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The ADF includes a number of joint operational and training units. These include the [[Joint Military Police Unit (Australia)|Joint Military Police Unit]] and the [[Joint Helicopter Aircrew Training School]].<ref>{{cite news|title=ADF Joint Helicopter Aircrew Training School commences training|url=http://australianaviation.com.au/2018/01/adf-joint-helicopter-aircrew-training-school-commences-training/|access-date=24 February 2018|work=Australian Aviation|date=17 January 2018|archive-date=5 February 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180205160156/http://australianaviation.com.au/2018/01/adf-joint-helicopter-aircrew-training-school-commences-training/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Devlin |first1=Dave |title=Joint Service Police Group launched |url=https://news.navy.gov.au/en/Jun2017/Events/3794/Joint-Service-Police-Group-launched.htm |website=Navy Daily |publisher=Royal Australian Navy |access-date=27 July 2020 |date=17 June 2017 |archive-date=27 July 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200727105823/https://news.navy.gov.au/en/Jun2017/Events/3794/Joint-Service-Police-Group-launched.htm |url-status=live }}</ref>
In 2023, after the release of the Defence Strategic Review (DSR) and a recommendation to consolidate the ADF's guided weapons and explosive ordnance (GWEO) across the services, leading to the creation of the Guided Weapons and Explosive Ordnance Group (GWEOG), and the appointment of Air Marshal Leon Phillips, OAM as its head. This moved the responsibility of acquisition and sustainment of Explosive Materiel within the ADF from CASG.
===Royal Australian Navy===
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The RAAF has [[List of Royal Australian Air Force aircraft squadrons|nineteen flying squadrons]]; five combat squadrons, two maritime patrol squadrons, six transport squadrons, six training squadrons (including three [[Operational Conversion Unit]]s and a forward air control training squadron) as well as one [[Airborne Early Warning & Control]] squadron and a [[Joint Terminal Attack Controller]] squadron. The ground units supporting these flying squadrons include three expeditionary combat support squadrons, three [[Airfield Defence Guards|security force squadrons]] and a range of intelligence, air traffic control, communications, radar and medical units.{{sfn|Air Power Development Centre|2015|pp=44–45}}{{sfn|Wilson|Pittaway|2017|p=15}}
==Logistic support ==
[[File:CHC Helicopter S-76 helicopter during Exercise Pitch Black in August 2016.jpg|thumb|alt=A helicopter painted red and white flying with two people wearing military uniforms hanging from a rope attached to the helicopter|[[CHC Helicopter]]s has been contracted to provide search and rescue and crash response services to all three branches of the ADF<ref>{{cite news|title=CHC secures Navy SAR contract|url=http://australianaviation.com.au/2017/05/chc-secures-royal-australian-navy-contract/|access-date=26 January 2018|work=Australian Aviation|date=8 May 2017|archive-date=14 May 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170514143743/http://australianaviation.com.au/2017/05/chc-secures-royal-australian-navy-contract/|url-status=live}}</ref>]]
{{see also|Defence industry of Australia}}
The ADF's [[military logistics|logistics]] are managed by the Department of Defence's Capability Acquisition and Sustainment Group (CASG). The CASG was established in 2015 from the previously semi-independent [[Defence Materiel Organisation]].<ref>{{cite news|title=DMO, CDG to be abolished under First Principles review|url=http://adbr.com.au/dmo-cdg-to-be-abolished-under-first-principles-review/|access-date=2 January 2017|work=Australian Defence Business Review|date=1 April 2015|archive-date=2 January 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170102174529/http://adbr.com.au/dmo-cdg-to-be-abolished-under-first-principles-review/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last1=Towell|first1=Noel|title=Defence's executive clear-out after Defence Materiel Organisation abolished|url=http://www.canberratimes.com.au/national/public-service/defences-executive-clearout-after-defence-materiel-organisation-abolished-20150806-gitnkb.html|access-date=2 January 2017|work=The Canberra Times|date=10 August 2015|archive-date=28 December 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171228214842/http://www.canberratimes.com.au/national/public-service/defences-executive-clearout-after-defence-materiel-organisation-abolished-20150806-gitnkb.html|url-status=live}}</ref>
The ADF maintains stockpiles of ammunition, fuel and other supplies. Since the late 1990s, ammunition for the three services has been stored in a network of facilities managed by the JLC.{{sfn|Department of Defence|2017|p=1}} The creation of a GWEO Group moved the responsibility of acquisition and sustainment of Explosive Materiel within the ADF from JLC and CASG to itself.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Guided Weapons and Explosive Ordnance Enterprise {{!}} Business & Industry {{!}} Defence |url=https://www.defence.gov.au/business-industry/industry-capability-programs/guided-weapons-explosive-ordnance-enterprise |access-date=2024-02-17 |website=defence.gov.au}}</ref> The ADF also holds several months' worth of fuel for the Navy's vessels and several weeks' worth for aircraft and vehicles. A number of defence analysts have raised concerns over the adequacy of the fuel stockpile, especially as Australia is largely dependent on imports which could be disrupted in the event of war.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Tillett|first1=Andrew|title=Defence experts call for boost to fuel reserves over fears of shortages|url=http://www.afr.com/news/defence-experts-call-for-boost-to-fuel-reserves-over-fears-of-shortages-20180104-h0df4n|access-date=6 January 2018|work=Australian Financial Review|date=6 January 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180106071319/http://www.afr.com/news/defence-experts-call-for-boost-to-fuel-reserves-over-fears-of-shortages-20180104-h0df4n|archive-date=6 January 2018}}</ref>
The increasing role of the [[private sector]] forms an important trend in the ADF's logistics arrangements. During the 1990s many of the ADF's support functions were transferred to the private sector to improve the efficiency with which they were provided. Since these reforms most of the "garrison" support services at military bases have been provided by [[Private military company|private firms]]. The reforms also led to many of the ADF's logistics units being disbanded or reduced in size.{{sfn|Horner|2001|pp=265–279}} Since this time private firms have increasingly been contracted to provide critical support to ADF units deployed outside Australia. This support has included transporting equipment and personnel and constructing and supplying bases.{{sfn|Thomson|2005a|pp=30–32}}
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