Royal Air Force

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Number 1 Group of the Royal Air Force is one of the two groups in Strike Command. Image File history File links Ensign_of_the_Royal_Air_Force. ... The Royal Air Force (often abbreviated to RAF) is the air force branch of the British Armed Forces. ... The Royal Air Force Regiment is a specialist corps within the Royal Air Force, responsible for capturing and defending airfields and associated installations. ... See the History section on the Royal Air Force page. ... // 1900-1918 1901 29 October - The Aero Club of Great Britain is established. ... Many aircraft types have served in the Royal Air Force since it was formed in 1918 by the merger of the Royal Flying Corps and Royal Naval Air Service. ... The Royal Air Forces Strike Command is the military organization which controls the majority of the United Kingdoms combat aircraft. ... Number 2 Group of the Royal Air Force is one of the three groups in RAF Strike Command. ... The Joint Force Air Component Headquarters is the United Kindgdoms deployable air Command and Control Unit. ... Personnel and Training Command is one of two operational commands of the Royal Air Force along with Strike Command. ... The Training Group of the Royal Air Force is the group that controls the stations of Personnel and Training Command. ... This is a list of Royal Air Force stations in the United Kingdom and elsewhere. ... // Origins Lieutenant-General David Henderson originally proposed that Royal Air Force officers use a combination of British Army and Royal Navy ranks. ... The term used in the Royal Air Force to refer to all ranks below commissioned officer level is Other Ranks (ORs). ... The Royal Air Force (often abbreviated to RAF) is the air force branch of the British Armed Forces. ... The Royal Air Forces Strike Command is the military organization which controls the majority of the United Kingdoms combat aircraft. ...

The group is today referred to as the Air Combat Group, as it controls the Tornado, Jaguar and Harrier aircraft which perform the air defence and offensive roles. The group is based alongside Strike Command at RAF High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire. RAF High Wycombe is a Royal Air Force station, outside High Wycombe in Buckinghamshire. ... Map of Bucks (1904) Buckinghamshire (abbreviated Bucks) is a county in South East England. ...

The current Air Officer Commanding No. 1 Group is Air Vice-Marshal David Walker. Air Officer Commanding (AOC) is a title given in the air forces of Commonwealth (and some other) nations to an air officer who holds a command appointment. ... An Air Vice Marshals sleeve/shoulder insignia Air Vice Marshal is the third most senior rank active in the Royal Air Force today, after the inactivation of Marshal of the Royal Air Force as a substantive rank in peacetime during defence cuts of the 1990s. ... Air Vice-Marshal David Walker CBE AFC RAF is the current Air Officer Commanding No. ...

As of 1 April 2006, the following stations and squadrons are under the command of 1 Group: April 1 is the 91st day of the year (92nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar, with 274 days remaining. ... 2006 (MMVI) is a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

• RAF Coningsby: 3(F), 6, 17(R), 29(R) and 41(F) Squadrons and the Battle of Britain Memorial Flight.
• RAF Cottesmore: 1(F) and IV(AC) Squadrons and 800 Naval Air Squadron (Forming Joint Force Harrier).
• RAF Leeming: 25(F) and 100 Squadrons
• RAF Leuchars: 43(F), 56(R) and 111(F) Squadrons
• RAF Lossiemouth: 12, 14, 15(R) and 617 Squadrons
• RAF Marham: II(AC), IX(B), 13, 31 and 39 Squadrons
• RAF Wittering: 20(R) Squadron

