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{{Short description|Royal Australian Air Force base in Hawkesbury, New South Wales, Australia}}
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{{Use Australian English|date=May 2013}}
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'''RAAF Base Richmond''' {{Airport codes|XRH|YSRI}} is a [[Royal Australian Air Force]] (RAAF) [[military airfield|military air base]] located within the [[City of Hawkesbury]], approximately {{convert|50|km}} North-West of the [[Sydney Central Business District]] in [[New South Wales]], Australia. Situated between the towns of [[Windsor, New South Wales|Windsor]] and [[Richmond, New South Wales|Richmond]], the base is the oldest base in New South Wales and the second oldest in Australia.<ref name=Roylance>{{cite book|last=Roylance| first=Derek | year=1991| title=Air Base Richmond|location=RAAF Base Richmond|publisher=Royal Australian Air Force|isbn=0-646-05212-8}}</ref>{{rp|ii–iii}} The base is home to the transport headquarters RAAF [[Air Lift Group RAAF|Air Lift Group]], and its major operational formations, [[No. 84 Wing RAAF|Nos.&nbsp;84]] and [[No. 86 Wing RAAF|86 Wings]]. The main aircraft type operated at the base is the [[Lockheed C-130 Hercules]]. Richmond is a regular venue for air shows and had at times been mooted as a site for Sydney's proposed [[Second Sydney Airport|second international airport]].

Sited on a piece of land originally known as Ham Common, Richmond became an RAAF base in 1925. Its inaugural commander was Flight Lieutenant (later Squadron Leader) [[Frank Lukis]], who also led the base's first flying unit, [[No. 3 Squadron RAAF|No.&nbsp;3 Squadron]]. Many other squadrons were formed at Richmond in the ensuing years, as well as a separate Station Headquarters and [[No. 2 Aircraft Depot RAAF|No.&nbsp;2 Aircraft Depot]] in 1936. The base expanded further during [[World War&nbsp;II]], with more squadrons and other units being established there, including [[No. 1 Wing RAAF|No. 1 (Fighter) Wing]] and No.&nbsp;3 RAAF Hospital. It was not until after the war that it became the RAAF's transport hub, with the arrival of No.&nbsp;86 Wing and its complement of [[Douglas C-47 Skytrain|C-47 Dakotas]]. The base began operating the Hercules in 1958, augmented in later years by the [[De Havilland Canada DHC-4 Caribou|DHC-4 Caribou]] and [[Boeing 707]].

==History==
A military flying school was set up at the site of the present-day RAAF base on 28&nbsp;August 1916, when the area was known as Ham Common.<ref name=Roylance/>{{rp|9}} RAAF Station Richmond was established on 30&nbsp;June 1925 as the fledgling service's first air base outside [[Victoria (Australia)|Victoria]].<ref name=Roylance/>{{rp|21}}<ref name=Stephens>{{cite book|last=Stephens| first=Alan|orig-year=2001|year=2006| title=The Royal Australian Air Force: A History| location=London| publisher=[[Oxford University Press]]|isbn=0-19-555541-4}}</ref>{{rp|310–11}} Its initial flying unit was No.&nbsp;3 (Army Cooperation) Squadron, operating [[Airco DH.9]] light bombers and [[Royal Aircraft Factory S.E.5]] fighters, and for the next decade the commanding officer of No.&nbsp;3 Squadron was also in charge of the base.<ref name="Units">{{cite book|author=RAAF Historical Section|year=1995|title=Units of the Royal Australian Air Force: A Concise History. Volume 1: Introduction, Bases, Supporting Organisations|location=Canberra| publisher=Aust. Govt. Pub. Service| isbn=0-644-42792-2 |pages=154–157}}</ref> Among these were Squadron Leaders Frank Lukis (1925–30), [[Harry Cobby]] (1930–31), and [[William Bostock|Bill Bostock]] (1931–33). Headquarters RAAF Station Richmond was formed as a separate entity on 20&nbsp;April 1936, under the command of Group Captain [[Adrian Cole (RAAF officer)|Adrian "King" Cole]]. Other units, including [[No. 22 Squadron RAAF|No.&nbsp;22 Squadron]] flying [[Hawker Hart|Hawker Demons]], and [[No. 2 Aircraft Depot RAAF|No.&nbsp;2 Aircraft Depot]], had been established in the preceding months. [[No. 4 Squadron RAAF|No.&nbsp;4 (General Reconnaissance) Squadron]] was formed in May 1937, followed by [[No. 6 Squadron RAAF|No.&nbsp;6 (General Reconnaissance) Squadron]] in March 1939. Two Fleet Cooperation units were also established, [[No. 5 Squadron RAAF|No.&nbsp;5 Squadron]] in April 1936 and [[No. 9 Squadron RAAF|No.&nbsp;9 Squadron]] in January 1939. [[No. 23 Squadron RAAF|No.&nbsp;23 (General Purpose) Squadron]] formed in February 1939.<ref name=Roylance/>{{rp|113–132}} As well as an Air Force base, in its pre-war days Richmond was used as a supplementary airport for Sydney; various aviation pioneers employed it in the 1930s, including [[Charles Kingsford Smith]] and [[Jean Batten]].<ref name="Units"/>

