RAAF Base Glenbrook
Glenbrook,New South Wales in Australia
Site information
Type	Military air base
Operator	Royal Australian Air Force
Location
RAAF Base Glenbrook Location inNew South Wales
Coordinates	33°45′48″S150°38′12″E / 33.76333°S 150.63667°E /-33.76333; 150.63667
Area	28 hectares (69 acres)
Site history
In use	1948 (1948) – present
Garrison information
Current commander	Group Captain Kaarin Kooij
Garrison	HeadquartersAir Command
Airfield information
Identifiers	ICAO: YGNB
Elevation	195 metres (640 ft)AMSL
Helipads Number Length and surface H7 13 metres (43 ft) Asphalt
Sources: AustralianAIP and aerodrome chart[1]

RAAF Base Glenbrook (ICAO:YGNB)^[1] is aRoyal Australian Air Force (RAAF) base located inGlenbrook, in the LowerBlue Mountains, approximately 60 kilometres (37 mi) west of theSydney central business district inNew South Wales, Australia.

The base serves as home to Headquarters Air Command of the RAAF. There is no airfield although it has aheliport, or helicopter landing site (HLS) and most administrative services are located on the nearbyRAAF Base Richmond. Parts of the 28-hectare (69-acre) site areheritage-listed and comprise the Officers' Mess, once theLapstone Hotel.^[2]

During World War Two, men stationed at the base co-ordinated the stockpiling of mustard gas in thedisused Glenbrook railway tunnel.^[3]

In 2009 theMinister for Defence,John Faulkner, announced that the base would be closed by 2015, and its command operations transferred toRAAF Base Amberley.^[4]

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