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{{Short description|Australian military airbase in South Australia}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2021}}
{{Use Australian English|date=May 2013}}
{{Infobox military installation
| name = RAAF Base Edinburgh
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| location = {{SAcity|Edinburgh}}, [[Adelaide]], [[South Australia]]
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| country = Australia
| image = [[File:Squadron no.11 P-8A Poseidons at RAAF Base Edinburgh.jpg|300px|Squadron no.11 P-8A Poseidons at RAAF Base Edinburgh.]]
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| caption = Five [[P-8A Poseidon]]s of [[No. 11 Squadron RAAF|No. 11 Squadron]] at RAAF Base Edinburgh.
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| occupants = {{bulleted list|Headquarters [[No. 92 Wing RAAF|No 92 Wing]]|[[No. 453 Squadron RAAF|No. 453 Squadron]]|[[No. 24 Squadron RAAF|No. 24 (City of Adelaide) Squadron]]|[[No. 87 Squadron RAAF|No. 87 Squadron]]|[[No. 292 Squadron RAAF|No. 292 Squadron]]|[[No. 3 Security Forces Squadron RAAF|No 3 Security Forces Squadron]]|[[No. 1 Remote Sensor Unit]]|No 2 Expeditionary Health Squadron Detachment Edinburgh|No 1 Combat Communication Squadron Flight Edinburgh|[[No. 10 Squadron RAAF|No. 10 Squadron]]|[[No. 11 Squadron RAAF|No. 11 Squadron]]|Joint Electronic Warfare Operational Support Unit|[[No. 462 Squadron RAAF|No. 462 Squadron]]|[[Aircraft Research and Development Unit RAAF|Aircraft Research and Development Unit]]|Institute of Aviation Medicine|[[10th Brigade (Australia)|10th Brigade (2025)]]|[[1st Armoured Regiment (Australia)|1st Armoured Regiment]]|[[16th Regiment, Royal Australian Artillery]] (2025)|Joint Logistic Unit - South|613 Squadron, AAFC| Headquarters No. 6 wing AAFC|}}<!-- squadrons only -->
| website = {{URL|http://www.airforce.gov.au/RAAFBases/South-Australia/RAAF-Base-Edinburgh/?RAAF-1wiukb+Vk74vCBUZ9vgkzcv8+24vsrRa|RAAF Base Edinburgh}}
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| footnotes = Sources: Australian [[Aeronautical Information Publication|AIP]] and aerodrome chart<ref name="AIP">{{AIP AU|YPED|name=Edinburgh}}, [https://web.archive.org/web/20210828223911/http://www.airservicesaustralia.com/aip/current/dap/PEDAD01-131.pdf Aeronautical Chart]</ref><!-- catchall in case it's needed to preserve something in infobox that doesn't work in new code -->
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'''RAAF Base Edinburgh''' {{airport codes||YPED}} is a [[Royal Australian Air Force]] (RAAF) [[Military airfield|military airbase]] located in [[Edinburgh, South Australia|Edinburgh]] approximately {{convert|28|km|abbr=on|mi}} north of [[Adelaide]], [[South Australia]], Australia and forms part of the Edinburgh Defence Precinct.

Edinburgh is one of two defence 'super bases' in [[Australia]], home to over 3,500 personnel from both the [[Royal Australian Air Force]] and the [[Australian Army]]. The base is home to [[No. 92 Wing RAAF|No 92 Wing]] and their [[Boeing P-8 Poseidon]] [[maritime patrol]] aircraft that conduct surveillance operations throughout Australia's region of interest. In addition, [[No. 9 Squadron RAAF|No. 9 Squadron]] at Edinburgh remotely pilot the [[Royal Australian Air Force|Royal Australian Air Force's]] fleet of drones, such as the [[Northrop Grumman MQ-4C Triton]], as well as a range of other undisclosed activities.

RAAF Edinburgh is notably home to the [[Jindalee Operational Radar Network |Jindalee Operational Radar Network (JORN)]] Coordination Centre, the [[Air Warfare Centre RAAF|RAAF Air Warfare Centre]], and the Australian Battlespace Surveillance Centre, making Edinburgh one of the most strategically important defence bases in [[Australia]]. The base has over the past decade become home to elements of the [[1st Brigade (Australia)|1st Brigade]] of the [[Australian Army]].

