RAAF Base East Sale

RAAF Base East Sale
Sale, Victoria in Australia
RAAF Base East Sale Winjeel Gate Guardian
RAAF Base East Sale Location in Victoria
Coordinates	38°05′56″S 147°08′58″E / 38.09889°S 147.14944°E / -38.09889; 147.14944
Type	Military airfield and training school
Site information
Owner	Department of Defence
Operator	Royal Australian Air Force
Website	RAAF Base East Sale
Site history
In use	22 April 1943 (1943-04-22) – present
Garrison information
Occupants	Headquarters Air Training Wing Officers' Training School RAAF No 453 East Sale Flight No. 32 Squadron No. 30 (City of Sale) Squadron Central Flying School, incorporating the Roulettes School of Air Traffic Control No.1 Flying Training School No.2 Flying Training School Aviation Candidate Management Centre Training Aircraft Systems Program Office No 1 Expeditionary Health Squadron Detachment 4/19th Prince of Wales's Light Horse Regiment Defence Support and Reform Group No. 409 Squadron Australian Air Force Cadets
Airfield information
Identifiers	ICAO: YMES
Elevation	7 metres (23 ft) AMSL
Runways Direction Length and surface 04/22 2,437 metres (7,995 ft) Asphalt 09/27 2,230 metres (7,316 ft) Asphalt
Sources: Australian AIP and aerodrome chart[1]

RAAF Base East Sale (ICAO: YMES) is a Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) military air base and training school, located in Sale, Victoria, Australia. The base is one of the main training establishments of the RAAF, including where Australian Air Force Cadets from 4 Wing (Victoria) have their biannual General Service Training as well as being home to No. 409 Squadron Australian Air Force Cadets. It is home to The Roulettes aerobatic team. It is also now the home of the RAAF's Officers' Training School (OTS) following its relocation from RAAF Base Point Cook. East Sale was upgraded to house the new OTS, which had its first intake of students in January 2008.^[2] The base houses approximately 700 air force personnel.^[3]