User:Coldstreamer20/Structure of the Royal Air Force in 2021
Below is the full structure of the Royal Air Force by the end of 2021.
Chief of the Air Staff
[edit]The Chief of the Air Staff (CAS) is the professional head of the Royal Air Force. He is responsible for generating a balanced and integrated Royal Air Force capability, and for maintaining the fighting effectiveness and morale of the Service. He reports to the Chief of the Defence (CDS). He is a member of the Defence Council and the Air Force Board, the Defence Ministerial Committee, the Defence Board, the Chiefs of Staff Committee and the Senior Appointments Committee. He chairs the Air Force Board Standing Committee.
- Headquarters Air Command[1]
- Chief of the Air Staff
, Air Chief Marshal Sir Mike Wigston - Air Member for Materiel and Chief of Materiel (Air) , Air Marshal Sir Julian Young
- Assistant Chief of the Air Staff (Strategy) , Air Vice-Marshal Ian Gale
- Assistant Chief of Staff, Media and Communications
- Chief of Staff Personnel and Air Secretary , Air Vice-Marshal Maria Byford
- Office of the Chief of Staff Reserves and Commandant General Royal Auxiliary Air Force
- Chief of Staff Reserves and Commandant General Royal Auxiliary Air Force Air Vice-Marshal Ranald Torquil Ian Munro
- Air Officer Northern Ireland Air Marshal Sean Reynolds
- Air Officer Scotland Air Vice-Marshal Ross Paterson
- Air Officer Wales Air Commodore Adrian Williams
- Air Officer Northern Ireland
- Chief of Staff Reserves and Commandant General Royal Auxiliary Air Force
- Office of the Deputy Commander, Operations
- Deputy Commander Operations and Air Member for Operations , Air Marshal Gerry Michael David Mayhew, CBE, MA
- Air Officer Commanding No. 1 Group RAF
- Chief of Staff, Support and Air Officer Commanding No. 2 Group RAF
- Air Officer Commanding No. 11 Group RAF
- Chief of Staff, Training and Air Officer Commanding No. 22 Group
- Air Officer Commanding United Kingdom Space Command
- Deputy Commander Operations and Air Member for Operations
- Office of the Deputy Commander, Capability
- Deputy Commander Capability and Air Member for Personnel and Capability , Air Marshal Andrew Turner
- Chief of Staff Personnel Air Vice Marshal
- Chief of Staff Capability Air Vice Marshal
- Director Legal Services Air Vice-Marshal Tamara Nancy Jennings
- Chaplain-in-Chief of the Royal Air Force and Archdeacon of the Royal Air Force Air Vice Marshal John Raymond Ellis
- Assistant Chief of Staff Medical, Headquarters Air Command and Head Royal Air Force Medical Services
- Deputy Commander Capability and Air Member for Personnel and Capability
- Chief of the Air Staff
Air Command
[edit]The headquarters of the Royal Air Force (Air Command) is located at RAF High Wycombe and the service is lead by the Chief of the Air Staff (CAS), a 4-star Air Chief Marshal. CAS is supported by a 3-star, Deputy Commander Operations, who is responsible for the conduct of air and space operations at home and overseas, and Deputy Commander Capability, who is responsible for strategic planning and delivery of all aspects of Royal Air Force capability, including people, equipment, infrastructure, and training.[1]
Deputy Commander, Operations
[edit]- Office of the Deputy Commander, Operations
- Deputy Commander Operations and Air Member for Operations , Air Marshal Gerry Michael David Mayhew, CBE, MA
- Air Officer Commanding No. 1 Group RAF
- Chief of Staff, Support and Air Officer Commanding No. 2 Group RAF
- Air Officer Commanding No. 11 Group RAF
- Chief of Staff, Training and Air Officer Commanding No. 22 Group
- Air Officer Commanding United Kingdom Space Command
- Sustainment Fleet[4]
- 33 x BAE Systems Hawk T.1[4]
- 9 x BAE Systems Hawk T.2[4]
- 2 x Airbus A330 MRTT 'Voyager'[5]
- 37 x Eurofighter Typhoon FGR4[5]
- 5 x Lockheed C-130 Hercules[5]
- 8 x Airbus A400M Atlas C.1[5]
- 8 x Aérospatiale SA330 Puma[5]
- 27 x Boeing CH-47 Chinook[5]
- Deputy Commander Operations and Air Member for Operations
No. 1 Group RAF
[edit]No 1 Group coordinates all of the RAF's frontline, fast-jet force elements and the Intelligence Surveillance, Targeting and Reconnaissance (ISTAR) work.
