A More Powerful Curtin Call-The Australasian Kingdom and World War 2(Story only thread)
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RAAF equipment and bases as of 1.1.2016.
Queensland
RAAF Amberley
No 1 Squadron F/A 18-F fighter/bombers
No 6 Squadron F/A 18-F fighter/bombers
No 5 Squadron MQ-9 Reaper Drones
No 33 Squadron KC-30A tankers
No 36 Squadron C-17 Globemaster transport
RAAF Scherger
Bare Base
RAAF Townsville
No 27 Squadron Reserve unit
No 38 Squadron Beechcraft King Air 350 light transport/recon
New South Wales
RAAF Richmond
No 7 Squadron F-35 fighter/bomber
No 35 Squadron CJ37 Spartan light transport
No 22 Squadron Reserve unit
No 37 Squadron C130 Hercules
RAAF Williamstown
No 2 Squadron 737AEW AWACS
No 4 Squadron PC-9 trainer
No 76 Squadron BAE Hawk
No 26 Squadron Reserve unit
Northern Territory
RAAF Darwin
No 10 Squadron C3 Orion
No 8 Squadron F/A -18 fighter
RAAF Tindal
No 75 Squadron F-22 Raptor fighter
No 77 Squadron F-22 Raptor fighter
No 73 Squadron EA-18G Hornet
Western Australia
RAAF Pearce
No 2 Flying Training School
No 25 Squadron Reserve Unit
No 79 Squadron BAE Hawk
No 3 Squadron F/A-18 fighter
RAAF Learmouth
No 13 Squadron 1A1 Huron and M-Q 4C Drones
No 30 Squadron C-17 Globemaster transport
No 34 Squadron C3 Orion
RAAF Curtin
Bare Base
Victoria
RAAF East Sale
No 1 Flight Training School
No 32 Squadron Beechcraft King Air 350 light transport/recon
No 23 Squadron BAE Hawk
RAAF Point Cook
RAAF HQ
No 24 Squadron 737/Learjet VIP travel and RAAF historical flight
No 21 Squadron Reserve unit
South Australia
RAAF Edinburgh
No 10 Squadron C3 Orion
No 9 Squadron P-8 Poseidon
RAAF Woomera
Testing ground and live fire range
RAAF Oonadatta
No 100 Squadron - Air Force boneyard
North New Zealand
RAAF Auckland
No 11 Squadron F/A-18 fighter
No 12 Squadron C3 Orion
No 19 Squadron C130 Hercules
No 28 Squadron BAE Hawk
RAAF Ohakea
No 3 Flying Training School
No 29 Squadron Reserve unit
South New Zealand
RAAF Wigram
No 20 Squadron FA/18 fighter
No 15 Squadron Beechcraft King Air 350 light transport/recon
Tasmania
Nil
Bougainville
Nil
New Caledonia
RAAF Magenta
No 14 Squadron Beechcraft King Air 350 light transport/recon
No 16 Squadron F/A 18 fighter
Fiji
RAAF Nandi
No 17 Squadron Squadron CJ37 Spartan light transport
C-35 to replace all F/A 18 squadrons by 2019
Queensland
RAAF Amberley
No 1 Squadron F/A 18-F fighter/bombers
No 6 Squadron F/A 18-F fighter/bombers
No 5 Squadron MQ-9 Reaper Drones
No 33 Squadron KC-30A tankers
No 36 Squadron C-17 Globemaster transport
RAAF Scherger
Bare Base
RAAF Townsville
No 27 Squadron Reserve unit
No 38 Squadron Beechcraft King Air 350 light transport/recon
New South Wales
RAAF Richmond
No 7 Squadron F-35 fighter/bomber
No 35 Squadron CJ37 Spartan light transport
No 22 Squadron Reserve unit
No 37 Squadron C130 Hercules
RAAF Williamstown
No 2 Squadron 737AEW AWACS
No 4 Squadron PC-9 trainer
No 76 Squadron BAE Hawk
No 26 Squadron Reserve unit
Northern Territory
RAAF Darwin
No 10 Squadron C3 Orion
No 8 Squadron F/A -18 fighter
RAAF Tindal
No 75 Squadron F-22 Raptor fighter
No 77 Squadron F-22 Raptor fighter
No 73 Squadron EA-18G Hornet
Western Australia
RAAF Pearce
No 2 Flying Training School
No 25 Squadron Reserve Unit
No 79 Squadron BAE Hawk
No 3 Squadron F/A-18 fighter
RAAF Learmouth
No 13 Squadron 1A1 Huron and M-Q 4C Drones
No 30 Squadron C-17 Globemaster transport
No 34 Squadron C3 Orion
RAAF Curtin
Bare Base
Victoria
RAAF East Sale
No 1 Flight Training School
No 32 Squadron Beechcraft King Air 350 light transport/recon
No 23 Squadron BAE Hawk
RAAF Point Cook
