Army 27,461 personnel. The army intends (under its Adaptive
Army initiative) to reorganise into a structure consisting of Army HQ and three
functional commands: HQ 1 Div; Special Operations Command and Forces Command.
ROYAL AUSTRALIAN ARMY AVIATION (RAAA)
Australian Army Aviation Corps (AAAC) / Royal Australian Army Aviation (RAAAvn)
Forces by Role & Equipment by Type
incl Air Defence
• AIRCRAFT 5 Transport Aircrafts.
Transport 1 sqn with 3 Tpt ac:
3 Beech 350 B300 (on
lease)
2 DHC-6 Twin Otter
• HELICOPTER 22 armed capable. Total 132 Helicopters.
Anti-Armour Attack 1 sqn with 22 Atk hel:
22 AS-665 Tiger ARH (PAH-2)
Support 4 sqn with 44 Spt hel:
1 sqn with 6 CH-47D Chinook;
1 sqn with 34 S-70 A-9
(S-70A) Black Hawk;
1 sqn with 6 MRH-90 TTH (NH-90) (ongoing delivery of 40)
Utility 2 sqn with 66 Utl hel:
41 Bell-206B-1 (CA-32)-1
Kiowa (being replaced by Tiger);
20 Bell UH-1H Iroquois in
store (decommissioned)
Unmanned Aerial Vehicle
UAV •
Reconnaissance 1 sqn with18 Recce UAV
Royal Australian Army Defence Systems
AD •
SAM 48
MANPAD 30 RBS-70
RADAR • LAND 21: 7 AN/TPQ-36 Firefinder (arty, mor); 14 RASIT (veh, arty)
• FACILITIES
Australlian
Army Main Headquarters: Canberra
Air Bases:
Townsville - 16th Army Aviation Brigade
Darwin 1st Army Aviation Regiment
No.161 Squadron - Bell-206B-1, PAH-2;
No.162 Squadron - Bell-206B-1, PAH-2
Oakey
No.171 Squadron - Bell-206B-1;
No.173 Squadron - Super King Air, DHC-6;
Townsville 5th Army Aviation Regiment
A Squadron - MRH-90 ;
B Squadron - S-70A-9;
C Squadron - CH-47D;
Canberra Training Command
Oakey Army
Aviation School - Bell-206B-1, S-70A-9;
Oakey Army
Helicopter School - Bell-206B-1
4/5 Generation Fighters 