- Headquarters, No. 1 Group, at RAF High Wycombe
- No. 502 (Ulster) Squadron, Royal Auxiliary Air Force[2], at Joint Helicopter Command Flying Station Aldergrove[3]
- No. 505 (Wessex) Squadron, Royal Auxiliary Air Force, at RAF Saint Mawgan[3]
- No. 600 (City of London) Squadron, Royal Auxiliary Air Force[2], at RAF Northolt[3]
- No. 602 (City of Glasgow) Squadron, Royal Auxiliary Air Force[2], in Glasgow[3]
- No. 607 (County of Durham) Squadron, Royal Auxiliary Air Force[2], at RAF Leeming[3]
- No. 611 (West Lancashire) Squadron, Royal Auxiliary Air Force[2], at RAF Woodvale[3]
- No. 614 (County of Glamorgan) Squadron, Royal Auxiliary Air Force[2], in Cardiff[3]
- No. 616 (South Yorkshire) Squadron, Royal Auxiliary Air Force[2], at RAF Waddington[3]
- Battle of Britain Memorial Flight, at RAF Coningsby[6] (6 x Supermarine Spitfires, 2 x each of Hawker Hurricanes and de Havilland Canada DHC-1 Chipmunk, 1 x each of Avro Lancaster and Douglas C-47 Dakota)
- Combat Air Force[7] , at RAF Coningsby[7] – controlling combat aircraft[7]
- No. 1 (Fighter) Squadron RAF, at RAF Lossiemouth (11 x Eurofighter Typhoon FGR4)[5][8][9]
- No. II (Army Co-operation) Squadron RAF, at RAF Lossiemouth (10 x Eurofighter Typhoon FGR4)[5][8][10]
- No. 3 (Fighter) Squadron RAF (3 x Eurofighter Typhoon FGR4)[5]
- No. 6 Squadron RAF, at RAF Lossiemouth (10 x Eurofighter Typhoon FGR4)[5][11][12][13]
- No. IX (Bomber) Squadron RAF, at RAF Lossiemouth (6 x Eurofighter Typhoon FGR4)[5] – Aggressor Squadron, providing threat simulations[14][15]
- No. XI (Fighter) Squadron RAF (11 x Eurofighter Typhoon FGR4)[5][16][17]
- No. 12 Squadron RAF (3 x Eurofighter Typhoon FGR4)[5] – Joint UK-Qatari Air Force training unit[18][19]
- No. 17 Squadron RAF, at Edwards Air Force Base, Lancaster, California, United States of America (3 x Lockheed Martin F-35B Lightning)[5] – Test and Evaluation[20]
- No. 29 Squadron RAF (17 x Eurofighter Typhoon FGR4)[5] – OCU[21][22]
- No. 41 Squadron RAF (10 x Eurofighter Typhoon FGR4)[5] – Test and Evaluation
- No. 100 Squadron RAF, at RAF Leeming (14 x BAE Systems Hawk T.1)[4]
- No. 207 Squadron RAF, at RAF Marham (7 x Lockheed Martin F-35B Lightning)[5] – F-35B OCU[23]
- No. 617 Squadron RAF 'The Dambusters', at RAF Marham (8 x Lockheed Martin F-35B Lightning)[5][23][24][25][26]
- The Red Arrows, at RAF Scampton (13 x BAE Systems Hawk T.1)[4][27]
- Typhoon Pool (6 x Eurofighter Typhoon FGR4)[5]
- Intelligence, Surveillance, Target Acquisition and Reconnaissance Force[7] , at RAF Waddington[7][28][29][30]
- Commander Intelligence, Surveillance, Target Acquisition and Reconnaissance Force
- Air Battlespace Training Centre
- No. 8 Squadron RAF (4 x Boeing Sentry AEW1 (E-3D))[5][31]
- No. 13 Squadron RAF (General Atomics MQ-9 Reaper)
- No. 14 Squadron RAF (8 x Beechcraft Shadow R1)[5]
- No. 39 Squadron RAF (General Atomics MQ-9 Reaper)
- No. 51 Squadron RAF (3 x Boeing RC-135W Rivet Joint)[5]
- No. 54 Squadron RAF (Boeing AEW1 (E-3D), Boeing RC-135W Rivet Joint, and Beechcraft Shadow R1) – OCU for the ISTAR Force
- No. CXX Squadron RAF, at RAF Lossiemouth (Maritime Patrol, 5 x Poseidon MRA1[32])[33]