Commanded by Group Captain [[Hippolyte De La Rue|Hippolyte "Kanga" De La Rue]], Richmond's combat units at the outbreak of World War&nbsp;II included No.&nbsp;3 Squadron (flying Hawker Demons), Nos.&nbsp;6 and 22 Squadrons ([[Avro Anson]]s), and No.&nbsp;9 Squadron ([[Supermarine Seagull (1921)|Supermarine Seagulls]]).<ref name="Units"/> On 4&nbsp;September 1939, the day after Australia declared war, the base's first wartime [[sortie]] took place, a flight of three Ansons and three Seagulls patrolling the ocean off Sydney.<ref name=Roylance/>{{rp|62–63}} Richmond expanded significantly during the war, and many flying units originated there including [[No. 11 Squadron RAAF|No.&nbsp;11 Squadron]] in September 1939, [[No. 30 Squadron RAAF|No.&nbsp;30 (Beaufighter) Squadron]] and [[No. 100 Squadron RAAF|No.&nbsp;100 (Beaufort) Squadron]] in March 1942, [[No.&nbsp;54 Squadron RAF]] in August 1942, [[No. 452 Squadron RAAF|No.&nbsp;452 Squadron RAF]] in September 1942, [[No. 1 Wing RAAF|No.&nbsp;1 (Fighter) Wing]] in October 1942, and [[No. 84 Squadron RAAF|No.&nbsp;84 (Boomerang) Squadron]] in February 1943. Several auxiliaries were also formed including training schools, salvage units, and over thirty [[radar]] stations. No.&nbsp;2 Recruit Depot came into being in January 1940,<ref name=Roylance/>{{rp|113–132}} and the resultant expansion of temporary accommodation resulted in a "tin city" on the fringes of the base. The [[Australian Army]] also utilised the base for parachute training. No.&nbsp;3 RAAF Hospital was established in October 1940.<ref name=Roylance/>{{rp|68,79,113–132}} Following the war, Richmond became home to most of the RAAF's [[military transport aircraft|transport aircraft]]. [[No. 86 Wing RAAF|No.&nbsp;86 (Transport) Wing]], made up of [[No. 36 Squadron RAAF|Nos.&nbsp;36]] and [[No. 38 Squadron RAAF|38 Squadrons]] flying C-47 Dakotas, arrived from [[RAAF Station Schofields]] in June 1949. The wing relocated to [[Canberra]] in 1954, but returned to Richmond four years later.<ref name=Roylance/>{{rp|92–94}} No.&nbsp;11 Squadron, which had disbanded in 1946, returned to Richmond in 1954 operating [[Lockheed P-2 Neptune|P-2 Neptune]] maritime reconnaissance aircraft, and remained until transferring to [[RAAF Base Edinburgh]], [[South Australia]] in 1968.<ref name=Roylance/>{{rp|125}}

