Editor's Foreword

Inf 6 bde HQ (4/5/8/9/11/13) each with (1 -2
inf bn, 1 recce unit, CS, CSS units)
Engr 2 construction regt
Navy 13,230
EQUIPMENT BY TYPE
SUBMARINES • TACTICAL • SSK 6 Collins each with
UGM-84C Harpoon tactical USGW, 6 single 533mm TT each
with Mk48 Sea Arrow ADCAP HWT
PRINCIPAL SURFACE COMBATANTS • FRIGATES 12
FFG 4 Adelaide (Mod) with 1 Mk 13 GMLS with RGM-
84C Harpoon SSM, SM-2 MR naval SAM, 1 8 cell Mk 41
VLS (32 eff.) with up to 32 RIM-162 Evolved Sea Sparrow
naval SAM, 2 Mk32 triple 324mm ASTT with MU90 LWT,
1 76mm gun, (capacity 2 S-70B Seahawk ASW hel)
FF 8 Anzac (GER MEKO 200) each with 2 Mk 141 Harpoon
quad (8 eff.) each with RGM-84C Harpoon tactical SSM,
1 8 cell Mk 41 VLS (32 eff.) each with up to 32 RIM-162
Evolved Sea Sparrow naval SAM, 2 triple 324mm ASTT
with MU 90 LWT, 1 127mm, (capacity 1 SH-2G Super
Seasprite ASW hel), (capability upgrades in progress)
PATROL AND COASTAL COMBATANTS • PCO 14
Armidale each with 1 25mm gun
MINE WARFARE • MINE COUNTERMEASURES 11
MHC 6 Huon
MSC 2 Bandicoot (reserve status)
MSD 3
AMPHIBIOUS
PRINCIPAL AMPHIBIOUS SHIPS • LPH 2:
2 Kanimbla (capacity either 4 UH-60 Black Hawk utl
hel or 3 Sea King MK-50A utl hel; 2 LCM; 21 MBT; 450
troops)
LS • LST 1 Tobruk (capacity 2 Sea King MK-50A utl hel; 2
LCM; 2 LCVP; 40 APC and 18 MBT; 500 troops)
LANDING CRAFT 6:
LCH 6 Balikpapan (capacity 3 MBT or 13 APC)
LOGISTICS AND SUPPORT 23
AORH 2: 1 Success; 1 Sirius
AOL 4 Warrigal
AE 3 Wa�le
ASR 3
AGHS (SVY) 2 Leeuwin
AGS 4 Paluma
TRG 2: 1 AXL; 1 AXS
TRV 3
Naval Aviation 990
FORCES BY ROLE
ASW 1 sqn
ASuW 1 sqn
Trg/Spt 1 sqn
EQUIPMENT BY TYPE
HELICOPTERS 40
ASW 16 S-70B-2 Seahawk
MAR SPT 8: 6 Sea King MK50A; 2 MRH-90 (NH-90)
(additional ac on order)
SPT/TRG 16: 13 AS-350BA Ecureuil; 3 Agusta A109E
FACILITIES
East Asia and Australasia
Bases Located at Sydney (NSW), Darwin (NT), Cairns
(QLD), Garden Island (WA), Jervis Bay (NSW),
Nowra (NSW), Flinders(SA).
Fleet Command
Navy 1 HQ located at Stirling
Naval Systems Comd
Navy 1 HQ located at Canberra
Air Force 14,056
Flying hours 175 hrs/year on F/A-18 Hornet FGA; 200
hrs/year on F-111 Aardvark bbr ac
395
FORCES BY ROLE
Air Comd coordinates air force operations. HQ Air Comd
is responsible for developing and delivering the capability
to command and control air operations. The air commander
controls the activities of six subordinate Force Element
Groups – Air Cbt, Air Lift, Aerospace Ops Support, Combat
Support, Surveillance and Response, Air Force Training.
Air cbt 1 gp (135 ac and 2,000 personnel) with (1
recce/strike wg (2 FGA/recce sqn with F-111C
Aardvark; RF-111 Aardvark (photo recce); (F/A-
18F Super Hornet to replace F-111 from 2010);
(1 ftr/tac wg (1 OCU, 3 ftr sqn with F/A-18A
Hornet/F/A-18B Hornet), 2 LIFT sqn with Hawk
MK127)); 1 fwd air cbt dev unit with PC-9/A(F)
Surv/ 1 gp with (1 wg (2 sqn, 1 OCU) with AP-3C
Response Orion; 1 sqn with Boeing 737-700 ‘Wedgetail’
AEW&C (being delivered); 1 control and
reporting wg with 4 tactical AD radars; 1 radar
surv unit with Jindalee Operational Radar
Network correlation centre at Edinburgh (S.
Australia), 2 Jindalee radar sensors at Laverton
(W.Australia) and Longreach (N. Queensland); 1
Jindalee facility at Alice Springs; 2 AD Command
& Control Centres at Williamtown (NSW) and
Tindal (NT))
SAR S-76 (civil contract) at 4 air bases
Airlift 1 gp (2 wg): 1 tkr/tpt sqn with KC-30B MRTT
(being delivered); 1 special purpose/VIP tpt
sqn with B-737 BBJ; CL-604 Challenger, 1 sqn
with C-17; 1 medium tac tpt sqn with C-130H
Hercules/C-130J Hercules)
Trg Air trg wg manages: Basic Flying Training
School (Tamworth) PC-9/A; No 2 Flying
Training School (Pearce) PC-9/A; Combat
Survival and Training School (Townsville);
Central Flying School and Roule�es Aerobatic
Team (East Sale); School of Aviation Warfare
(East Sale); School of Air Traffic Control (East
Sale); and No 32 Squadron with 8 Beech 300
Super King Air (navigation trg) (East Sale). Flt
trg sch with 58 PC-9/A
Cbt spt 2 cbt spt wgs; 1 Expeditionary cbt spt wg; 1
airfield def wg (3 sqn ); 1 Health Services Wg
East Asia and
Australasia