohibited Area replacing the Lockheed AP-3C Orion fleet.[5] WTR Range Engineering Branch 7th Battalion, Royal Australian Environmental contamination [ edit ] Regiment In 2016 concerns were raised about perfluorooctane sulfonate (PFOS) and 1st Armoured Regiment perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA), used in fire fighting foams at the base until 2004, Airfield information being found in groundwater at the base and in nearby wetlands.[6][7] Identifiers ICAO: YPED Elevation 20 metres (67 ft) AMSL Current units [ edit ] Runways Direction Length and surface Force 04/22 1,962 metres (6,437 ft) Grass Unit Full name Element Aircraft Notes 18/36 2,560 metres (8,399 ft) Asphalt [1] Group Sources: Australian AIP and aerodrome chart HQ92WG Headquarters No 92 Surveillance Wing and Response Group Surveillance 453SQN and Air traffic No. 453 Squadron DET EDN Response control Group No. 24 (City of Combat 24SQN Adelaide) Squadron - Support Airbase support Group No. 87 Squadron - Air Air Warfare 87SQN Intelligence Centre 292SQN No. 292 Squadron - Surveillance Sensor operator and Create PDF in your applications with the Pdfcrowd HTML to PDF API PDFCROWD training Response Group Headquarters No 3 HQ3SFSQN Security Forces Squadron Surveillance Jindalee No. 1 Remote Sensor and 1RSU Operational Unit Response Radar Network Group No 1 Expeditionary 1EHS DET Health Squadron EDN Detachment Edinburgh No 1 Combat 1CCS EDN Communication FLT Squadron Flight Edinburgh AP-3C Surveillance Orion and 10SQN No. 10 Squadron maritime Response patrol Group aircraft AP-3C Surveillance Orion and 11SQN No. 11 Squadron maritime Response patrol Group aircraft JEWOSU Joint Electronic Air Warfare Information Warfare Operational Centre Warfare Create PDF in your applications with the Pdfcrowd HTML to PDF API PDFCROWD Support Unit Directorate (TU RAAF Aeronautical Air Warfare 646.7.1) RAAF AIS Information Service Centre No. 462 Squadron - Air Warfare 462SQN information security Centre Aircraft Research and Air Warfare ARDU Development Unit Centre ARDU Systems Air Warfare ASE SQN Engineering Centre Development Squadron and Test Wing Aircraft/Stores Air Warfare (DTWG) ASCENG Compatibility Centre Engineering Agency Institute of Aviation Air Warfare AVMED Medicine Centre Headquarters Air Warfare HQWTR Woomera Test Range Centre WTR Range Air Warfare WTROPS Operations Branch Centre Woomera Test RAAF Base Air Warfare WRA Range (TU Woomera Centre 646.7.3) Woomera Prohibited Air Warfare WPA Area Centre WTR Range Air Warfare WTRENG Engineering Branch Centre 7th Battalion, Royal Australian 7RAR Australian Regiment Army Create PDF in your applications with the Pdfcrowd HTML to PDF API PDFCROWD 1ARMD 1st Armoured Australian REGT Regiment Army The main aircraft type operating from Edinburgh is the AP-3C Orion maritime patrol aircraft and its replacement the P-8A Poseidon. However, the base has recently (2006–2011) undergone a massive upgrade to accommodate 7RAR and supporting army units. Aircraft Research and Development Unit (ARDU) [ edit ] The Aircraft Research and Development Unit, first established in 1944, is now a subunit of the AWC. Based at RAAF Edinburgh, ARDU provides specialist Australian Defence Force aerospace testing and evaluation of new weapons and aircraft into the RAAF and ADF arsenal. RAAF Woomera Range Complex (WRC) [ edit ] Main article: RAAF Woomera Range Complex The WRC is the Western world's largest defence systems test range complex and is an Australian icon. The land area of the range complex covers 127,000 km2 (49,000 sq mi) (roughly the size of England or the US State of Florida). It is controlled by HQWTR located at RAAF Edinburgh, but is supported directly from Woomera Village. The range complex is approximately 460 km (290 mi) north-west of Adelaide. 7th Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment [ edit ] Main article: 7th Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment See also [ edit ] Structure of the RAAF Adelaide portal Australian Defence Basketball Association Royal Australian Air List of airports in South Australia Force portal List of Australian Air Force installations Aviation portal References [ edit ] Create PDF in your applications with the Pdfcrowd HTML to PDF API PDFCROWD 1. ^ YPED – Edinburgh (PDF). AIP En Route Supplement from Airservices Australia, effective 01 March 2018, Aeronautical Chart [permanent dead link] 2. ^ Mallala , RAAF Museum 3. ^ The wartime Salisbury Explosives factory became the Long Range Weapons Establishment, subsequently the Weapons Research Establishment (WRE), the Defence Research Centre, Salisbury (DRCS), and now, the Defence Science and Technology Organisation (DSTO) 4.