Headquarters RAAF Base Richmond was formed in April 1952 to replace the former Station Headquarters, along with a subordinate unit, Base Squadron Richmond, for the day-to-day running of the establishment.<ref name="Roylance"/> The base was evacuated in February 1956 due to the threat of rising floodwaters nearby, the only time in its history that flooding in the Hawkesbury region became serious enough to warrant such action.<ref name=Roylance/>{{rp|94–5}} In 1958–59, No.&nbsp;36 Squadron began operating its first C-130 Hercules heavy transports,<ref name=Roylance/>{{rp|97–8}} which were augmented by No.&nbsp;38 Squadron's DHC-4 Caribou tactical transports in 1964. No.&nbsp;86 Wing was disbanded in August that year,<ref name=Roylance/>{{rp|102,114}}<ref name=Stephens/>{{rp|159–160}} but reformed in February 1987, under the newly established Headquarters Air Lift Group that replaced the former Base Headquarters. At the same time, Base Squadron was reformed as Base Support Wing. No.&nbsp;86 Wing took control of [[No. 33 Squadron RAAF|No.&nbsp;33 Squadron]], operating Boeing 707 jet tanker/transports, as well as Nos.&nbsp;36 and [[No. 37 Squadron RAAF|37 Squadrons]], flying Hercules. [[No. 486 Squadron RAAF|No.&nbsp;486 Maintenance Squadron]] and [[No. 85 Wing RAAF|Air Movements Training and Development Unit]] (AMTDU) were also under its aegis at Richmond.<ref name=Roylance/>{{rp|107–108,116–117}} The Hercules, Caribous and 707s became synonymous with disaster relief and emergency transport in Australia and the region, as well as deploying on overseas peacekeeping missions. Richmond was the venue for many air shows including, in 1988, the largest staged in Australia to that date, celebrating the [[Australian Bicentenary]].<ref name=Stephens/>{{rp|310–311}}<ref name=Roylance/>{{rp|110–111}} The base also staged the RAAF's 70th Anniversary Air show in 1991, the same year that the Hercules achieved 500,000 accident-free hours of operation.<ref name="Units"/>

By the early 2000s, No.&nbsp;33 Squadron had been transferred to the recently re-established No.&nbsp;84 Wing, and AMTDU to No.&nbsp;85 Wing, while the Base Support Wing had been superseded by [[No. 325 Expeditionary Combat Support Squadron RAAF|Combat Support Unit Richmond]].<ref>{{cite web|title=RAAF Base Richmond Reinvestment Project|url=http://www.aph.gov.au/house/committee/pwc/richmond/submissions/sub1.pdf |publisher=[[Department of Defence (Australia)|Department of Defence]]|access-date=30 November 2010|date=August 2003}}</ref> No.&nbsp;36 Squadron, having transferred its C-130Hs to No.&nbsp;37 Squadron and re-equipped with the [[Boeing C-17 Globemaster III|C-17 Globemaster]], relocated to [[RAAF Base Amberley]], Queensland, in November 2006.<ref>{{cite web|title=Royal Australian Air Force Squadrons Celebrate New Role |url=http://www.defence.gov.au/media/DepartmentalTpl.cfm?CurrentId=6145 |publisher=at Department of Defence|access-date=30 November 2010|date=17 November 2006}}</ref> The RAAF's DHC-4 Caribous, which had been operated for some years by No.&nbsp;38 Squadron out of [[RAAF Base Townsville]], were retired at the end of 2009, to be replaced by [[Beechcraft Super King Air|Super King Air]]s built by [[Hawker Pacific Aerospace|Hawker Pacific]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Caribou Flies into History|url=http://dev-wp.australianaviation.com.au/caribou-flies-into-history/|publisher=at [[Australian Aviation]]|access-date=30 November 2010|date=27 November 2009|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120315151813/http://dev-wp.australianaviation.com.au/caribou-flies-into-history/|archive-date=15 March 2012}}</ref> No.&nbsp;37 Squadron was transferred from No.&nbsp;86 Wing to No.&nbsp;84 Wing on 1&nbsp;October 2010.<ref>{{cite web|title=Restructure of Air Lift Group Units |url=http://www.defence.gov.au/media/download/2010/Oct/20101005c/index.htm|publisher=at Department of Defence|access-date=30 November 2010|date=5 October 2010}}</ref> In January 2013, No.&nbsp;35 Squadron was re-formed at Richmond, under the control of No. 84 Wing. Initially a cadre, the squadron will expand to approximately 250 personnel by 2015, when it will begin operating the RAAF's ten [[Alenia C-27J Spartan|C-27J Spartan]] transport aircraft.<ref name="35Sqn">{{cite web |url=http://news.defence.gov.au/2013/01/14/wallaby-airlines-returns-to-air-force/ |title=Media Release: Wallaby Airlines Returns to Air Force |publisher=at Department of Defence |access-date=14 January 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130117050053/http://news.defence.gov.au/2013/01/14/wallaby-airlines-returns-to-air-force/ |archive-date=17 January 2013 }}</ref><ref name="RAAF C-27J buy">{{cite news|title=RAAF C-27J buy confirmed|url=http://australianaviation.com.au/2012/05/raaf-c-27j-buy-confirmed/|access-date=19 May 2012|newspaper=Australian Aviation|date=10 May 2012|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120519144112/http://australianaviation.com.au/2012/05/raaf-c-27j-buy-confirmed/|archive-date=19 May 2012}}</ref>

