No. 396 Expeditionary Combat Support Wing RAAF

No. 396 Expeditionary Combat Support Wing (396 ECSW) was a ground support wing of the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF). Part of the Combat Support Group, it was responsible for the provision of combat and base support services and maintained the RAAF's "bare bases" at Weipa, Exmouth and Derby in the northern part of Australia's airspace. The wing consisted of three expeditionary combat support squadrons, one combat support squadron, an operations support squadron, a combat logistics squadron and two support units, which were located at various bases all around Australia, and in Malaysia at RMAF Butterworth.^[1]

No. 396 Expeditionary Combat Support Wing RAAF
No. 396ECSW's crest
Active	?–2010
Country	Australia
Branch	Royal Australian Air Force
Part of	Combat Support Group
Headquarters	RAAF Base Darwin
Motto(s)	Steadfast in Support