No. 396 Expeditionary Combat Support Wing RAAF

396ECSW
Active	?–present
Country	Australia
Branch	Royal Australian Air Force
Part of	Combat Support Group
Garrison/HQ	RAAF Base Darwin
Motto	Steadfast in Support

No. 396 Expeditionary Combat Support Wing (396 ECSW) is a ground support wing of the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF). Part of the Combat Support Group, it is responsible for the provision of combat and base support services and maintains the RAAF's "bare bases" at Weipa, Exmouth and Derby in the northern part of Australia's airspace. The wing consists of three expeditionary combat support squadrons, one combat support squadron, an operations support squadron, a combat logistics squadron and two support units, which are located at various bases all around Australia, and in Malaysia at RAAF Butterworth.^[1]

References

1. ^ "No 396 Expeditionary Combat Support Wing". Royal Australian Air Force. http://www.airforce.gov.au/Wings/396ecsw.aspx. Retrieved 10 September 2010.