- No. 201 Squadron RAF, at RAF Lossiemouth (Maritime Patrol, 4 x Poseidon MRA1)
- No. 90 Signals Unit RAF
- Headquarters Squadron
- No. 591 Signals Unit RAF, at RAF Digby[34]
- Operational Information Services Wing RAF
- No. 4 Field Communications Squadron RAF
- No. 5 Information Services Squadron RAF
- Tactical Communications Wing RAF
- No. 1 Engineering Support Squadron RAF
- No. 2 Field Communications Squadron RAF
- No. 3 Field Communications Squadron RAF
- Air Intelligence Wing, at RAF Waddington[3]
- No. 591 Signals Unit RAF
- No. 7006 (Volunteer Reserve) Intelligence Squadron, RAuxAF
- No. 7010 (Volunteer Reserve) Intelligence Squadron, RAuxAF
- No. 7630 (Volunteer Reserve) Intelligence Squadron, RAuxAF
- No. 1 Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance Wing[28][29][30]
- No. 1 Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance Squadron RAF
- No. 2 Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance Squadron RAF
- No. 3 Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance Squadron RAF, at Joint Helicopter Command Flying Station Aldergrove, Aldergrove
- No. 54 Signals Unit RAF
- Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance Support Squadron RAF
- No. 42 (Expeditionary Support) Engineering Wing, at RAF Wittering[35][28][29][30] – providing engineering support[36]
- No. 71 Inspection and Repair Squadron RAF[2], at RAF Wittering[37]
- No. 93 Expeditionary Armament Squadron, at RAF Marham[38]
- No. 5001 Squadron RAF, at RAF Wittering[39]
- No. 5131 Bomb Disposal Squadron RAF
- Joint Aircraft Recovery and Transportation Squadron, at MoD Boscombe Down (joint Royal Navy and Royal Air Force)[40]
- No. 85 (Expeditionary Logistics) Support Wing[36][28][29][30], at RAF Wittering[41]
- No. 1 Expeditionary Logistics Squadron RAF[42]
- No. 2 Mechanical Transport Squadron RAF[43]
- No. 3 Mobile Catering Squadron RAF[44]
- No. 504 (County of Nottingham) Squadron, Royal Auxiliary Air Force[3][2]
- Catering Training Squadron RAF
- Royal Air Force Mountain Rescue Service, Headquarters at RAF Valley[45]
- Air and Space Warfare Centre , at RAF Waddington
- Commander Air and Space Warfare Centre, Air Commodore Alistair Seymour
- Development Division
- Integrated Mission Support (IMS) Cell
- Operational Analysis (OA) Element
- Joint Air Delivery Test and Evaluation Unit, at RAF Brize Norton
- Flying Division
- No. 16 Squadron RAF, at RAF Wittering – Initial Pilot Training
- No. 206 Squadron RAF, at RAF Brize Norton[46] – Test and Evaluation for Heavy Aircraft
- Heavy Aircraft Test Squadron, at MoD Boscombe Down
- Rotary Wing Test and Evaluation Squadron (RWTES), at MoD Boscombe Down
- Empire Test Pilot School (ETPS), at MoD Boscombe Down
- Operations Division
- No. 92 (East India) Squadron RAF[2] – tactics and training unit
- Command and Battlespace Management (Air) Working Group
- Information Operations Group
- Test and Evaluation Division
- No. 56 (Punjab) Squadron RAF – Capability Development (Test & Evaluation) role for C2ISR units (with Sentry AEW1 E-3D)[47]
- No. 216 Squadron RAF – Capability Development (Test & Evaluation) role
- Air Platform Protection Test and Evaluation Squadron RAF
