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Combat Support Group was formed from operational
Support Group, formerly consisting of Operational Support Wing
and the Airfield Defence Wing. More recently, the northern bases
and the base commanders have been added to the group. This change
met the need to have established organisations in peacetime able
to deploy rapidly to support air operations from bare bases or
forward operating bases, and to provide Air Force command of established
RAAF bases. The titles of the subordinate units (Expeditionary
Combat Support Wing and Squadrons, Combat Support Wing and Squadrons,
Combat Support Units) more accurately reflect the new role of
these units. Their training is now focussed on support during
combat, wherever that combat might occur, rather than support
at a peacetime location.
Combat Support Group’s operational units
include:
• No 395 Expeditionary Combat Support Wing, RAAF Townsville
encompassing:
- No 381 Expeditionary Combat Support Squadron, RAAF Williamtown
- No 382 Expeditionary Combat Support Squadron, RAAF Amberley
- No 383 Expeditionary Combat Support Squadron, RAAF Amberley
- No 386 Expeditionary Combat Support Squadron, RAAF Richmond
- No 1 Combat Communications Squadron, RAAF Richmond
- No 1 Combat Logistics Squadron, RAAF Townsville
- No 1 Air Terminal Squadron, RAAF Richmond
• No 322 Combat Support Wing, RAAF Tindal encompassing:
- No 322 Combat Support Squadron, RAAF Tindal
• No 396 Combat Support Wing, RAAF Darwin encompassing,:
- No 321 Combat Support Squadron, RAAF Darwin
- No 323 Combat Support Squadron, RAAF Townsville
- No 324 Combat Support Squadron, RMAF Butterworth
• Airfield Defence Wing, RAAF Amberley encompassing:
- No 1 Airfield Defence Squadron, RAAF Edinburgh
- No 2 Airfield Defence Squadron, RAAF Amberley
- No 3 Airfield Defence Squadron, RAAF Amberley
• Health Services Wing, RAAF Richmond encompassing:
- No 1 Air Transportable Health Squadron
- No 2 Air Transportable Health Squadron
- No 3 Combat Support Hospital, RAAF Richmond
• Combat Support Units located at RAAF Amberley, RAAF Edinburgh,
RAAF
Glenbrook, RAAF Richmond and RAAF Williamtown.
This
informationcan be found in the 'Fundementals of Australian Aerospace
Power'. Click here
for an electronic copy.
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