In the 1980s, RAAF Base Richmond had been strongly considered as a second international airport for Sydney, but no decision was taken at the time.<ref name=Roylance/>{{rp|110–111}} By 2009, it was reported as being the New South Wales Government's preferred location for a secondary airport, but that any decision on a location would be the Federal Government's responsibility.<ref>[http://www.smh.com.au/national/richmond-on-track-for-second-airport-20090316-8zye.html Richmond on track for second airport] at [[Sydney Morning Herald]]. Retrieved 30 November 2010.</ref> In July 2012, the Federal Government decided against Richmond as a second airport, but had commissioned a study into whether the base could be employed for "limited civil operations".<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.smh.com.au/nsw/consultants-named-for-studies-into-new-airport-20120720-22ff8.html |title=Consultants named for studies into new airport |work=[[The Sydney Morning Herald]] |access-date=30 March 2013 }}</ref> In September 2016 the Chief of Air Force, Air Marshal [[Leo Davies]], stated that the RAAF favoured closing RAAF Base Richmond during the next 15 years as its functions had been declining, and the major investment in infrastructure needed to bring it to a "fighting state" could be better spent upgrading other bases. However, Minister for Defence [[Marise Payne]] stated that the Government was not considering closing the base.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Wroe|first1=David|title=Defence targets Richmond base in Sydney and Laverton base in Melbourne for closure|url=http://www.canberratimes.com.au/federal-politics/political-news/defence-targets-richmond-base-in-sydney-and-laverton-base-in-melbourne-for-closure-20160915-grh9yx.html|access-date=15 September 2016|work=[[The Canberra Times]]|date=15 September 2016}}</ref>

In 2014, the NSW Rural Fire Service began using Richmond as a base for its Large Air Tanker (LAT) and Very Large Air Tanker (VLAT) program. During the Australian summer, the NSW RFS will have a variety of aircraft available including a C-130 Hercules, Avro RJ85, Boeing 737 and McDonnell Douglas DC-10 as well as smaller lead-in aircraft. As of 2019, the NSW RFS has purchased its own Boeing 737 which is now permanently based at Richmond.

