RAAF Edinburgh

RAAF Base Edinburgh
Edinburgh, Adelaide, South Australia in Australia
RAAF Base Edinburgh YPED Location in South Australia
Coordinates	34°42′09″S 138°37′15″E / 34.70250°S 138.62083°E / -34.70250; 138.62083Coordinates: 34°42′09″S 138°37′15″E / 34.70250°S 138.62083°E / -34.70250; 138.62083
Type	Military air base
Site information
Owner	Department of Defence
Operator	Royal Australian Air Force
Website	RAAF Base Edinburgh
Site history
Built	1955 (1955)
Garrison information
Occupants	Headquarters No 92 Wing No. 453 Squadron No. 24 (City of Adelaide) Squadron No. 87 Squadron No. 292 Squadron Headquarters No 3 Security Forces Squadron No. 1 Remote Sensor Unit No 1 Expeditionary Health Squadron Detachment Edinburgh No 1 Combat Communication Squadron Flight Edinburgh No. 10 Squadron No. 11 Squadron Joint Electronic Warfare Operational Support Unit RAAF Aeronautical Information Service No. 462 Squadron Aircraft Research and Development Unit ARDU Systems Engineering Squadron Aircraft/Stores Compatibility Engineering Agency Institute of Aviation Medicine Headquarters Woomera Test Range WTR Range Operations Branch RAAF Base Woomera Woomera Prohibited Area WTR Range Engineering Branch 7th Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment
Airfield information
Identifiers	ICAO: YPED
Elevation	20 metres (67 ft) AMSL
Runways Direction Length and surface 04/22 1,962 metres (6,437 ft) Grass 18/36 2,560 metres (8,399 ft) Asphalt
Sources: Australian AIP and aerodrome chart

RAAF Base Edinburgh (ICAO: YPED) is a Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) military airbase located in Edinburgh, 25 km (16 mi) north of the centre of Adelaide, South Australia, in Australia

The base is primarily home to No 92 Wing and their Lockheed AP-3C Orion maritime patrol aircraft that conduct surveillance operations throughout Australia's airspace. However, after an extensive building program over the course of 2010-2011, it has also become the home of 7th Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment, a regular infantry battalion of the Australian Army and some smaller units. This has pushed the daily working population of RAAF Base Edinburgh beyond 4,500 from 6am-6pm.

Aerospace Operational Support Group (AOSG) conducts research and development on aircraft and weapons through the flight test squadron, ARDU, and conducts a wide range of defence systems test and evaluation activities at the Woomera Test Range (WTR), controlled through Headquarters Woomera Test Range (HQWTR), a wing-level agency unit within AOSG.

RAAF Base Edinburgh is also home to No. 87 Squadron, Air Force Intelligence.

RAAF Edinburgh was constructed in 1955 as a support base for weapons development at the joint UK-Australian Weapons Research Establishment (WRE) at Woomera. This support had previously been temporarily based at Mallala. The base was located alongside the wartime Salisbury Explosives factory, in open fields between the then country villages of Salisbury (to the south) and Smithfield (to the north). At about the same time, the satellite town of Elizabeth was being established (to the east).

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