RAAF HQ
No 24 Squadron 737/Learjet VIP travel and RAAF historical flight
No 21 Squadron Reserve unit
South Australia
RAAF Edinburgh
No 10 Squadron C3 Orion
No 9 Squadron P-8 Poseidon
RAAF Woomera
Testing ground and live fire range
RAAF Oonadatta
No 100 Squadron - Air Force boneyard
North New Zealand
RAAF Auckland
No 11 Squadron F/A-18 fighter
No 12 Squadron C3 Orion
No 19 Squadron C130 Hercules
No 28 Squadron BAE Hawk
RAAF Ohakea
No 3 Flying Training School
No 29 Squadron Reserve unit
South New Zealand
RAAF Wigram
No 20 Squadron FA/18 fighter
No 15 Squadron Beechcraft King Air 350 light transport/recon
Tasmania
Nil
Bougainville
Nil
New Caledonia
RAAF Magenta
No 14 Squadron Beechcraft King Air 350 light transport/recon
No 16 Squadron F/A 18 fighter
Fiji
RAAF Nandi
No 17 Squadron Squadron CJ37 Spartan light transport
C-35 to replace all F/A 18 squadrons by 2019
18 March 2015, RAAF Oodnadatta, South Australia
Warrant Officer 1 Brian Sparks was effectively in charge of the logistics of every new arrival at No 100 squadron. There were only five officers present at the whole base despite it's size, the C.O Squadron Leader Tennant, a preservation officer, two taxiing officers and a security officer.
His grunts did most of the work, storing preserving and in some cases destroying archived aircraft and, since 1983, tanks and armoured vehicles for the army as well.
The base was spread over 8000 acres or 13 square miles, consisting of a series of interconnected runways, storage sheds and it's own train station. The very dryness of the climate assisted in the preservation of the material stored within, which included numbers of out of service RAAF machines, including the huge and recently retired He 166. The current inventory was:
He 166D Tanker 18
He 166E Bomber 44
He 166G EW 5
RF 111 6
Lockheed Neptune 16
Avro Arrow A5 48
De Havilland Caribou 26
Historical: CAC-15 4
Army:
Bell Iroquois 30
Leopard1A5 Tank 55
Hammerhead Tank Destroyer(up armoured Leopard 1 with 120mm gun) 24
M113 APC 308
Navy:
Grumman Trackers 4
Sea King Helicopter 12
Many things came here to die, but generally only the large, big ticket items. Smaller equipment was stored in the respective services own storage facilities.
Oodnadatta had, for a time, been the home of the Kingdom's nuclear warheads as they had been progressively been decommissioned, stored and then dismantled in that order. This work had finally been completed in 2004, although some of the Blue Streak missiles had been stored as a hedge against their being used for satellite launches.
The days were full of routine and heat and it was not a popular posting. It was, of course, a non operational squadron, the only one of it's kind aside from Reserve Units. It's aircraft awaited the call to battle that mostly never came, cared for by his own skeleton staff.
There was, of course, the RAAF historical flight and museum based at Point Cook, near the active base. The army had co-located it's own historical section on the same base. The navy had it's own historical section on Garden Island, where the old cruiser Melbourne, victor in the Australasian/Indonesian conflict and the last surface conflict between gun only ships lay. Along with a Snake Class submarine and two Bathurst Class corvettes, she was the centerpiece of the navy's historical display. The Des Moines Class cruiser, which had commissioned into the RAN in 1949, was to remain in service until 1996 and in reserve until 2003, being upgraded in 1982 in an expansive refit similar to that of the Iowa Class battleships in the USN.
