RAAF Base Edinburgh

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Royal Australian Air Force base

RAAF Base Edinburgh is a major Royal Australian Air Force installation in South Australia, best known as a hub for maritime patrol, surveillance, and intelligence operations.

Aliases (1)

RAAF Edinburgh Air Weapons Range (nearby associated facility) ×1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Royal Australian Air Force base →
adjacentTo	Edinburgh Parks industrial estate →
contains	Defence Science and Technology Group facilities → RAAF Edinburgh Air Weapons Range (nearby associated facility) →
country	Australia →
elevation	67 feet →
garrison	No. 1 Remote Sensor Unit RAAF → No. 10 Squadron RAAF → No. 11 Squadron RAAF → No. 24 Squadron RAAF → No. 292 Squadron RAAF → No. 92 Wing Air Mobility Squadron → No. 92 Wing RAAF →
hasPrimaryRole	anti-submarine warfare support → intelligence operations → maritime patrol operations → search and rescue support → surveillance operations →
hasRunway	Runway 18/36 →
hasRunwaySurface	asphalt →
hasRunwayUse	military →
hostsAircraftType	AP-3C Orion → MQ-4C Triton (planned) → P-8A Poseidon →
hostsCapability	maritime patrol aircraft operations → unmanned aerial surveillance →
ICAOCode	YPED →
isHomeBaseOf	RAAF P-8A Poseidon fleet →
isMajorBaseFor	Royal Australian Air Force maritime patrol fleet →
locatedNear	Adelaide →
location	City of Salisbury, South Australia → Edinburgh, South Australia →
namedAfter	suburb of Edinburgh, South Australia →
opened	1954 →
operator	Royal Australian Air Force →
partOf	Australian Defence Force →
previouslyUsedFor	RAAF aircraft research and development →
regionServed	Indian Ocean → Pacific approaches to Australia → Southern Ocean →
roleInDefence	hub for Australian maritime domain awareness → support to border protection operations → support to coalition maritime operations →
runwayLength	2442 metres →
state	South Australia →
usedBy	Australian Army → Defence Science and Technology Group → Royal Australian Air Force → Royal Australian Navy →

Referenced by (2)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
RAAF Base Edinburgh ("RAAF Edinburgh Air Weapons Range (nearby associated facility)") →	contains
Royal Australian Air Force →	notableBase