16th Aviation Brigade - Australian Army

16th Aviation Brigade - Australian Army Welcome to the official page of the 16th Aviation Brigade of the Australian Army. It shares the base with a number of Royal Australian Air Force units.

The Brigade is primarily based in Townsville, with units also in Darwin, Brisbane, and Sydney. The 16th Aviation Brigade is primarily located in Townsville, at RAAF Base Townsville. The 16th Aviation Brigade currently consists of the following units:
- 16th Brigade Headquarters (Townsville)
- 1st Aviation Regiment (Townsville/Darwin)
- 5th Aviation Regiment (Townsville)
- 6th Aviation Regiment (Sy

dney)
- 16th Aviation Support Battalion (Townsville)
- 20th Regiment, Royal Australian Artillery (Brisbane)
- Army Aviation Training Centre (Oakey)

Arriving in style 🚁ℹ Soldiers from from the 1st Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment recently conducted integration ...
01/06/2026

Arriving in style 🚁

ℹ Soldiers from from the 1st Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment recently conducted integration training with our Black Hawks in Sydney.

30/05/2026

A final flight for the Chief 🫡🚁

Not the day to forget your sea sickness tablets 🌊 ℹ️ Personnel recently conducted a casualty transfer with a practice du...
26/05/2026

Not the day to forget your sea sickness tablets 🌊

ℹ️ Personnel recently conducted a casualty transfer with a practice dummy from a UH-60M Black Hawk to a small watercraft during Exercise Nemesis Typhoon.

📸 CPL Lachlan Campbell

Bringing the heavy lift to the heavy hitters 💪Our Chinooks recently conducted a gun line resupply with the 4th Regiment,...
25/05/2026

Bringing the heavy lift to the heavy hitters 💪

Our Chinooks recently conducted a gun line resupply with the 4th Regiment, Royal Regiment of Australian Artillery

📸 PTE Claire Davies

24/05/2026

Can’t match these vibes 🔥🔥

Same day delivery 🚁Some of our Chinooks recently conducted a gunline resupply with the 4th Regiment, Royal Regiment of A...
21/05/2026

Same day delivery 🚁

Some of our Chinooks recently conducted a gunline resupply with the 4th Regiment, Royal Regiment of Australian Artillery 💪

📸 PTE Claire Davies

Welcome Home Apaches 5 & 6 🇦🇺Our newest additions to the fleet touched down in Australia last week with some help from ...
20/05/2026

Welcome Home Apaches 5 & 6 🇦🇺

Our newest additions to the fleet touched down in Australia last week with some help from the Royal Australian Air Force 🛬

ℹ A total of 29 AH-64E Apaches are being acquired from the United States through a Foreign Military Sales agreement under Project LAND 4503. All aircraft are expected to be delivered by 2029.

📸 CPL Raiar Cordwell

✨Golden Hour ✨📍 Melbourne CBD📸 CPL Lachlan Campbell
17/05/2026

✨Golden Hour ✨

📍 Melbourne CBD

📸 CPL Lachlan Campbell

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RAAF Base Townsville
Enoggera, QLD

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+611300333362

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