page_title: Airfield Defence Guards
section_title: Tasks performed by ADGs
hierarchical_section_title: Airfield Defence Guards / Duties and mission roles / Tasks performed by ADGs
caption_attribution_description: English: A Royal Australian Air Force security forces member protects an C-130J Super Hercules during a training scenario at exercise COPE NORTH 18 on Tinian, U.S. Commonwealth of the Northern Marianas Islands, Feb. 20. COPE NORTH enables U.S. and allied forces to train humanitarian assistance/disaster relief operations from austere operating bases, enhancing our capacity and capability to respond in times of crisis. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Christopher Quail)
context_page_description: The Airfield Defence Guard mustering of the Royal Australian Air Force performs specialist ground defence tasks to protect air power assets from hostile ground action. The mustering is composed of non-commissioned members, commonly called 'ADGies,' most of whom are employed within a Security Forces Squadron. Their primary role is the protection of RAAF equipment, personnel, assets and facilities during operations. While ADGs train to counter special forces as the primary ground threat to the projection of air power, ADGs are themselves conventional forces. Other duties include training RAAF personnel in weapon handling and basic ground defence tactics.
  ADGs are commanded by commissioned officers known as Ground Defence Officers who receive initial training at the Australian Army's Royal Military College, Duntroon. Following graduation from RMC, GRDEFOs undertake the Army Regimental Officer Basic Course prior to RAAF-specific training at the RAAF Security and Fire School, RAAF Base Amberley.
  ADGs do not operate anti-aircraft weapons, which are the responsibility of the Royal Australian Artillery.
context_section_description: patrolling over extended periods over arduous terrain and in extreme climatic conditions carrying a specified load necessary to accomplish the mission;
  foot and vehicle patrolling by day and by night in and around both established and bare base airfields and through vegetated or urban environments in all extremities of weather conditions and locations within or outside of Australia;
  manning of Observation Posts (OPs), Listening Posts (LPs) and standing patrols to detect and interdict enemy movement
  Quick Reaction Force (QRF) duties in response to identified threats;
  Aircraft Security Operations providing protection to both aircraft and infrastructure;
  construction of field defences and obstacles such as weapon pits and bunkers, fences and vehicle check points (VCPs);
  search and clearance operations;
  manning of crew served weapons such as machine guns and anti-armour weapons;
  security for special events;
  instruction on small arms including pistols, rifles, shotguns and Light Support Weapons (LSWs);
  instruction in Chemical, Biological, Radiological and Nuclear (CBRN) defence; and
  instruction in individual and unit ground defence tactics and techniques.
caption: A RAAF security forces member with a C-130J Hercules aircraft during an exercise in 2018
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