RAAF Base Amberley

RAAF Base Amberley is a Royal Australian Air Force base that is located 8 km southwest of Ipswich, Queensland and 50 km southwest of Brisbane, Queensland and currently home to No. 1 & No. 6 Squadron RAAF (operating the F-111's,) No. 36 Squadron (operating the Boeing Built C-17 Globemaster III jet transport) and No. 38 Squadron RAAF (operating the DHC-4 Caribou) and also home to RAAF Amberley's largest squadron in terms of size: No. 23 (City of Brisbane) Squadron, an Active Reserve Squadron of the Royal Australian Air Force.

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F-111C Cable Engagement
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An Austrialian F-111C engages an arresting cable just prior to a gear up landing. The crew elected to land gear up because the nosewheel departed the airplane on takeoff. RAAF photograph

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