- Joint Airborne Delivery Test and Evaluation Unit
- Trials Co-ordination Cell
- RAF Stations
- RAF Coningsby[48]
- Air-Land Integration Cell
- RAF Digby
- RAF Lossiemouth
- Mountain Rescue Team
- Airfield Support Military Transport
- Tain Air Weapons Range
- RAF Marham
- RAF Waddington
- RAF Coningsby[48]
No. 2 Group RAF
[edit]- Headquarters, No. 2 Group RAF, at RAF High Wycombe
- Air Mobility Force[7] [49], at RAF Brize Norton[7]
- Air Mobility Force Commander and Air Officer Air Mobility
- No. 10 Squadron RAF (4 x Airbus A330 MRTT 'Voyager')[4][50]
- No. XXIV (Commonwealth) Squadron RAF (6 x Airbus A400M Atlas C.1, 5 x Lockheed C-130 Hercules)[2][5][51][46] – OCU[46]
- No. 30 Squadron RAF, at RAF Brize Norton (with Airbus A400M Atlas C.1) – reformed on 28 September 2021[52]
- No. 32 (The Royal) Squadron RAF 'The Queen's Flight', at RAF Northolt[53][54] (AgustaWestland AW109SP and 4 x British Aerospace 146[5]) – Air Command support transport
- No. 47 Squadron RAF (5 x Lockheed C-130 Hercules)[5][46]
- No. LXX Squadron RAF (6 x Airbus A400M Atlas C.1)[55][56]
- No. 99 (Madras Presidency) Squadron RAF[2] (8 x Boeing C-17 Globemaster III)[5][51][57]
- No. 101 Squadron RAF (4 x Airbus A330 MRTT 'Voyager')[58][50]
- No. 622 Squadron, Royal Auxiliary Air Force, at RAF Brize Norton[3]
- Air Mobility Force Commander and Air Officer Air Mobility
- Force Protection Headquarters
- Air Officer Force Protection and Commandant General of the Royal Air Force Regiment
- No. 2 Force Protection Wing, Royal Air Force Regiment, at RAF Leeming[59]
- No. 3 Force Protection Wing, Royal Air Force Regiment, at RAF Marham[59]
- No. 4 Force Protection Wing, Royal Air Force Regiment, at RAF Brize Norton[59] – supporting the Air Mobility Force[49]
- No. 5 Force Protection Wing, Royal Air Force Regiment, at RAF Lossiemouth[59]
- No. 7 Force Protection Wing, Royal Air Force Regiment, at RAF Coningsby[59]
- No. 8 Force Protection Wing, Royal Air Force Regiment, at RAF Waddington[59]
- Air Officer Force Protection and Commandant General of the Royal Air Force Regiment
- Battle Management Force
- Air Officer, Battle Management and Battle Management Force Commander
- Air Surveillance and Control System (ASACS), at RAF Boulmer[60]
- No. XIX Squadron RAF, at RAF Boulmer (Control and Reporting Centre) – reformed on 1 April 2021[61][62]
- No. 20 Squadron RAF, at RAF Boulmer – OCU, reformed on 1 June 2021[63]
- Air Surveillance and Control System Business Management Team, at RAF Boulmer[60]
- Air Surveillance and Control System Engineering and Logistics Squadron, at RAF Boulmer[60]
- Engineering Squadron Headquarters
- Communication and Information Systems (CIS) Flight
- Radar Flight (North): RRH Benbecula, RRH Brizlee Wood, RRH Buchan, and RRH Saxa Vord
- Radar Flight (South): RRH Neatishead, RRH Staxton Wold, and RRH Portreath
- Control and Reporting Centre (CRC), at RAF Boulmer[60]
- Air Officer, Battle Management and Battle Management Force Commander
- Support Force
- Support Force Commander and Air Officer Support
- Air Logistics Wing, at RAF Brize Norton[3]
- RAF Medical Operations
- Air Officer Medical Operations