Warrant Officer 1 Brian Sparks was effectively in charge of the logistics of every new arrival at No 100 squadron. There were only five officers present at the whole base despite it's size, the C.O Squadron Leader Tennant, a preservation officer, two taxiing officers and a security officer.
His grunts did most of the work, storing preserving and in some cases destroying archived aircraft and, since 1983, tanks and armoured vehicles for the army as well.
The base was spread over 8000 acres or 13 square miles, consisting of a series of interconnected runways, storage sheds and it's own train station. The very dryness of the climate assisted in the preservation of the material stored within, which included numbers of out of service RAAF machines, including the huge and recently retired He 166. The current inventory was:
He 166D Tanker 18
He 166E Bomber 44
He 166G EW 5
RF 111 6
Lockheed Neptune 16
Avro Arrow A5 48
De Havilland Caribou 26
Historical: CAC-15 4
Army:
Bell Iroquois 30
Leopard1A5 Tank 55
Hammerhead Tank Destroyer(up armoured Leopard 1 with 120mm gun) 24
M113 APC 308
Navy:
Grumman Trackers 4
Sea King Helicopter 12
Many things came here to die, but generally only the large, big ticket items. Smaller equipment was stored in the respective services own storage facilities.
Oodnadatta had, for a time, been the home of the Kingdom's nuclear warheads as they had been progressively been decommissioned, stored and then dismantled in that order. This work had finally been completed in 2004, although some of the Blue Streak missiles had been stored as a hedge against their being used for satellite launches.
The days were full of routine and heat and it was not a popular posting. It was, of course, a non operational squadron, the only one of it's kind aside from Reserve Units. It's aircraft awaited the call to battle that mostly never came, cared for by his own skeleton staff.
There was, of course, the RAAF historical flight and museum based at Point Cook, near the active base. The army had co-located it's own historical section on the same base. The navy had it's own historical section on Garden Island, where the old cruiser Melbourne, victor in the Australasian/Indonesian conflict and the last surface conflict between gun only ships lay. Along with a Snake Class submarine and two Bathurst Class corvettes, she was the centerpiece of the navy's historical display. The Des Moines Class cruiser, which had commissioned into the RAN in 1949, was to remain in service until 1996 and in reserve until 2003, being upgraded in 1982 in an expansive refit similar to that of the Iowa Class battleships in the USN.
Royal Australasian Army Deployments and Equipment 1.1.2016
1st Division(HQ Darwin)
1st Brigade and 12th Brigade, Robertson Barracks, Darwin consisting of one heavy mechanised Brigade and one mixed Brigade
3rd and 7th Brigade, Laverack Barracks, Townsville, Queensland, consisting of one light infantry and one motorised Brigade
15th Combat Support Brigade and 16th Aviation Brigade, Enoggera Barracks, Brisbane, Queensland
2nd Division(HQ Sydney)
4th Brigade and 5th Brigade, Holdsworthy Barracks, Sydney consisting of one heavy mechanised Brigade and one mixed Brigade
6rd and 9th Brigade, Simpson Barracks, Melbourne, Victoria, consisting of one light infantry and one motorised Brigade
10th Combat Support Brigade, Lone Pine Barracks, Singleton, New South Wales
18th Aviation Brigade, Freyburg Barracks, Auckland, North New Zealand
3rd Division(HQ Perth), Reserve aside from 2nd Brigade)
13th Brigade, Karrakatta Barracks, Western Australia
14th Brigade, mixed South Australia and Western Australian Brigade)