==History==
The construction of RAAF Base Edinburgh commenced in 1953 and it was officially opened 22 March 1954 as a support base for weapons development at the joint UK-Australian Weapons Research Establishment (WRE) at [[RAAF Woomera Range Complex|Woomera]] and [[British nuclear tests at Maralinga|Maralinga]].<ref name="Handbook2020"/> The support base had previously been based at a small Edinburgh Airfield and at [[RAAF Base Mallala]].<ref name="Handbook2020"/><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.airforce.gov.au/raafmuseum/research/bases/mallala.htm |title=Mallala |website=RAAF Museum |access-date=20 June 2019 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180105043648/http://www.airforce.gov.au/raafmuseum/research/bases/mallala.htm |archive-date=5 January 2018}}</ref> The base was located alongside the wartime [[Salisbury Explosives Factory]],<ref>The wartime Salisbury Explosives Factory became the [[Long Range Weapons Establishment]], subsequently the [[Weapons Research Establishment]] (WRE), the Defence Research Centre, Salisbury (DRCS), the [[Defence Science and Technology Organisation]] (DSTO), and (2015 name change) Defence Science and Technology (DST).</ref> in open fields between the then country villages of [[Salisbury, South Australia|Salisbury]] (to the south) and [[Smithfield, South Australia|Smithfield]] (to the north). At about the same time, the satellite town of [[Elizabeth, South Australia|Elizabeth]] was being established (to the east).

Support for WRE testing activities had greatly reduced by the late 1960s. In 1968, [[No. 11 Squadron RAAF|No. 11 Squadron]] relocated to Edinburgh operating [[Lockheed P-3 Orion|Orions]].<ref name="Handbook2020"/> In the late 1970s, [[No. 10 Squadron RAAF|No. 10 Squadron]] also operating Orions relocated to Edinburgh and a maritime patrol wing [[No. 92 Wing RAAF|No. 92 Wing]] was established at Edinburgh making it the primary base for Australia's maritime reconnaissance operations.<ref name="Handbook2020"/> RAAF Base Edinburgh has since been home to No 1 Recruit Training Unit, the Institute of Aviation Medicine (AVMED) and the [[Aircraft Research and Development Unit RAAF|Aircraft Research and Development Unit]] (ARDU).<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.airforce.gov.au/raafmuseum/research/bases/edinburgh.htm |title=Edinburgh |website=RAAF Museum |access-date=20 June 2019 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180105051356/http://www.airforce.gov.au/raafmuseum/research/bases/edinburgh.htm |archive-date=5 January 2018}}</ref>

Originally, RAAF Edinburgh and the DSTO were located in Salisbury, (subsequently the suburb of Salisbury – [[Postcodes in Australia|Postcode]] 5108), in the [[City of Salisbury]]. In 1997, the Department of Defence decided to rationalise the then "DSTO Salisbury" site and sell off about 70% of the site, and surrounding "Defence-owned" [[Crown land]], to form the "Edinburgh Parks" industrial estate. The suburb of Salisbury was split in two, with the part containing the RAAF Base and DSTO renamed "Edinburgh" (after the RAAF Base). The new suburb was <!-- designated as part of the [[City of Playford]],{{cn|date=November 2012}} and -- The only supporting evidence I can find says Edinburgh is in City of Salisbury ... --> assigned the Postcode 5111.

On 5 December 2003, stage one of the redevelopment of the base was opened including facilities for the newly formed [[Aerospace Operational Support Group RAAF|Aerospace Operational Support Group]], and for the [[Aircraft Research and Development Unit RAAF|Aircraft Research and Development Unit]] which had relocated from DSTO Salisbury, and for [[Capability Acquisition and Sustainment Group|Defence Materiel Organisation]] units - the Maritime Patrol System Program office and the Aeronautical Life Support Logistics Management Unit.<ref>{{cite press release |author1=Defence Minister Robert Hill |title=$14 Million Redevelopment for RAAF Edinburgh |url=http://www.minister.defence.gov.au/Hilltpl.cfm?CurrentId=3325 |website=Department of Defence |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040708193210/http://www.minister.defence.gov.au/Hilltpl.cfm?CurrentId=3325 |archive-date=8 July 2004 |date=5 December 2003|url-status=dead}}</ref>

