Combat Survival Training School RAAF

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Combat Survival Training School
Branch RAAF
Part of Air Training Wing
Garrison/HQ RAAF Base Townsville
Motto(s) Adapt and Return

Combat Survival Training School is a survive, evade, resist, escape ( SERE ) school for the Royal Australian Air Force . Its base is at RAAF Base Townsville . [1] Its motto is "Adapt and Return".

All Australian Defence Force aircrew are required to complete a 15-day SERE course delivered by the Combat Survival Training School. As well as teaching survival skills , including how to evade enemy personnel, students are instructed in techniques to resist interrogation and escape captivity . In 2014, it was reported that the course was "one of the hardest things that any air force flyer will do". [2]

References [ edit ]

  1. ^ "RAAF Base Townsville" . Royal Australian Air Force . Retrieved 15 January 2017 .
  2. ^ McPhedran, Ian (27 September 2014). "RAAF fighters and Super Hornets ready to fight IS in Iraq" . news.com.au . Retrieved 15 January 2017 .