There weren't 'school holidays' for the RAAF Fighter boys in 02... (I know this because my bearcat scanner was going ballistic
Bahahaha..
Farm em out to other bases and leave Williamtown for ASA controllers. If the blue suited controllers want to control jets they can take a posting to Tindal.
I'd call Balad or Tarin Kowt an operational base. Williamtown is a training base.