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1,524 metres (5,000 ft) Asphalt. Sources: Australian AIP and aerodrome chart [ 1 ] RAAF Base Darwin ( IATA: DRW, ICAO: YPDN) is a Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) military air base located in the city of Darwin, in the Northern Territory, Australia. The base shares its runway with Darwin International Airport, for civil aviation purposes.
Robertson Barracks is a major Australian Army base in Holtze, a suburb of Darwin in the Municipality of Litchfield, about 15 km (9.3 mi) east of the Darwin city centre. [citation needed] Robertson Barracks are home to the 1st Brigade and the 1st Aviation Regiment. It has a helicopter airfield, similar to Holsworthy Barracks. [citation needed]
During World War II, the United States Army Air Forces established a series of airfields in Australia for the collective defense of the country, as well as for conducting offensive operations against the Imperial Japanese Army and Navy. From these airports and airfields in Australia, the Fifth Air Force was able to regroup, re-equip and begin ...
United States Marine Corps. Type. Marine Air-Ground Task Force. Commanders. Current. commander. Colonel B. Sullivan [ 1] Marine Rotational Force – Darwin is a marine air-ground task force of the United States Marine Corps based at Robertson Barracks and at RAAF Base Darwin, near the city of Darwin in the Northern Territory of Australia.
Naval Base Darwin at Port Darwin. / -12.4708; 130.8483. Naval Base Darwin was a United States Navy base built during World War II at Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia. The first US operations at Darwin was Naval mine depot, built to supply Australia with mines to support the Pacific War. As the US Navy expanded in the Island hopping ...
e. Pine Gap is a joint United States-Australian satellite intelligence gathering and signals intelligence surveillance base and Australian Earth station approximately 18 km (11 mi) south-west of the town of Alice Springs. It is jointly operated by Australia and the United States, and since 1988 it has been officially called the Joint Defence ...
Naval Bases. United States Navy. 1941–1945. U.S. Naval Base Australia comprised several United States Navy bases in Australia during World War II. Australia entered World War II on 3 September 1939, being a self-governing nation within the British Empire. The United States formally entered the war on 7 December 1941 after the Japanese attack ...
Queensland. Victoria Barracks – Brisbane. Borneo Barracks – Darling Downs Military Area, Cabarlah. Kokoda Barracks – Canungra. Gallipoli Barracks – Enoggera. Lavarack Barracks – Townsville. Swartz Barracks – Oakey, QLD. Shoalwater Bay Military Training Area – Shoalwater Bay. Porton Barracks – Cairns.