RAAF Base Amberley (ICAO: YAMB) is a Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) military airbase located 8 km (5.0 mi) southwest of Ipswich, Queensland in Australia and 50 km (31 mi) southwest of Brisbane CBD.
Amberley is also home to Army units making up the 9th Force Support Battalion (9 FSB).
Amberley was one of only two airfields in Australia (the other being Darwin International Airport) that were listed as a Transoceanic Abort (TOA) landing site for the Space Shuttle.
882 acres (357 ha) of land ca 8km south-west of the city of Ipswich was gazetted for defence purposes on 12 December 1938.
The land was called Jeebropilly by the original land-owners of the Jagera, the Yuggera and Ugarapul clans.
[6] The base was initially planned to house a general purpose squadron with 300 officers and men.
At dawn on 15 September 1942, the unit was flown 1,293 miles (2,081 km) from Amberley Field to Port Moresby.
The remainder of the 126th IR boarded ships for Port Moresby beginning on 18 September from Brisbane.
[10] Known Fifth Air Force units assigned to "Amberley Field" were: The US facilities were transferred to Australia in 1947.