RAAF Base Wagga

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Wagga Wagga Airport
IATA: WGA - ICAO: YSWG
Summary
Airport type		Public
Operator		Wagga Wagga City Council
Serves		Wagga Wagga, New South Wales
Elevation AMSL		724 ft (221 m)
Coordinates		35°09′55″S, 147°27′59″E
Runways
Direction	Length		Surface
Direction	ft	m	Surface
05/23	5,801	1,768	Asphalt
12/30	5,007	1,526	Clay

RAAF Base Wagga (formerly RAAF Base Forest Hill) is located in the New South Wales town of Wagga Wagga, in the suburb of Forest Hill.

The RAAF no longer owns the airfield, which is now called Wagga Wagga Airport, although military aircraft still use it.

The base, until the start of 2008 belonging to the Air Force's Ground Training Wing, is now home to Headquarters RAAF College (RAAFCOL) and the relocated (from RAAF Base Edinburgh) No 1 Recruit Training Unit (1RTU), the Air Force's basic recruit training school. The base continues to be the main ground training base for airmen and airwomen of the technical, administration and logistics trades as well as the location for initial courses for Administration and Logistics officers. The main postgraduate promotion courses are also conducted there.

Entry to RAAF Base Wagga Wagga

[edit] Units

Unit short name	Full name	Force Element Group
HQRAAFCOL	Headquarters RAAF College	Air Force Training Group
CSU-WAG	Combat Support Unit Wagga	Combat Support Group
RAAFSTT	RAAF School of Technical Training	Air Force Training Group
RAAFSALT	RAAF School of Administration and Logistics Training	Air Force Training Group
SPS	School of Postgraduate Studies	Air Force Training Group
1RTU	No 1 Recruit Training Unit	Air Force Training Group