RAF Coningsby, is a Royal Air Force station in Lincolnshire, England. ... No. ... The first Royal Air Force squadron to receive the F-4 Phantom II, No. ... No. ... No. ... No. ... The Battle of Britain Memorial Flight is a Royal Air Force aerial display group comprising an Avro Lancaster, a Supermarine Spitfire and a Hawker Hurricane. ... RAF Cottesmore is a Royal Air Force station in Rutland, England. ... Once upon a time, there was a place called Mount Olympus, which was far up in the sky on a mountain. ... No. ... No 816 Squadron Naval Air Service was a Royal Navy Fleet Air Arm carrier based squadron formed on 3 April 1933 by amalgamating Nos 402 and 404 (Fleet Fighter) Flights. ... Missing image RAF Harrier GR7 Joint Force Harrier is a defence proposal brought by the British Government as part of Strategic Defence Review. ... RAF air defence bases RAF Leeming is a Royal Air Force station in North Yorkshire, England. ... No. ... // History No. ... RAF Leuchars is the most northerly air defence station in the United Kingdom. ... No. ... Number 56 (R) Squadron is one of the oldest and most successful squadrons in the RAF, with battle honours from many of the significant air campaigns of both world wars. ... No. ... RAF Lossiemouth is a Royal Air Force station in Moray, Scotland. ... No. ... No. ... No. ... No. ... RAF Marham is a Royal Air Force station in Norfolk, England. ... No. ... No. ... No. ... No. ... No. ... RAF Wittering is a Royal Air Force station near Stamford, Lincolnshire. ... No. ...

History

No. 1 Group was originally formed on 1 April 1918 in No. 1 Area. It was transferred to South-Eastern Area on 18 May 1918, Southern Area on 20 September 1919 and Inland Area on 1 April 1920. April 1 is the 91st day of the year (92nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar, with 274 days remaining. ... 1918 (MCMXVIII) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar (see link for calendar) or a common year starting on Wednesday of the Julian calendar. ... May 18 is the 138th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (139th in leap years). ... 1918 (MCMXVIII) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar (see link for calendar) or a common year starting on Wednesday of the Julian calendar. ... September 20 is the 263rd day of the year (264th in leap years). ... 1919 (MCMXIX) was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ... April 1 is the 91st day of the year (92nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar, with 274 days remaining. ... 1920 (MCMXX) was a leap year starting on Thursday (link will take you to calendar) // Events January January 7 - Forces of Russian White admiral Kolchak surrender in Krasnoyarsk. ...

The Group was renumbered as No. 6 Group on 19 May 1924 at Kenley, and was reformed on the same day at Kidbrooke. Two years later on 12 April 1926 the Group disappeared from the order of battle by being renumbered as No. 21 Group. May 19 is the 139th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (140th in leap years). ... 1924 (MCMXXIV) was a leap year starting on Tuesday (link will take you to calendar). ... Kenley is a district in the south of the London Borough of Croydon. ... Kidbrooke is a place in the London Borough of Greenwich. ... April 12 is the 102nd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (103rd in leap years). ... 1926 (MCMXXVI) was a common year starting on Friday (link will take you to calendar). ...

The next year the Group was reformed on 25 August 1937 by the renaming of Air Defence Group. This designation lasted until 1936 when it became No. 6 Group again. As in 1924 the Group was reformed the same day, this time as a bomber formation. August 25 is the 237th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (238th in leap years), with 128 days remaining. ... 1937 (MCMXXXVII) was a common year starting on Friday (link will take you to calendar). ...

As war approached in 1939 the Group was redesignated the Advanced Air Striking Force and designated to command the British bomber forces to be sent to France. The Group re-emerged a few days later within Bomber Command on 12 September, but only lasted just over three months, being dropped on 22 December 1939. The RAF Advanced Air Striking Force was formed on 24 August 1939 from No. ... RAF Bomber Command was the organisation that controlled the RAFs bomber forces. ... September 12 is the 255th day of the year (256th in leap years). ... December 22 is the 356th day of the year (357th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 1939 (MCMXXXIX) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). ...

It was reformed on 22 June 1940 and has been continuously active in the RAF since. When Bomber Command was subsumed into the new Strike Command in 1 April 1968, No. 1 Group took on the old role of the command, holding the bomber and strike aircraft of Strike Command. In January 2000 the RAF was restructured and the Group took on its present role. June 22 is the 173rd day of the year (174th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 192 days remaining. ... 1940 (MCMXL) was a leap year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1940 calendar). ... The Royal Air Forces Strike Command is the military organization which controls the majority of the United Kingdoms combat aircraft. ... April 1 is the 91st day of the year (92nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar, with 274 days remaining. ... 1968 (MCMLXVIII) was a leap year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1968 calendar). ...

References

No. 1 Group at the Strike Command Website