RAAF Base Edinburgh

RAAF Base 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
Type	Military air base
Site information
Owner	Department of Defence
Operator	Royal Australian Air Force
Website	RAAF Base Edinburgh
Site history
In use	22 March 1954
Garrison information
Occupants	Headquarters No 92 Wing; No. 453 Squadron; No. 24 (City of Adelaide) Squadron; No. 87 Squadron; No. 292 Squadron; No 3 Security Forces Squadron; No. 1 Remote Sensor Unit; No 2 Expeditionary Health Squadron Detachment Edinburgh; No 1 Combat Communication Squadron Flight Edinburgh; No. 10 Squadron; No. 11 Squadron; Joint Electronic Warfare Operational Support Unit; No. 462 Squadron; Aircraft Research and Development Unit; Institute of Aviation Medicine; 7th Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment; 1st Armoured Regiment; 613 Squadron, AAFC; Headquarters No. 6 wing AAFC;
Airfield information
Identifiers	ICAO: YPED
Elevation	20 metres (67 ft) AMSL
Runways
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 approximately 28 km (17 mi) north of Adelaide, South Australia, Australia and forms part of the Edinburgh Defence Precinct.

The base is primarily home to No 92 Wing and their Boeing P-8 Poseidon maritime patrol aircraft that conduct surveillance operations throughout Australia's region of interest. The base is also the home of the Air Warfare Centre which is responsible through its Air Force Ranges Directorate for the Woomera Test Range. The base has over the past decade become home to elements of the 1st Brigade of the Australian Army.

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