In August 2012, stage two of the redevelopment of the base was completed including a new air traffic control tower and facilities for [[No. 462 Squadron RAAF|No. 462 Squadron]], which had relocated from Canberra, and for [[No. 87 Squadron RAAF|No. 87 Squadron]].<ref>{{cite web |title=RAAF Base Edinburgh Redevelopment |url=https://www.grocon.com/project/raaf-base-edinburgh-redevelopment/ |website=Grocon |access-date=12 January 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite press release |author1=Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Defence Mike Kelly |title=$99.56 Million for New Facilities Facilities and Infrastructure at RAAF Base Edinburgh |url=http://www.minister.defence.gov.au/Kellytpl.cfm?CurrentId=9146 |website=Department of Defence |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090604231124/http://www.minister.defence.gov.au/Kellytpl.cfm?CurrentId=9146 |archive-date=4 June 2009 |date=28 May 2009|url-status=dead}}</ref>

On 19 November 2017, the Defence Minister announced that the base would be upgraded to operate the P-8A Poseidon including new facilities, infrastructure and airfield works with a strengthened and extended runway (by {{convert|275|m}}).<ref>{{cite web |author1=Minister for Defence Industry and Minister for Defence |title=Defence invests $659 million for new security infrastructure at RAAF Edinburgh |url=https://www.minister.defence.gov.au/minister/marise-payne/media-releases/minister-defence-industry-minister-defence-defence-invests-659 |website=Department of Defence Ministers |access-date=12 January 2020 |date=19 November 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |author1=Defence Infrastructure Division |title=Air 7000 Phase 2B - Maritime Patrol Aircraft Replacement Project - RAAF Base Edinburgh Works |url=https://www.defence.gov.au/id/Air7000Phase2B/EdinburghWorks.asp |website=Department of Defence |access-date=12 January 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Rohweder |first=Sarah |url=http://www.adelaidenow.com.au/messenger/north-northeast/part-of-penfield-road-in-adelaide-to-be-closed-off-so-runway-at-raaf-base-edinburgh-can-be-extended/news-story/324f1ccba70b6c876fb47f4b63d33c71 |title=Part of Penfield Road in Adelaide to be closed off so runway at RAAF Base Edinburgh can be extended |date=13 July 2017 |newspaper=[[The Advertiser (Adelaide)|The Advertiser]] |access-date=15 July 2017}}</ref>

In November 2019, the base held the 'Edinburgh Air Show 2019' over two days the 9th and 10th.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Edinburgh Air Show 2019|url=https://www.airforce.gov.au/exercises/edinburghairshow2019|website=Royal Australian Air Force|access-date=2019-10-31}}</ref>

In May 2023, it was revealed that the [[16th Regiment, Royal Australian Artillery]] would be relocating from their [[Woodside Barracks]] to purpose-built facilities at Edinburgh once completed, to accommodate the new [[NASAMS]] ground-based air defence systems.<ref>{{cite web|title=Aussie soldiers get first glimpse of NASAMS|url=https://www.australiandefence.com.au/defence/land/aussie-soldiers-get-first-glimpse-of-nasams|date= 11 May 2023}}</ref>

On 5 September 2024, construction began on a $200m 'Deep Maintaince and Modification Facility' at Edinburgh to support the long-term maintaince, sustainment, and modification of the [[Royal Australian Air Force|Royal Australian Air Force's]] [[P-8A Poseidon]] and [[E-7A Wedgetail]] fleet. Expected completion in 2026.<ref>{{cite web|title=Construction begins on a $200 million military aircraft hangar in South Australia|url=https://renewalsa.sa.gov.au/news/construction-begins-on-a-200-million-military-aircraft-hangar-in-south-australia?form=MG0AV3|date= 5 September 2024}}</ref>

