Defence Establishment Orchard Hills

Defence Establishment Orchard Hills is a tri-service base of particular importance to the Royal Australian Air Force. The main role of the establishment is for storage and distribution. The base is also home to the RAAF-run Defence Explosive Ordnance Training School, which provides training in handling explosives to all branches of the Australian Defence Force.^[1]

References

↑ "Defence Explosive Ordnance Training School". Units. Royal Australian Air Force. Retrieved 21 May 2011.

Royal Australian Air Force bases
Current bases	Amberley Curtin Darwin East Sale Edinburgh Gingin Glenbrook Learmonth Pearce Richmond Scherger Tindal Townsville Wagga Williams Williamtown Woomera
Former bases	Albion Park Archerfield Bairnsdale Bowen Bundaberg Cairns Camden Coffs Harbour Cunderdin Daly Waters Deniliquin Evans Head Fairbairn Gove Guildford Horn Island Jervis Bay Mallala Mascot Moruya Mildura Nabiac Narrandera Narromine Nowra Oakey Parafield Pokolbin Rathmines Parkes Sandgate Schofields Temora Tengah (Singapore) Tocumwal Ubon (Thailand) Uranquinty West Sale Western Junction
Overseas bases	Butterworth (Malaysia) Cocos Island (Cocos (Keeling) Islands) Port Moresby (Papua New Guinea)
Shared bases	Defence Establishment Orchard Hills
Flying boat bases	Lake Boga Rathmines
RAAFs Curtin, Learmonth and Scherger are so-called "bare bases"

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