2nd Brigade, Karrakatta Barracks, Western Australia, a heavy mechanised Brigade
11th Brigade and 12th Brigade, Victorian and Victorian/Tasmanian Brigades
4th Division(HQ Auckland), Reserve formation
8th Brigade, Freyburg Barracks, Auckland, North New Zealand
17th Brigade, New South Wales
18th Brigade, New South Wales
19th Brigade, Queensland
20th Brigade, South New Zealand, Fiji, New Caledonia, Bougainville
Independent Units:
1st Special Forces Brigade, HQ, Swanbourne, Western Australia
2nd Special Forces Brigade, HQ, Tekapo, South New Zealand
Equipment:
128 M1A1 Abrams
64 Dingo Light Tanks
22 Hammerhead Tank Destroyers
554 AUSLAV's
812 Dingo APC's
2360 Bushmaster PMV's
126 MRH helicopters
114 Eurocopter Tiger helicopters
15 Chinook helicopters
33 PZ 2000 SP Artillery
1st Division(HQ Darwin)
1st Brigade and 12th Brigade, Robertson Barracks, Darwin consisting of one heavy mechanised Brigade and one mixed Brigade
3rd and 7th Brigade, Laverack Barracks, Townsville, Queensland, consisting of one light infantry and one motorised Brigade
15th Combat Support Brigade and 16th Aviation Brigade, Enoggera Barracks, Brisbane, Queensland
2nd Division(HQ Sydney)
4th Brigade and 5th Brigade, Holdsworthy Barracks, Sydney consisting of one heavy mechanised Brigade and one mixed Brigade
6rd and 9th Brigade, Simpson Barracks, Melbourne, Victoria, consisting of one light infantry and one motorised Brigade
10th Combat Support Brigade, Lone Pine Barracks, Singleton, New South Wales
18th Aviation Brigade, Freyburg Barracks, Auckland, North New Zealand
3rd Division(HQ Perth), Reserve aside from 2nd Brigade)
13th Brigade, Karrakatta Barracks, Western Australia
14th Brigade, mixed South Australia and Western Australian Brigade)
2nd Brigade, Karrakatta Barracks, Western Australia, a heavy mechanised Brigade
11th Brigade and 12th Brigade, Victorian and Victorian/Tasmanian Brigades
4th Division(HQ Auckland), Reserve formation
8th Brigade, Freyburg Barracks, Auckland, North New Zealand
17th Brigade, New South Wales
18th Brigade, New South Wales
19th Brigade, Queensland
20th Brigade, South New Zealand, Fiji, New Caledonia, Bougainville
Independent Units:
1st Special Forces Brigade, HQ, Swanbourne, Western Australia
2nd Special Forces Brigade, HQ, Tekapo, South New Zealand
Equipment:
128 M1A1 Abrams
64 Dingo Light Tanks
22 Hammerhead Tank Destroyers
554 AUSLAV's
812 Dingo APC's
2360 Bushmaster PMV's
126 MRH helicopters
114 Eurocopter Tiger helicopters
15 Chinook helicopters
33 PZ 2000 SP Artillery
Royal Australasian Army Deployments and Equipment 1.1.2016
Fleet Base East, HMAS Kuttabul, Sydney, New South Wales
2 Adelaide Class assault carriers, any combination of up to 18 helicopters or 8 F-35's and 6 helicopters(similar to OTL Canberra Class)
2 Auckland Class destroyers(as per OTL Sth Korean Sejong the Great Class ships)
4 ANZAC Class frigates
2 Perry Class frigates
1 Durance Class tanker
4 Launceston Class corvettes(as per OTL German Braunschweig Class corvettes)
2 Patrol Boats
Fleet Base East, HMAS Stirling, Perth, Western Australia
1 Adelaide Class assault carrier, any combination of up to 18 helicopters or 8 F-35's and 6 helicopters
1 Auckland Class destroyer(as per OTL Sth Korean Sejong the Great Class ships)
4 ANZAC Class frigates
2 Perry Class frigates
1 Durance Class tanker
2 Launceston Class corvettes(as per OTL German Braunschweig Class corvettes)
4 Upholder Class submarines
2 Patrol Boats
Fleet Base Pacific, HMAS Devonport, Auckland, North New Zealand
1 Adelaide Class assault carrier, any combination of up to 18 helicopters or 8 F-35's and 6 helicopters
1 Auckland Class destroyer(as per OTL Sth Korean Sejong the Great Class ships)
