Employment Location
Listed below are Army Aviation's Training and Operational Units:
- School of Army Aviation, Army Aviation Training Centre (SAA): equipped with Kiowa, Black Hawk and ARH Tiger helicopters and located at Oakey, Queensland (west of Toowoomba);
- 16 Bde (Avn), with Headquarters located at Enoggera Barracks, Brisbane, QLD;
- 1st Aviation Regiment, with Headquarters located at Darwin, NT;
- 161 Reconnaissance Squadron, 1 Avn Regt: equipped with Kiowa helicopters and located at Darwin, NT;
- 162 Reconnaissance Squadron, 1 Avn Regt: equipped with Kiowa helicopters located at Darwin, NT;
- 5th Aviation Regiment: with Headquarters located at Townsville, QLD;
- A Squadron, 5 Avn Regt: located at Townsville, QLD;
- B Squadron, 5 Avn Regt: equipped with Blackhawk helicopters and located at Townsville, QLD;
- C Squadron, 5 Avn Regt: equipped with Chinook helicopters and located at Townsville, QLD;
- 171 Aviation Squadron, HQ 16 Bde (Avn): equipped with Blackhawk helicopters located at Holsworthy Barracks, Sydney; and
- 173 Surveillance Squadron, HQ 16 Bde (Avn): equipped with Super King-Air aeroplanes and located at Oakey, QLD.