- Tactical Medical Wing, at RAF Brize Norton[3][65][66]
- No. 1 Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron RAF
- No. 612 (County of Aberdeen) Squadron, Royal Auxiliary Air Force, at RAF Leuchars
- No. 4626 (County of Wiltshire) Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron, Royal Auxiliary Air Force, at RAF Brize Norton[67]
- Critical Air Support Team[68]
- Operations and Logistics Squadron
- RAF Medical Training Squadron
- Deployable Aeromedical Evacuation Response Team
- Princess Mary's Royal Air Force Nursing Service (NOT RAF, however is part of the 'service')
- Royal Air Force Music Services
- Headquarters Music Services, at RAF Northolt
- Central Band of the Royal Air Force
- Band of the Royal Air Force College, at RAF Cranwell
- Band of the Royal Air Force Regiment
- Band of the Royal Auxiliary Air Force
- Royal Air Force Salon Orchestra
- RAF Voluntary Bands[69]
- RAF Voluntary Band Association[69][70]
- RAF Akrotiri Voluntary Band
- RAF Cosford Voluntary Band
- RAF Halton Voluntary Band
- RAF Honington Voluntary Band
- RAF Lossiemouth Voluntary Band
- RAF Saint Athan Voluntary Band
- RAF Waddington Voluntary Band
- RAF Wyton Voluntary Band
- RAF Pipe Bands Association[71][72]
- RAF Halton Pipe Band
- RAF Kinloss Pipe Band
- RAF Leuchars Pipe Band
- RAF Lossiemouth Pipe Band
- RAF Waddington Pipe Band
- RAF Voluntary Band Association[69][70]
- Support Force Commander and Air Officer Support
- Airborne Delivery Wing, at RAF Brize Norton[73]
- Headquarters and Operations Squadron
- Parachute Training Squadron
- Parachute Engineering Squadron
- Performance Development Squadron
- Support Squadron
- RAF Stations
- RAF Scampton
- RAF Boulmer
- Support Wing
- Force Development Squadron
- Personnel Management Squadron
- Management Support Squadron
- Support Wing
- RAF Benson
- RAF Benson Flying Club[74]
- RAF Brize Norton
- RAF Odiham
- RAF Northolt
- RAF Henlow
- RAF Honington
- RAF High Wycombe
- RAF Wittering
- Air Mobility Force[7]
No. 11 Group RAF
[edit]- Chief of Staff, Operations and Air Officer Commanding No. 11 Group RAF
- Air Battle Staff
- National Air & Space Operations Centre
- Joint Force Air Component Headquarters
- A4 Force
- Force Headquarters, at RAF Wittering[75]
- A4 Force Commander
- No. 1 Air Mobility Wing, at RAF Brize Norton[76][75][77][78]
- United Kingdom Mobile Air Movements Squadron[76][79]
- Air Movements Squadron
- Operational Support Squadron[80]
- Air Officer A6 and A6 Force Commander
- A4 Force
- RAF Stations
No. 22 Group RAF
[edit]- Air Officer Commanding No. 22 Group RAF
- RAF School of Physical Training
- Robson Academy of Resilience
- Directorate of RAF Sport
- Defence College of Technical Training (DCTT)
- Defence School of Aeronautical Engineering (DSAE)
- Defence School of Aeronautical Engineering Headquarters
- No. 1 School of Technical Training (No. 1 SoTT)
- Headquarters No. 1 School of Technical Training
- Aerosystems Training Squadron
- Mechanical Training Squadron
- Trenchard Squadron
- RAF Aerosystems Engineering and Management Training School (AE&MTS)
- Defence School of Communications and Information Systems (DSCIS)
- Defence School of Aeronautical Engineering (DSAE)
