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An Oshkosh Wheeled Refueller vehicle operated by the RAF Tactical Supply Wing.. TSW's primary role is supporting the deployment of helicopter operations, specialising in providing rotors-turning refuelling to helicopters and field refuelling of fixed-wing aircraft; this can done from the back of a transport aircraft, or deploy-able storage facilities, such as bowsers or pillow tanks, often in ...
The station was originally established as the home of No. 16 Maintenance Unit in the 1930s. [2] It became home to No 2 Mechanical Transport Squadron in 1958. [3] The RAF Tactical Supply Wing was also formed at RAF Stafford in 1970 and operates still from MOD Stafford.
Pages in category "Royal Air Force wings" ... Tactical Provost Wing; Tactical Supply Wing RAF This page was last edited on 2 June 2020, at 12:54 (UTC). Text ...
Pages in category "Royal Air Force stubs" ... No. 131 Wing RAF; No. 132 Wing RAF; No. 133 Wing RAF; ... Tactical Supply Wing RAF;
Wings termed 'Tactical' within the Royal Air Force provide are cohesive, specialised teams. Tactical Communications Wing – RAF Leeming; Tactical Medical Wing – RAF Brize Norton – This unit has the Latin motto "Summum Bonum" which means 'for the highest good'. It became operational on 1 April 1996 and its CO is currently Wing Commander ...
Non-flying or non-combat wings, such as the 1st Medical Service Wing and 1st, 2d Weather Wing, 3rd-7th Weather Wings, 82nd Combat Security Police Wing, 501st and 601st Tactical Control Wings, 601st Tactical Air Control Wing, 602d Tactical Air Control Wing, later Air Control Wing, see above, 901st-908th Reserve Training Wings (906th at Miami ...
The vast majority of units were garrisoned at Airport Camp, adjacent to Philip S.W. Goldson International Airport, but some were deployed at other locations attached to British Army units; typically, Tactical Supply Wing (TSW) for refuelling helicopters, with Tactical Communications Wing (TCW) and Tactical Air Operations Centre (TAOC) providing ...
Redesignated 513th Tactical Airlift Wing on 1 July 1967. ... RAF Mildenhall, England, 1 July 1966 – 1 February 1992; Tinker Air Force Base, Oklahoma, ...