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Oakey Army Aviation Centre is situated approximately from the town centre of Oakey in Queensland, Australia. It provides a training establishment for Australian Army Aviation, and also hosts a Singapore Armed Forces Helicopter Squadron, namely the 126 Squadron. The Defence name for the facility is Swartz Barracks, named for prominent politician, Army Aviation advocate, and ex-POW Sir Reginald Swartz KBE MBE. ==History== The base was constructed in 1943 by the Royal Australian Air Force as RAAF Base Oakey as a training facility and overflow aircraft maintenance depot for RAAF Base Amberley.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=RAAF Base Oakey )〕 It was later to store surplus aircraft after the war. The Army assumed responsibility for the base in 1969 and developed the facility as an Army Aviation training base, as well as the base of several Land Command operational units, primarily under the responsibility of 1st Aviation Regiment which was Headquartered at Oakey until 2005. During the period up to the early 1990s, aircraft types operating from the base included Bell OH-58 Kiowa, Bell UH-1 Iroquois, Sikorsky UH-60 Black Hawk, Pilatus Porter, and GAF Nomad. During 2002 a decision was made to close RAAF Base Fairbairn in Canberra, and with a desire amongst sections of the ADF to co-locate all Army Helicopter training, the Australian Defence Force Helicopter School (ADFHS) was relocated to Oakey at the start of 2003. From 2004, the focus of the Army Aviation Centre has been gradually moving away from Land Command operational units to a further concentration on Training Command units and the creation of a centre of excellence in training. In 2007, Boeing Australia was announced the successful tenderer for the Army Aviation Training and Training Support (AATTS) contract and commenced providing non-tactical flying and technical training to Australian Army Aviation.〔(Army Aviation Training and Training Support )〕 In 2009, the scope of this contract was expanded to include most facets of military rotary wing flying training for Kiowa and Black Hawk helicopters, with the Australian Army conducting a final six week check at the end of the Black Hawk phase. In 2009 the last remaining Land Command unit, 173rd Aviation Squadron, ceased operations at Oakey, with the forced transfer of the unit's Beechcraft King Air 350 to the RAAF. The unit was subsequently re-designated as a rotary wing squadron under 6th Aviation Regiment, Sydney. In 2010, with realignment of Army Chain of Command, the base units of the Army Aviation Training Centre came under the control and responsibility of Army Forces Command. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Oakey Army Aviation Centre is situated approximately from the town centre of Oakey in Queensland, Australia. It provides a training establishment for Australian Army Aviation, and also hosts a Singapore Armed Forces Helicopter Squadron, namely the 126 Squadron. The Defence name for the facility is Swartz Barracks, named for prominent politician, Army Aviation advocate, and ex-POW Sir Reginald Swartz KBE MBE.==History==The base was constructed in 1943 by the Royal Australian Air Force as RAAF Base Oakey as a training facility and overflow aircraft maintenance depot for RAAF Base Amberley.(【引用サイトリンク】title=RAAF Base Oakey ) It was later to store surplus aircraft after the war.The Army assumed responsibility for the base in 1969 and developed the facility as an Army Aviation training base, as well as the base of several Land Command operational units, primarily under the responsibility of 1st Aviation Regiment which was Headquartered at Oakey until 2005. During the period up to the early 1990s, aircraft types operating from the base included Bell OH-58 Kiowa, Bell UH-1 Iroquois, Sikorsky UH-60 Black Hawk, Pilatus Porter, and GAF Nomad.During 2002 a decision was made to close RAAF Base Fairbairn in Canberra, and with a desire amongst sections of the ADF to co-locate all Army Helicopter training, the Australian Defence Force Helicopter School (ADFHS) was relocated to Oakey at the start of 2003. From 2004, the focus of the Army Aviation Centre has been gradually moving away from Land Command operational units to a further concentration on Training Command units and the creation of a centre of excellence in training.In 2007, Boeing Australia was announced the successful tenderer for the Army Aviation Training and Training Support (AATTS) contract and commenced providing non-tactical flying and technical training to Australian Army Aviation.(Army Aviation Training and Training Support ) In 2009, the scope of this contract was expanded to include most facets of military rotary wing flying training for Kiowa and Black Hawk helicopters, with the Australian Army conducting a final six week check at the end of the Black Hawk phase.In 2009 the last remaining Land Command unit, 173rd Aviation Squadron, ceased operations at Oakey, with the forced transfer of the unit's Beechcraft King Air 350 to the RAAF. The unit was subsequently re-designated as a rotary wing squadron under 6th Aviation Regiment, Sydney.In 2010, with realignment of Army Chain of Command, the base units of the Army Aviation Training Centre came under the control and responsibility of Army Forces Command.」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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