Defence Establishment Orchard Hills

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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]

[edit] References

^ "Defence Explosive Ordnance Training School". Units. Royal Australian Air Force. http://www.airforce.gov.au/units/deots.aspx. Retrieved 21 May 2011.

v d e 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"