- Defence College of Intelligence
- No. 6 Flying Training School RAF, at RAF College Cranwell[81][82][83]
- No. 115 Squadron RAF, at RAF Wittering (with Grob Tutor T.1)[84][85][86]
- RAF Cosford
- Colerne Airfield
- RAF Wittering
- RAF College Cranwell
- Leuchars Station
- Glasgow International Airport
- RAF Woodvale
- RAF Leeming
- RAF Benson[74]
- MoD Boscombe Down
- MoD Saint Athan
- Joint Helicopter Command Flying Station Aldergrov
- Directorate of Flying Training
- No. 1 Flying Training School RAF, at RAF Shawbury[87][88]
- No. 60 Squadron RAF (10 x Airbus Juno HT.1)
- No. 202 Squadron RAF (3 x Airbus Jupiter HT.1)
- Central Flying School (Helicopter) Squadron
- No. 4 Flying Training School RAF, at RAF Valley[89]
- No. 4 Squadron RAF (10 x BAE Systems Hawk T.2)[4]
- No. XXV (Fighter) Squadron RAF (9 x BAE Systems Hawk T.2)[4]
- No. 72 (Basutoland) Squadron RAF (with Short Tucano T.1)[90][91][92]
- No. 1 Flying Training School RAF, at RAF Shawbury[87][88]
- Directorate of Ground Training
- School of Aerospace Battle Management, at RAF Shawbury[60][93]
- Defence College of Air and Space Operations
- RAF Centre of Aviation Medicine, at RAF Henlow
- Aviation Medicine Flight, at MoD Boscombe Down (2 x BAE Systems Hawk T.1)[4]
- RAF College Cranwell[81]
- Central Flying School
- RAF Disclosures Team
- No. 3 Flying Training School RAF, at RAF Cranwell[94]
- Air & Space Warfare School
- Air Warfare School, at RAF Cranwell
- RAF Central Training School, at RAF Halton[99][100][101]
- Recruit Training Squadron
- Airmen's Command Squadron
- School of Recruit Training
- Airmen's Command School
- RAF Air Cadets
- Commandant Air Cadets
- Headquarters Air Cadets, at RAF Cranwell[81]
- 2 x National Air Cadet Adventure Training Centres
- No. 2 Flying Training School RAF, at RAF Syerston[102][103]
- Central Gliding School, at RAF Syerston
- No. 614 Volunteer Gliding Squadron, at MDP Wethersfield (Non-flying)
- No. 615 Volunteer Gliding Squadron, at RAF Kenley (Non-flying)
- No. 626 Volunteer Gliding Squadron, at RNAS Predannack (Non-flying)
- No. 621 Volunteer Gliding Squadron, at RAF Little Rissington (with Grob Vigilant T.1)
- No. 622 Volunteer Gliding Squadron, at Trenchard Lines, Upavon (with Grob Vigilant T.1)
- No. 632 Volunteer Gliding Squadron, at RAF Ternhill (with Grob Vigilant T.1)
- No. 637 Volunteer Gliding Squadron, at RAF Little Rissington (with Grob Vigilant T.1)
- No. 644 Volunteer Gliding Squadron, at RAF Syerston (with Grob Vigilant T.1)
- No. 645 Volunteer Gliding Squadron, at RAF Topcliffe (with Grob Vigilant T.1)
- No. 661 Volunteer Gliding Squadron, at RAF Kirknewton (with Grob Vigilant T.1)
- Air Cadets Organisation
- Central and East Region
- Region Headquarters, at RAF Wyton
- Bedfordshire and Cambridgeshire Wing, HQ at RAF Wyton (30 x squadrons)
- Hertfordshire and Buckinghamshire Wing, HQ at RAF Halton (29 x squadrons)
- Norfolk and Suffolk Wing, HQ in Norwich (27 x squadrons – 2 of which are in Gibraltar)
- South and East Midlands Wing, HQ at RAF Wittering (29 x squadrons)
- Trent Wing, HQ at RAF Digby (30 x squadrons)
- Warwickshire and Birmingham Wing, HQ in Coventry (22 x squadrons)
