page_title: RAAF Base Darwin
hierarchical_section_title: RAAF Base Darwin
caption_attribution_description: A C-130 Hercules from the 517th Airlift Squadron, Elmendorf Air Force Base, Alaska, takes off for a morning mission to Dili, East Timor. The Air Force is providing logistics, communications, and planning support to International Forces East Timor. INTERFET is providing peacekeeping, humanitarian assistance and force protection to East Timor.
context_page_description: RAAF Base Darwin is a Royal Australian Air Force military air base located in the city of Darwin, in the Northern Territory, Australia. The base shares its runway with Darwin International Airport, for civil aviation purposes. The heritage-listed RAAF Base Darwin is a forward operating base with year-round activity with approximately 400 personnel.
context_section_description: RAAF Base Darwin (IATA: DRW, ICAO: YPDN) is a Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) military air base located in the city of Darwin, in the Northern Territory, Australia. The base shares its runway with Darwin International Airport, for civil aviation purposes. The heritage-listed RAAF Base Darwin is a forward operating base with year-round activity with approximately 400 personnel.
caption: A USAF C-130 taking off from RAAF Base Darwin in 1999
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