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This is a list of Royal Air Force ground trades. All Royal Air Force (RAF) enlisted airmen of each ground trade in the RAF are currently assigned into a numbered Trade Group (TG), under which it operates for administrative command and control. [1] [2]
Several SEPECAT Jaguar GR3A used as instructional airframes at No. 1 School of Technical Training at RAF Cosford. The RAF's No. 1 School of Technical Training is based at RAF Cosford and provides RAF personnel with mechanical, avionics, weapons and survival equipment training. The school trains around 2,000 students per year.
No. 1 (Middle East) Central Gunnery School RAF (1943) became Royal Air Force (Middle East) Central Gunnery School RAF [14] No. 1 (Observers) School of Aerial Gunnery RAF (1918–19, 1919) [ 23 ] No. 1 (Training) Wireless School RAF (1917–19) became Electrical and Wireless School RAF [ 24 ]
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
The rank of Chief Technician falls into Supplement 3 Pay Scales, an exception is Weapons Technician, which falls into Supplement 2 Pay Scales. This enhanced pay rewards those who wish to take on a technical trade. It is quite normal for a Trade Group (TG1) Supp 3 C/T (airframes/avionics) to be paid more than a TG17 Supp 1 Flight Sergeant (admin).
Warrenton Training Center was established on June 1, 1951, as part of a "Federal Relocation Arc" of hardened underground bunkers built to support continuity of government in the event of a nuclear attack on Washington, D.C. [1] [2] The center was ostensibly designated a Department of Defense Communication Training Activity and served as a communications training school. [1]
In 2004, FTC Dam Neck was reorganized and renamed Training Support Center Hampton Roads, to align it with the U.S. Navy's "Revolution In Training". The actual training activity is the Center for Surface Combat Systems, which is headquartered in Dahlgren, Virginia. TSC Hampton Roads supports the training mission, as its name suggests.
The group is responsible for RAF training policy and controlling the Royal Air Force College and the RAF's training stations. As such, it is the direct successor to Training Group. 22 Group provides training to all three service branches of the British Armed Forces; namely the Royal Air Force, the Royal Navy, and the British Army. [1]