===Environmental contamination===
In 2016 concerns were raised about [[Perfluorooctanesulfonic acid|perfluorooctane sulfonate]] (PFOS) and [[perfluorooctanoic acid]] (PFOA), used in fire fighting foams at the base until 2004, being found in groundwater at the base and in nearby wetlands.<ref>{{cite news |last=Shepherd |first=Tory |author-link=Tory Shepherd |url=http://www.adelaidenow.com.au/news/national/federal-election/turnbull-pledges-blood-tests-for-raaf-base-toxic-leak-amid-defence-probe/news-story/ad150c4d9eda4b111b4baa8e930a5cec |title=Turnbull pledges blood tests for RAAF base toxic leak amid Defence probe |newspaper=The Advertiser |date=15 June 2016 |access-date=10 February 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |first=Elizabeth |last=Henson |url=http://www.adelaidenow.com.au/news/south-australia/defence-department-holds-public-meeting-to-inform-residents-in-adelaides-north-about-its-inquiry-into-cancercausing-toxins-at-the-edinburgh-raaf-base/news-story/1e6f2c52d0bdd4ba08b3a8fb1af3731f |title=Defence Department holds public meeting to inform residents in Adelaide's north about its inquiry into cancer-causing toxins at the Edinburgh RAAF base |newspaper=The Advertiser |date=13 October 2016 |access-date=10 February 2019}}</ref> A 2014 report from the [[United States Environmental Protection Agency]] described PFOA and PFOS as [[emergent contaminants]] that are "extremely persistent in the environment and resistant to typical environmental degradation processes" and which consequently pose "potential adverse effects for the environment and human health" due to their toxicity, mobility, and ability to [[bioaccumulate]].<ref>{{cite report |date=March 2014 |title=Emerging Contaminants Fact Sheet &ndash; Perfluorooctane Sulfonate (PFOS) and Perfluorooctanoic Acid (PFOA) |url=https://nepis.epa.gov/Exe/ZyPURL.cgi?Dockey=P100LTG6.txt |website=National Service Center for Environmental Publications |publisher=[[United States Environmental Protection Agency]] |id=505-F-14-001 |access-date=10 February 2019 |page=1}}</ref>