==Units==
The following units are located at RAAF Base Richmond:<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.airforce.gov.au/Bases/New_South_Wales/RAAF_Base_Richmond/?RAAF-0FJR+qru5If2Wbxc82gMHDQ4RDXbartM |title=RAAF Base Richmond |work=[[Royal Australian Air Force]] |publisher=Australian Government |access-date=28 March 2013 }}</ref> 
{| class="wikitable sortable"
!Unit !! Full name!![[Force Element Group]]!! Aircraft !! Notes
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| HQALG || [[Air Lift Group RAAF|Headquarters Air Lift Group]]||Air Lift Group||  ||    
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| 84WNG || [[No. 84 Wing RAAF|Headquarters No. 84 Wing]]||Air Lift Group||   || Controls Nos. 34, 35, 37, and 285 Squadrons<ref name="RAAF C-27J buy"/>
|-
| 85WNG || [[No. 85 Wing RAAF|Air Movements Training & Development Unit]]||Air Lift Group||  ||Aerial delivery development, training and certification
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|  || Air Mobility Control Centre|| Air Lift Group||  ||   
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| 37SQN || [[No. 37 Squadron RAAF|No. 37 Squadron]]||Air Lift Group|| [[C-130J Hercules]] ||
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| 285SQN || [[No. 285 Squadron RAAF|No. 285 Squadron]]||Air Lift Group||    || Air Lift Group flight simulator and technical training
|-
| 22SQN || [[No. 22 Squadron RAAF|No. 22 (City of Sydney) Squadron]]||[[Combat Support Group RAAF|Combat Support Group]]  ||   ||Reserve and expeditionary/airfield services<ref>[http://www.airforce.gov.au/raafmuseum/research/units/22sqn.htm No. 22 Squadron] at [[RAAF Museum]]. Retrieved 28 March 2013.</ref>
|-
| 1CCS || [[No. 1 Combat Communications Squadron RAAF|No. 1 Combat Communication Squadron Detachment Richmond]] || Combat Support Group ||  ||<ref name="CSG">[http://www.airforce.gov.au/About_us/Structure_of_the_RAAF/Air_Command/Combat_Support_Group/No._396_Expeditionary_Combat_Support_Wing/?RAAF-dzRbVbU80vg/w+l7n/ZtJmd8+SSyc7C7 No. 396 Expeditionary Combat Support Wing] at Royal Australian Air Force. Retrieved 28 March 2013.</ref> 
|-
| 1ADS || [[No. 1 Airfield Defence Squadron RAAF|No. 1 Airfield Defence Squadron Detachment Richmond]]|| Combat Support Group ||   ||Airfield defence guards<ref>[http://www.airforce.gov.au/About_us/Structure_of_the_RAAF/Air_Command/Combat_Support_Group/No._395_Expeditionary_Combat_Support_Wing/?RAAF-Ig4ZO4GmM6c3jjI2VA4/PvXNeEu+GyGe No. 395 Expeditionary Combat Support Wing] at Royal Australian Air Force. Retrieved 28 March 2013.</ref>
|-
| 1AOSS || [[No. 1 Airfield Operations Support Squadron RAAF|No. 1 Airfield Operations Support Squadron Detachment Richmond]] ||Combat Support Group  ||  || Airfield operations and engineering<ref name="CSG"/>
|-
| 3EHS || No. 3 Expeditionary Health Squadron Detachment Richmond||<!--[[Combat Support Group RAAF|Combat Support Group]]-->||  ||  
|-
| 87SQN || [[No. 87 Squadron RAAF|No. 87 Squadron]] || [[Aerospace Operational Support Group RAAF|Aerospace Operational Support Group]]  ||   || Intelligence/photography<ref>[http://www.airforce.gov.au/About_us/Structure_of_the_RAAF/Air_Command/Aerospace_Operational_Support_Group/?RAAF-6wujD/tHUBRNDsmm3O+YcYlPvAth9Dmq Aerospace Operational Support Group] at Royal Australian Air Force. Retrieved 28 March 2013.</ref>
|-
| 453SQN || [[No. 453 Squadron RAAF|No. 453 Squadron Flight Richmond]] || [[Surveillance and Response Group RAAF|Surveillance and Response Group]] ||   || Air traffic services<ref name=reformed_2011>{{cite web|title=Senator Feeney Celebrates the Reformation of Number 452 and 453 Squadrons at RAAF Base Williamtown|url=http://www.minister.defence.gov.au/2011/02/16/parliamentary-secretary-for-defence-senator-feeney-celebrates-the-reformation-of-number-452-and-453-squadrons-at-raaf-base-williamtown/|publisher=at Department of Defence|access-date=28 March 2013|date=16 February 2011|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120326051802/http://www.minister.defence.gov.au/2011/02/16/parliamentary-secretary-for-defence-senator-feeney-celebrates-the-reformation-of-number-452-and-453-squadrons-at-raaf-base-williamtown/|archive-date=26 March 2012}}</ref><ref>[http://www.airforce.gov.au/About_us/Structure_of_the_RAAF/Air_Command/Surveillance_and_Response_Group/?RAAF-Em/lTbOjboHa5jhkS926exeF05x7rnKL Surveillance and Response Group] at Royal Australian Air Force. Retrieved 28 March 2013.</ref>
|-
|  || Air Lift Systems Program Office|| ||    || [[Capability Acquisition and Sustainment Group]] medium airlift sustainment
|-
|176ADS || [[9th Force Support Battalion (Australia)|176 Air Dispatch Squadron]]||  ||  || Army aerial dispatching
|-
| 336SQN AAFC || 336 Squadron AAFC||  ||    || Australian Air Force Cadets-3 Wing
|}

==Gallery==
<gallery>
P00448.195RichmondWapitis.jpg|[[Westland Wapiti]]s of No. 3 Squadron in the Richmond area, October 1932
54 Sqn RAF pilots Richmond 1942.jpg|No. 54 Squadron [[Supermarine Spitfire|Spitfire]] pilots, Richmond, 1942
File-86 Wing (AWM P00448-093).jpg|No. 86 Wing Dakotas during a fly-past in 1952
</gallery>

==See also==
* [[List of airports in Greater Sydney]]
* [[List of airports in New South Wales]]
* [[List of Royal Australian Air Force installations]]
* [[No. 131 Radar Station RAAF]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
{{Commons category|RAAF Base Richmond}}
*[https://www.airforce.gov.au/about-us/bases/new-south-wales/raaf-base-richmond RAAF Base Richmond] at [http://airforce.gov.au airforce.gov.au]

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