Neither will Australia identify the other Persian Gulf nations in which troops have been based, although all are well known.ĭefence Business: View from Canberra – Home away from home, Australian Defence Magazine, 1 March 2009 But under diplomatic agreements, the Australian government and defence force undertake not to publicly identify the Persian Gulf nation hosting the new facility, shared with New Zealand, Canadian, Dutch, British and US forces. Australia is spending $87 million on new accommodation, hangars and maintenance facilities at the base. It will also house around 500 Australian Defence Force (ADF) personnel with capacity to accommodate another 500 as troops transit to and from Afghanistan. The new facility will host RAAF AP-3C Orion maritime surveillance aircraft and C-130 Hercules transport aircraft as well as support troops serving in Afghanistan. Government sourcesĪl Udeid Air Base, Qatar, 25☀6’57″N 51☁8’55″E, ĭetailed historical account, with photos and satellite images and links to other Qatar facilities.Īustralia’s four Mideast bases to be combined to cut costs Mideast Aust, Max Blenkin (AAP), SMH, īy the end of the year, Australia’s four bases in the Middle East will have become one under a rationalisation program designed to cut costs and improve efficiencies for fighting the conflict in Afghanistan. It is not yet clear whether Muharraq was one of four Australian Gulf bases to undergo rationalisation in late 2009. Major base in Qatar for RAAF Hercules and F-14 aircraft during the eary stages of the invasion of Iraq, and for Hercules o an ongoing basis.
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