- London and South East Region
- Region Headquarters, at RAF Northolt
- Essex Wing
- Kent Wing
- London Wing
- Middlesex Wing
- Surrey Wing
- Sussex Wing
- North Region
- Region Headquarters, at RAF Leeming
- Central and East Yorkshire Wing
- Cumbria and Lancashire Wing
- Durham and Northumberland Wing
- Greater Manchester Wing
- South and West Yorkshire Wing
- South West Region
- Region Headquarters, in Devizes
- Bristol and Gloucestershire Wing
- Devonshire and Somerset Wing
- Dorsetshire and Wiltshire Wing
- Hampshire and Isle of Wight Wing
- Plymouth and Cornwall Wing
- Thames Valley Wing
- Wales and West Region
- Region Headquarters, at RAF Cosford
- Staffordshire Wing
- Merseyside Wing
- West Mercian Wing
- No. 1 Welsh Wing
- No. 2 Welsh Wing
- No. 3 Welsh Wing
- Scotland and Northern Ireland Region
- Region Headquarters, at Leuchars Station
- North Scotland Wing
- Central Scotland Wing
- South East Scotland
- West Scotland Wing
- Northern Ireland Wing
- Central and East Region
- RAF Stations
No. 83 Expeditionary Air Group RAF
[edit]No. 121 Expeditionary Air Wing
[edit]Tasked with supporting NATO's Air Policing mission in Eastern Europe.[105]
Deputy Commander, Capability
[edit]- Deputy Commander, Capability, Air Command and Air Member for Personnel and Capability
British Army
[edit]Commander Field Army
[edit]Joint Helicopter Command
[edit]- Headquarters, Joint Helicopter Command, at Marlborough Lines, Andover
- Tactical Supply Wing RAF, at Beacon Barracks, Stafford
- Air Warfare Branch[74]
- No. 22 Squadron RAF, at RAF Benson[74][108] – reformed in May 2020
- RAF Helicopter Force[74]
- Chinook Force, at RAF Odiham[108]
- No. 7 Squadron RAF (10 x Boeing CH-47 Chinook)[5][108]
- No. 18 (Burma) (Bomber) Squadron RAF (10 x Boeing CH-47 Chinook)[5][108]
- No. 27 Squadron RAF (9 x Boeing CH-47 Chinook)[5][108]
- Puma Force[5], at RAF Benson
- No. 28 (Army Cooperation) Squadron RAF[109] (5 x Aérospatiale SA330 Puma, 4 x Boeing Ch-47 Chinook)[5] – OCU
- No. 33 Squadron RAF (5 x Aérospatiale SA330 Puma)[5]
- No. 230 Squadron RAF (5 x Aérospatiale SA330 Puma)[5]
- Support Helicopter Force, at RAF Benson[74]
- No. 606 (Chiltern) Squadron, Royal Auxiliary Air Force, at RAF Benson[3][74]
- Joint Helicopter Support Squadron, at RAF Benson[74] (Joint RAF/British Army)
- Chinook Force, at RAF Odiham[108]
Strategic Command
[edit]Permanent Joint Headquarters
[edit]British Forces Cyprus
[edit]- British Forces Cyprus, at RAF Akrotiri[110]
- RAF Akrotiri – several detachments from squadrons deploy as part of Operation Shader[111]
- Cyprus Operations Support Unit HQ
- Operations Wing
- No. 84 Squadron RAF (3 x Bell Griffon HAR.2)[112] – search and rescue[111]
- Base Support Wing
- Engineering Wing
- Logistics Wing
- RAF Akrotiri – several detachments from squadrons deploy as part of Operation Shader[111]
British Forces Gibraltar
[edit]British Forces South Atlantic Islands
[edit]- British Forces South Atlantic Islands (BFSAI), at RAF Mount Pleasant[110]
- Joint Explosive Ordnance Disposal Team[113]
No. 905 Expeditionary Air Wing
[edit]- No. 905 Expeditionary Air Wing[113]
- Wing Headquarters, at RAF Mount Pleasant[110]