==Current Air Force units==
{| class="wikitable"
! Unit !! Full name  !! [[Force Element Group]] !! Aircraft !! Notes
|- valign=top
| HQ92WG || Headquarters [[No. 92 Wing RAAF|No 92 Wing]]<ref name="Guidebook2019">{{cite report |title=Air Force Capability Guidebook 2019 |url=http://airpower.airforce.gov.au/APDC/media/PDF-Files/Air%20Force%20Publications/AF38-Air-Force-Capability-Guide-2018.pdf |publisher=Royal Australian Air Force |access-date=13 January 2020}}</ref> ||[[Surveillance and Response Group RAAF|Surveillance and Response Group]]||  ||
|-
| 10SQN || [[No. 10 Squadron RAAF|No. 10 Squadron]]<ref name="Guidebook2019"/> ||Surveillance and Response Group ||[[AP-3C Orion]] maritime patrol aircraft ||
|-
| 11SQN || [[No. 11 Squadron RAAF|No. 11 Squadron]]<ref name="Guidebook2019"/> || Surveillance and Response Group ||[[Boeing P-8A Poseidon]] maritime patrol aircraft ||
|-
| 292SQN || [[No. 292 Squadron RAAF|No. 292 Squadron]]<ref name="Guidebook2019"/> || Surveillance and Response Group ||  || Operational conversion unit
|-
| 1RSU || [[No. 1 Remote Sensor Unit]]<ref name="Guidebook2019"/> || Surveillance and Response Group ||  ||[[Jindalee Operational Radar Network]]
|-
| 453SQN EDN FLT || [[No. 453 Squadron RAAF|No. 453 Squadron]] Edinburgh Flight<ref name="Guidebook2019"/> || Surveillance and Response Group ||  || [[Air traffic control]]
|-
| 24SQN || [[No. 24 Squadron RAAF|No. 24 (City of Adelaide) Squadron]]<ref name="Guidebook2019"/> ||  [[Combat Support Group RAAF|Combat Support Group]] ||   || Airbase support
|-
| 3SECFOR SQN || [[No. 3 Security Forces Squadron RAAF|No 3 Security Forces Squadron]]<ref name="Guidebook2019"/> || Combat Support Group  ||   || 
|-
|1CCS EDN FLT|| No 1 Combat Communication Squadron Flight Edinburgh<ref name="Handbook2020"/> || Combat Support Group  ||   ||  
|-
|2EHS DET EDN|| No 2 Expeditionary Health Squadron Detachment Edinburgh<ref name="Handbook2020"/> ||  Combat Support Group ||   || 
|-
|  || Headquarters Air Warfare Centre<ref name="Guidebook2019"/> ||[[Air Warfare Centre RAAF|Air Warfare Centre]]||  ||
|- bgcolor="#ffebd2"
|   || Air Force Ranges Directorate<ref name="Guidebook2019"/> || Air Warfare Centre || || 
|-
| AWR || Air Force Air Weapon Ranges<ref name="Guidebook2019"/> || Air Warfare Centre || || 
|-
| AFTRSQN ||  Air Force Test Range Squadron<ref name="Guidebook2019"/> || Air Warfare Centre || ||
|-
| || Live, Virtual and Constructive (LVC) simulation<ref name="Guidebook2019"/> || Air Warfare Centre || ||
|- bgcolor="#ffebd2"
|  || [[Information Warfare Directorate RAAF|Information Warfare Directorate]]<ref name="Guidebook2019"/> || Air Warfare Centre || || 
|- 
| JEWOSU || Joint Electronic Warfare Operational Support Unit<ref name="Guidebook2019"/> || Air Warfare Centre ||  || 
|-
| 87SQN || [[No. 87 Squadron RAAF|No. 87 Squadron]]<ref name="Guidebook2019"/> || Air Warfare Centre ||  || 
|-
| 462SQN || [[No. 462 Squadron RAAF|No. 462 Squadron]]<ref name="Guidebook2019"/> || Air Warfare Centre ||   || Cyber warfare/Information security
|-
| AITU || Air Intelligence Training Unit<ref name="Guidebook2019"/> || Air Warfare Centre || ||
|- bgcolor="#ffebd2"
| || Tactics and Training Directorate<ref name="Guidebook2019"/> || Air Warfare Centre || ||
|-
| 88SQN || No. 88 Squadron<ref name="Guidebook2019"/> || Air Warfare Centre || || 
|-
| || Air Warfare School<ref name="Guidebook2019"/> || Air Warfare Centre || ||
|- bgcolor="#ffebd2"
|  || [[Air System Development and Test Wing RAAF|Test and Evaluation Directorate]]<ref name="Guidebook2019"/> || Air Warfare Centre RAAF|Air Warfare Centre || || 
|- 
| ARDU || [[Aircraft Research and Development Unit RAAF|Aircraft Research and Development Unit]]<ref name="Guidebook2019"/> || Air Warfare Centre || || 
|-
| AWESQN || Air Warfare Engineering Squadron<ref name="Guidebook2019"/> || Air Warfare Centre || ||
|-
| IAM || Institute of Aviation Medicine<ref name="Guidebook2019"/> || Air Warfare Centre || ||
|-
! colspan="5" |Cadet Units
|-
|HQ6WG
|6 Wing - Headquarters<ref>{{Cite web |title=6 Wing AAFC – SA |url=https://www.airforcecadets.gov.au/how-to-join/wings/6-wing-aafc-sa |access-date=2022-04-06 |website=Australian Air Force Cadets (AAFC) |language=en}}</ref>
|Australian Air Force Cadets
|
|Cadet Headquarters Unit
|-
|613SQN
|613 Squadron - Edinburgh<ref>{{cite web |title=6 Wing AAFC – SA |url=http://www.aafc.org.au/wings/6-wing/ |website=Australian Air Force Cadets |access-date=13 January 2020}}</ref>
|[[Australian Air Force Cadets]]
|
|Cadet Unit
|}