4 ANZAC Class frigates
6 Collins Class submarines
1 Durance Class tanker
4 Launceston Class corvettes(as per OTL German Braunschweig Class corvettes)
4 Minesweepers
HMAS Cairns, Cairns, Queensland
8 Patrol boats
2 Survey Vessels
HMAS Coonawarra, Darwin
8 Patrol Vessels
2 Minesweepers
HMAS Suva, Suva, Fiji
4 Patrol Boats
1 Survey Vessel
HMAS Williamstown, Williamstown, Victoria
Reserve Fleet:
Cruiser HMAS Melbourne(assigned to reserve fleet but actually opened for public inspection in Sydney)
1 tanker
1 LSD
Fleet Base East, HMAS Kuttabul, Sydney, New South Wales
2 Adelaide Class assault carriers, any combination of up to 18 helicopters or 8 F-35's and 6 helicopters(similar to OTL Canberra Class)
2 Auckland Class destroyers(as per OTL Sth Korean Sejong the Great Class ships)
4 ANZAC Class frigates
2 Perry Class frigates
1 Durance Class tanker
4 Launceston Class corvettes(as per OTL German Braunschweig Class corvettes)
2 Patrol Boats
Fleet Base East, HMAS Stirling, Perth, Western Australia
1 Adelaide Class assault carrier, any combination of up to 18 helicopters or 8 F-35's and 6 helicopters
1 Auckland Class destroyer(as per OTL Sth Korean Sejong the Great Class ships)
4 ANZAC Class frigates
2 Perry Class frigates
1 Durance Class tanker
2 Launceston Class corvettes(as per OTL German Braunschweig Class corvettes)
4 Upholder Class submarines
2 Patrol Boats
Fleet Base Pacific, HMAS Devonport, Auckland, North New Zealand
1 Adelaide Class assault carrier, any combination of up to 18 helicopters or 8 F-35's and 6 helicopters
1 Auckland Class destroyer(as per OTL Sth Korean Sejong the Great Class ships)
4 ANZAC Class frigates
6 Collins Class submarines
1 Durance Class tanker
4 Launceston Class corvettes(as per OTL German Braunschweig Class corvettes)
4 Minesweepers
HMAS Cairns, Cairns, Queensland
8 Patrol boats
2 Survey Vessels
HMAS Coonawarra, Darwin
8 Patrol Vessels
2 Minesweepers
HMAS Suva, Suva, Fiji
4 Patrol Boats
1 Survey Vessel
HMAS Williamstown, Williamstown, Victoria
Reserve Fleet:
Cruiser HMAS Melbourne(assigned to reserve fleet but actually opened for public inspection in Sydney)
1 tanker
1 LSD
Australasia Monarchs:
1896-1901: Queen Victoria
1901-1910: King Edward VIII
1910-1936: King George V
1936-1937: King Christian
1937-1990: Queen Alice
1990-present: King John
Governors-General
1896-1903: David Boyle, 7th Earl of Glasgow
1903-1936: Prince Christian Victor
Prime Ministers:
1894-1895: Parkes
1895-1897: Barton
1897-1904: Seddon
1904-1904: Watson
1904-1905: Reid
1905-1907: Deakin
1907-1908?: Watson
1908?-1910: Deakin
1910-1915: Fisher
1915-1923: Hughes
1923-1929: Bruce
1929-1935: Scullin
1935-1939: Savage
1939-1945: Curtin
1945-1949: P.Fraser
1949-1971: Menzies
1971-1972: Holyoake
1972-1975: Whitlam
1975-1983: Muldoon
1983-1991 Hawke
Keating 1991-1996
Howard 1996-2007
Rudd 2007-2010
Gillard 2010-2013
Key 2013 to current.
1896-1901: Queen Victoria
1901-1910: King Edward VIII
1910-1936: King George V
1936-1937: King Christian
1937-1990: Queen Alice
1990-present: King John
Governors-General
1896-1903: David Boyle, 7th Earl of Glasgow
1903-1936: Prince Christian Victor
Prime Ministers:
1894-1895: Parkes
1895-1897: Barton
1897-1904: Seddon
1904-1904: Watson
1904-1905: Reid
1905-1907: Deakin
1907-1908?: Watson
1908?-1910: Deakin
1910-1915: Fisher
1915-1923: Hughes
1923-1929: Bruce
1929-1935: Scullin
1935-1939: Savage
1939-1945: Curtin
1945-1949: P.Fraser
1949-1971: Menzies
1971-1972: Holyoake
1972-1975: Whitlam
1975-1983: Muldoon
1983-1991 Hawke
Keating 1991-1996
Howard 1996-2007
Rudd 2007-2010
Gillard 2010-2013
Key 2013 to current.
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