RAAF Base Mallala

RAAF Base Mallala was a Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) base located at Mallala, South Australia.

History

The base was built in 1941 as the home of No. 6 Service Flying Training School (6SFTS) during World War II. The SFTS provided advanced training for RAAF pilots, including fighter and multi-engine aircraft.

Following the cessation of hostilities, RAAF Base Mallala was a temporary base for flight test and transport support for the joint UK-Australian Weapons Research Establishment at Woomera. When RAAF Base Edinburgh opened in 1954, operations at Mallala wound down until the base closed in May 1960.

The site has been extensively modified and is now the Mallala Motor Sport Park.

Units based at RAAF Base Mallala

No. 1 Airfield Defence Squadron
No. 6 Service Flying Training School
No. 24 (City of Adelaide) Squadron
No. 34 Communications Squadron

References

RAAF Museum

Royal Australian Air Force bases

Current bases	RAAF Base Amberley • RAAF Curtin • RAAF Base Darwin • RAAF Base East Sale • RAAF Base Edinburgh • RAAF Gingin • RAAF Base Glenbrook • RAAF Learmonth • RAAF Base Pearce • RAAF Base Richmond • RAAF Scherger • RAAF Base Tindal • RAAF Base Townsville • RAAF Base Wagga • RAAF Williams • RAAF Base Williamtown • RAAF Woomera Airfield

Former bases	RAAF Base Albion Park • RAAF Base Bowen • RAAF Base Cairns • RAAF Base Daly Waters • RAAF Base Coffs Harbour • RAAF Base Evans Head • RAAF Base Fairbairn • RAAF Jervis Bay • RAAF Base Mallala • RAAF Base Moruya • RAAF Base Nabiac • RAAF Base Rathmines • RAAF Base Temora • RAAF Station Tocumwal • RAAF Base Uranquinty

Overseas bases	RAAF Base Butterworth (Malaysia) • RAAF Base Cocos Island (Cocos (Keeling) Islands) • RAAF Base Port Moresby (Papua New Guinea) • RAAF Base Tengah (Singapore) • RAAF Ubon (Thailand) •

Shared bases	Defence Establishment Orchard Hills

Flying boat bases	Lake Boga Flying Boat Base • RAAF Base Rathmines

RAAFs Curtin, Learmonth and Scherger are so-called "bare bases"