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No. 51 Group RAF: 1939–1945: No. 51 (Training) Group was formed on 11 May 1939 as part of Reserve Command. It was transferred to Flying Training Command on 27 May 1940, and disbanded 14 July 1945. [9] No. 52 Group RAF: No. 52 (Training) Group was due to form in March 1939 in Reserve Command, but not activated. [9] No. 53 Group RAF
RAF Police [1] TG8 is the Force Protection group. [11] Firefighters and RAF Regiment Gunners were transferred to TG8 from TG22 in 1976. [3] In the same year, RAF Firefighters were separated from the Regiment Command Structure and became a separate trade. [12] [2] TG9 Flight Operations Assistant [1] [13]
The group is headquartered at RAF High Wycombe. Air Vice-Marshal Jason Appleton was appointed Air Officer Commanding 2 Group in February 2024. Following the disbandment of No. 38 Group RAF on 31 December 2020, all units of the former group were moved under a new 1-star 'RAF Support Force', which now forms part of No. 2 Group. [44]
The RAF was put in charge of British military activity in Iraq, and carried out minor activities in other parts of the British Empire, including establishing bases to protect Singapore and Malaya. [22] The RAF's naval aviation branch, the Fleet Air Arm, was founded in 1924 but handed over to Admiralty control on 24 May 1939. [23]
Successful attendance at the course is required of any person who plans to train as an officer in the RAF Regiment. A candidate will be at least 17 years and 6 months of age at entrance, will hold a British passport, will have a minimum of 5 GCSEs graded A-C and 2 A-levels, or will have achieved a certified comparable education.
Two members of the RAF Regiment returning to Basra air station, Iraq, in May 2006 An RAF Regiment gunner in Iraq. The RAF Regiment is the RAF’s organic defensive security force and comes under command of 2 Group, Air Command.
No. 221 Group RAF [14] No. 224 Group RAF [14] No. 223 Group RAF [14] No. 225 Group RAF [14] No. 226 Group RAF [14] No. 227 Group RAF [14] AHQ Malaya – previously No. 224 Group, formed 30 September 1945, disbanded 31 August 1957 to become No. 224 Group [15] AHQ Netherlands East Indies formed 1 October 1945 and disbanded 30 November 1946 [16] [17]
No. 232 Group RAF; No. 247 Group RAF; T. Training Group RAF This page was last edited on 2 June 2020, at 12:52 (UTC). Text is available under the Creative Commons ...