1998/09 - Oakey detachment

Helicopters

AS-332 Super Puma

Year

1998

126 Squadron deployed Super Pumas to Oakey, Australia, to train in larger airspace and enhance operational skills.

On 1 September 1998, 126 Squadron deployed its Super Puma helicopters to Oakey in Queensland, Australia. The detachment allowed the Super Puma operators to take advantage of the larger training airspace there.

Two uniformed officers breaking ground with shovels on a lawn with machinery visible behind them.

Chief of Air Force MG Goh Yong Siang (left) and MG Tim Ford, Commander of the Australian Army's 1st Division, breaking the ground for the training centre at Oakey.

Collage of soldiers working on or around helicopters.

RSAF personnel dismantling the Super Pumas for transportation to Oakey.