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The site's postal address was given as "GPO High Wycombe." [4] Whilst High Wycombe was not an official flying station, a small airfield was used in the nearby village of Lacey Green, 1 mile (1.6 km) to the north. The airfield was unpaved and was used for small flights into and out of RAF High Wycombe and was only used between June 1944 and late ...
It was formed by the merger of Royal Air Force Strike and Personnel and Training commands on 1 April 2007, and has its headquarters at RAF High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire. [1] The equivalent in the Royal Navy is Navy Command Headquarters at Portsmouth and the equivalent in the British Army is Army Headquarters at Andover.
The unit is based at RAF High Wycombe. It can deploy worldwide at short notice to run an air campaign. The constituent parts of the JFAC are broken down according to the Continental staff system: A1 – PANDA (Personnel and administration) A2 – RAF Intelligence; A3 – Air operations (both plans and current operations) A4 – Air logistics
RAF High Wycombe: England: Buckinghamshire: Non-flying administrative support station, home to Headquarters RAF Air Command, No. 1 Group, No. 2 Group, No. 11 Group, and No. 22 Group. [16] RAF Honington: England: Suffolk: Support station, hosts initial and further training for, and is home to the RAF Regiment.
On 22 April 2021 it was announced that Air Commodore Mark Flewin was to become Head Operations, Plans & Training, United Kingdom Space Command, Royal Air Force High Wycombe in May 2021. [10] As of 2021 Commodore David C. Moody (Engineering Branch, RN) was posted in as Head of Space Capability for UK Space Command. [11]
The Ministry of Defence made available Marham, RAF Scampton, RAF Waddington and RAF Lakenheath for B-29 operations. RAF Lakenheath was refurbished with an extended runway to accommodate the giant Convair B-36 , however the B-36s were maintained at Carswell Air Force Base in Texas for the time being.
London Biggin Hill, a former RAF station This list of former RAF stations includes most of the stations, airfields and administrative headquarters previously used by the Royal Air Force. They are listed under any former county or country name which was appropriate for the duration of operation. During 1991, the RAF had several Military Emergency Diversion Aerodrome (MEDA) airfields: RAF ...
The group headquarters is located alongside Headquarters Air Command at RAF High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire. The other operational group is No. 2 Group RAF . The current Air Officer Commanding No 1 Group is Air Vice-Marshal Mark Flewin , who took up the post in January 2023.