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No. 3 Aircraft Depot (No. 3 AD) was a maintenance unit of the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF). Formed in March 1942 at RAAF Station Amberley, Queensland, its prime function initially was the assembly and despatch of combat aircraft from the United States; it also performed salvage operations. From 1942 until 1947 it took on the role of administering the Amberley base. The depot was responsible for heavy maintenance of the RAAF's English Electric Canberra jet bombers following their entry into service in 1953. In the 1970s it began maintaining and upgrading the General Dynamics F-111C swing-wing bomber, along with Bell UH-1 Iroquois and Boeing CH-47 Chinook helicopters. No. 3 AD merged with No. 482 Maintenance Squadron in March 1992 to form No. 501 Wing, which maintained the F-111 until d

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  • No. 3 Aircraft Depot (No. 3 AD) was a maintenance unit of the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF). Formed in March 1942 at RAAF Station Amberley, Queensland, its prime function initially was the assembly and despatch of combat aircraft from the United States; it also performed salvage operations. From 1942 until 1947 it took on the role of administering the Amberley base. The depot was responsible for heavy maintenance of the RAAF's English Electric Canberra jet bombers following their entry into service in 1953. In the 1970s it began maintaining and upgrading the General Dynamics F-111C swing-wing bomber, along with Bell UH-1 Iroquois and Boeing CH-47 Chinook helicopters. No. 3 AD merged with No. 482 Maintenance Squadron in March 1992 to form No. 501 Wing, which maintained the F-111 until disbanding in 2001. (en)
  • O Depósito de Aeronaves N.º 3 foi uma unidade de manutenção da Real Força Aérea Australiana (RAAF). Formada em Março de 1942 em Amberley, Queensland, inicialmente, a sua função principal foi a montagem e despacho de aeronaves de combate dos Estados Unidos, e também realizou operações de salvamento de equipamentos. De 1942 até 1947, assumiu o papel de administrar a Base aérea de Amberley. Mais tarde, ficou responsabilidade de proceder à manutenção profunda do bombardeiro da RAAF English Electric Canberra, depois da entrada de serviço dos mesmos em 1953. Durante os anos 70, começou a realizar operações de manutenção no General Dynamics F-111, ao mesmo tempo que também realizava manutenção aos helicópteros Bell UH-1 Iroquois e Boeing CH-47 Chinook. O depósito fundiu-se com o Esquadrão de Manutenção N.º 482 em Março de 1992, para formar a Asa N.º 501, que trabalhou com o F-111 até ser extinta em 2001. (pt)
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  • Excel
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  • Australia (en)
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  • Group Captain G.E. Douglas with officers and a B-24 Liberator of No. 3 Aircraft Depot, July 1945 (en)
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  • Excel (en)
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  • No. 3 Aircraft Depot (No. 3 AD) was a maintenance unit of the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF). Formed in March 1942 at RAAF Station Amberley, Queensland, its prime function initially was the assembly and despatch of combat aircraft from the United States; it also performed salvage operations. From 1942 until 1947 it took on the role of administering the Amberley base. The depot was responsible for heavy maintenance of the RAAF's English Electric Canberra jet bombers following their entry into service in 1953. In the 1970s it began maintaining and upgrading the General Dynamics F-111C swing-wing bomber, along with Bell UH-1 Iroquois and Boeing CH-47 Chinook helicopters. No. 3 AD merged with No. 482 Maintenance Squadron in March 1992 to form No. 501 Wing, which maintained the F-111 until d (en)
  • O Depósito de Aeronaves N.º 3 foi uma unidade de manutenção da Real Força Aérea Australiana (RAAF). Formada em Março de 1942 em Amberley, Queensland, inicialmente, a sua função principal foi a montagem e despacho de aeronaves de combate dos Estados Unidos, e também realizou operações de salvamento de equipamentos. De 1942 até 1947, assumiu o papel de administrar a Base aérea de Amberley. Mais tarde, ficou responsabilidade de proceder à manutenção profunda do bombardeiro da RAAF English Electric Canberra, depois da entrada de serviço dos mesmos em 1953. Durante os anos 70, começou a realizar operações de manutenção no General Dynamics F-111, ao mesmo tempo que também realizava manutenção aos helicópteros Bell UH-1 Iroquois e Boeing CH-47 Chinook. (pt)
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  • No. 3 Aircraft Depot RAAF (en)
  • Depósito de Aeronaves N.º 3 da RAAF (pt)
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