- No. 1310 Flight RAF (1 x Boeing CH-47 Chinook)
- No. 1435 Flight RAF (4 x Eurofighter Typhoon FGR4)[5]
- No. 1312 Flight RAF (1 x Airbus A330 MRTT 'Voyager'[50] and 1 x Airbus A400M Atlas C.1[56])
Overseas Deployments
[edit]Unknown assignments
[edit]The below units are currently active but their assignments are unknown:
- Defence Aircrew Publications Squadron RAF
Footnotes
[edit]- ^ a b Defence, Ministry of (September 2020). "How Defence Works (Version 6.0)" (PDF). Parliamentary publishings. p. 30. Retrieved 1 February 2021.
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- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q "FOI(A) regarding RAF Reserve Squadrons and Wings" (PDF). What do they know?. 8 June 2021. Retrieved 8 June 2021.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ a b c d e f g h i "Freedom of Information (Act) request regarding squadron assignments by aircraft" (PDF). Ministry of Defence. 21 January 2020. Retrieved 26 September 2021.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac ad ae af ag ah "Freedom of Information (Act) request regarding squadron assignments by aircraft (part 2)" (PDF). Ministry of Defence. 21 January 2020. Retrieved 26 September 2021.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ at 6:30pm, Kirstie Chambers 19th June 2020. "British-Qatari Joint Typhoon Squadron Begins Flying Training". Forces Network. Retrieved 2021-06-08.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ^ a b c d e f g "FOI(A) regarding current RAF 'Forces'" (PDF). What do they know?. 14 June 2021. Retrieved 14 June 2021.
- ^ a b at 11:51am, James Hirst 20th June 2018. "WATCH: RAF Typhoons Police Romanian Skies". Forces Network. Retrieved 2021-06-08.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ^ at 11:04am, 13th May 2020. "RAF Typhoons Escort US Bomber Over North Sea". Forces Network. Retrieved 2021-06-08.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ^ at 9:36am, 27th September 2019. "Ex Bersama Lima: RAF Typhoons Jets Arrive In Malaysia". Forces Network. Retrieved 2021-06-08.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ^ at 12:35pm, David Sivills-McCann 29th April 2020. "RAF Typhoons Deploy To Lithuania For NATO Mission". Forces Network. Retrieved 2021-06-08.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ^ at 6:29pm, 1st July 2020. "RAF Typhoons Based In Lithuania Scrambled For Fifth Time". Forces Network. Retrieved 2021-06-08.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ^ at 1:37pm, 19th May 2020. "RAF Typhoons Train With NATO Warships In Baltic Sea". Forces Network. Retrieved 2021-06-08.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ^ "RAF Lossiemouth: Lossie Lighthouse, The Magazine of RAF Lossiemouth". Royal Air Force. Winter 2020. Retrieved 14 May 2021.
- ^ at 1:51pm, 2nd May 2019. "RAF Lossiemouth Welcomes Fourth Operational Typhoon Squadron". Forces Network. Retrieved 2021-06-08.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ^ at 10:30am, 12th June 2019. "RAF Typhoons Scrambled To Intercept Russian Transport Aircraft". Forces Network. Retrieved 2021-06-08.
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