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No. 616 (South Yorkshire) Squadron is an active Reserve unit of the Royal Auxiliary Air Force (RAuxAF) assigned to the RAF ISTAR Force at RAF Waddington. It was originally formed as a unit of the British Auxiliary Air Force in 1938, active throughout World War 2 as a fighter unit, becoming the 1st operational RAF unit to fly jets and disbanded in 1957.
As part of the new Royal Air Force Reserves umbrella organisation encompassing both the RAuxAF and RAFR, No 602 Squadron was reformed on 1 July 2006 when the mission support element of 603 (City of Edinburgh) Sqn was separated to form a new unit. As detailed above, it first provided operational support to the RAF Air Traffic Management Force ...
605 Squadron currently deploys personnel onto RAF exercises and RAF operations across the world including recent deployments in 2022 and 2023 to The Falklands, Cyprus, The USA and The Middle East. They were fully operational by May 2018 and as of 2023 are still recruiting Logisticians including Drivers, Suppliers, Police and Chefs.
Reformed in 2018 to leads the RAF's response to new and evolving threats in the air, cyber and space domains, [4] the group now runs day-to-day RAF operations. No. 22 Group RAF [1] 1918–1919 1926–1940 1943–1972 2006–present: Formed on 1 April 1918 as No. 22 (Operations) Group, in Scotland, and disbanded on 30 May 1919
The Royal Air Forces Association branch & club in Hexham, Northumberland The Royal Air Forces Association , also known as RAF Association or RAFA , is a British registered charity . It provides care and support to serving and retired members of the Air Forces of the British Commonwealth , and to their dependents.
No. 2 Group is the other operations group within Air Command, providing aircraft that support the Royal Navy and RAF front line aircraft, the Royal Air Force Police, and the Royal Air Force Regiment. The group is headquartered at RAF High Wycombe. Air Vice-Marshal Jason Appleton was appointed Air Officer Commanding 2 Group in February 2024 ...
Through its subordinate groups, Air Command oversees the whole spectrum of RAF aircraft and operations. [90] United Kingdom Space Command (UKSC), established 1 April 2021 under the command of Air Vice-Marshal Paul Godfrey is a joint command, but sits "under the Royal Air Force." [91] Godfrey is of equal rank to the commanders of 1, 2, 11, and ...
Today, the group is referred to as the Air Combat Group, as it controls the RAF's combat fast-jet aircraft and has airfields in the UK, as well as RAF Support Unit Goose Bay at CFB Goose Bay in Canada. The group headquarters is located alongside Headquarters Air Command at RAF High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire. The other operational group is No. 2 ...