==Army 1st Brigade==
The Hardened and Networked Army plan was announced in December 2005 to relocate elements of the Australian Army's 1st Brigade to RAAF Base Edinburgh which was later altered by the Enhanced Land Force plan released in August 2006 changing the mechanised infantry battalion to be relocated.<ref>{{cite magazine |last1=Ryan |first1=Lt Col Sean |title=Hardened and Networked Army - an Army for now and the future| magazine=Defence magazine|url=http://www.defence.gov.au/defencemagazine/editions/200602/features/feature01.htm |publisher=Department of Defence |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070920190839/http://www.defence.gov.au/defencemagazine/editions/200602/features/feature01.htm |archive-date=20 September 2007 |date=February 2006|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name="PSCPW">{{cite report |author1=Department of Defence |title=Hardened and Network Army Edinburgh Defence Precinct Facilities - Adelaide, South Australia - Statement of Evidence|url=https://www.aph.gov.au/Parliamentary_Business/Committees/House_of_Representatives_Committees?url=pwc/edinburgh/subs.htm|access-date=12 January 2020 |date=August 2007}}</ref> An extensive building program was undertaken to provide new working accommodation and joint Army and RAAF training facilities, a combined mess, fitness, health and community facilities.<ref name="Sec2011">{{cite press release |author1=Parliamentary Secretary for Defence David Feeney |title=Opening of $620 million Horseshoe Barracks at RAAF Base Edinburgh |url=http://www.minister.defence.gov.au/2011/09/09/parliamentary-secretary-for-defence-opening-of-620-million-horseshoe-barracks-at-raaf-base-edinburgh/ |website=Department of Defence Ministers |access-date=12 January 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120227104626/http://www.minister.defence.gov.au/2011/09/09/parliamentary-secretary-for-defence-opening-of-620-million-horseshoe-barracks-at-raaf-base-edinburgh/ |archive-date=27 February 2012 |date=9 September 2011|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name="PSCPW"/> On 9 September 2011, the new facilities were officially opened with the [[7th Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment]] (7 RAR) a mechanised infantry battalion housed at Horseshoe Lines.<ref name="Sec2011"/><ref>{{cite news |last1=Wiseman|first1=Spr Nick|title=New facilities 'best in Aus'|url=https://www.defence.gov.au/Publications/NewsPapers/Army/editions/1268/1268.pdf|work=Army: The Soldiers' Newspaper|issue=1268|publisher=Department of Defence|location=Canberra|issn=0729-5685|page=4|date=29 September 2011|access-date=12 January 2020}}</ref> 7 RAR had relocated from [[Robertson Barracks]] in [[Darwin, Northern Territory|Darwin]] earlier in the year in January.<ref name="Sec2011"/> The new facilities housed other relocated units including the [[102nd Medium Battery, Royal Australian Artillery|102nd (Coral) Battery]] from [[8th/12th Regiment, Royal Australian Artillery]], 9th Field Squadron from [[1st Combat Engineer Regiment (Australia)|1st Combat Engineer Regiment]], 1st Combat Services Support Team from 1st Combat Service Support Battalion and a detachment from Headquarters 1st Brigade.<ref name="Sec2011"/><ref>{{cite report |last1=Ellis |first1=Stuart |title=Army Presence in South Australia |url=https://www.defencesa.com/upload/brochures/def-4121_Army%20Report_FA_LR.pdf |publisher=Leading by Example / [[Defence SA]] |pages=18–20|access-date=12 January 2020 |date=23 April 2012|page= }}</ref>

In November 2017, the [[1st Armoured Regiment (Australia)|1st Armoured Regiment]] relocated from Robertson Barracks to Chauvel Lines at RAAF Base Edinburgh as part of the [[Plan Beersheba]] reorganisation of the Army.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Hamblin|first1=Maj Felicity|title=100 years of tank warfare|url=https://www.defence.gov.au/Publications/NewsPapers/Army/editions/1410/1410.pdf|work=Army: The Soldiers' Newspaper|issue=1410|publisher=Department of Defence|location=Canberra|issn=0729-5685|page=13|date=30 November 2017|access-date=12 January 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=1st Armoured Regiment heads south |url=https://www.facebook.com/AustralianArmy/videos/1st-armoured-regiment-heads-south/10155517152136195/|website=Australian Army|via=Facebook|access-date=12 January 2020 |date=2 November 2017}}</ref> D Squadron had earlier relocated in January 2014.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Hetherington|first1=WO2 Andrew|title=D Sqn move to APCs|url=https://www.defence.gov.au/Publications/NewsPapers/Army/editions/1335/1335.pdf|work=Army: The Soldiers' Newspaper|issue=1335|publisher=Department of Defence|location=Canberra|issn=0729-5685|page=5|date=28 August 2014|access-date=12 January 2020}}</ref>

===Current Army units===
The following units are based at RAAF Base Edinburgh:<ref name="Handbook2020"/>
*1st Brigade Headquarters (Southern Detachment) 
**1st Armoured Regiment
***Headquarters Squadron
***A Squadron – Cavalry (equipped with the ASLAV)
***B Squadron – Tank (equipped with the M1A1 Abrams)
***C Squadron – Cavalry (equipped with the ASLAV)
***Support Squadron
**1st Combat Service Support Team (1st Combat Service Support Battalion)

== See also ==
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* [[Structure of the Royal Australian Air Force]]
* [[Australian Defence Basketball Association]]
* [[List of airports in South Australia]]
* [[List of Royal Australian Air Force installations]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

== External links ==
* {{cite web |url=https://www.airforce.gov.au/about-us/bases/south-australia/raaf-base-edinburgh |title=RAAF Base Edinburgh |website=Royal Australian Air Force}}

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