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RAAF Glenbrook

RAAF Base Glenbrook
Glenbrook, New South Wales in Australia
RAAF Base Glenbrook is located in New South Wales
RAAF Base Glenbrook
RAAF Base Glenbrook
Location in New South Wales
Coordinates 33°45′48″S 150°38′12″E / 33.76333°S 150.63667°E / -33.76333; 150.63667Coordinates: 33°45′48″S 150°38′12″E / 33.76333°S 150.63667°E / -33.76333; 150.63667
Type Military air base
Area 28 hectares (69 acres)
Site information
Operator  Royal Australian Air Force
Site history
In use 1948 (1948) – present
Garrison information
Current
commander
Group Captain Mark Larter
Garrison Headquarters Air Command
Occupants
Airfield information
Identifiers ICAO: YGNB
Elevation 195 metres (640 ft) AMSL
Helipads
Number Length and surface
H7 13 metres (43 ft) Asphalt
Sources: Australian AIP and aerodrome chart

RAAF Base Glenbrook (ICAO: YGNB) is a Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) military air base located in Glenbrook, in the Lower Blue Mountains, approximately 60 kilometres (37 mi) west of the Sydney central business district in New South Wales, Australia.

The base serves as home to Headquarters Air Command of the RAAF. There is no airfield although it has an heliport, or helicopter landing site (HLS), with most administrative services located on the nearby RAAF Base Richmond. Parts of the 28-hectare (69-acre) site are heritage-listed and comprise the Officers' Mess, once the former site of the Lapstone Hotel.

In 2009 the Minister for Defence, John Faulkner, announced that the base would be closed by 2015, and its command operations transfer to RAAF Base Amberley.



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