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Encyclopedia > No. 2 Group RAF
Royal Air Force

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Number 2 Group of the Royal Air Force is one of the two groups in RAF 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 1 Group of the Royal Air Force is one of the two groups in 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. ... Strike Command is the successor organisation in the Royal Air Force to RAF Bomber Command, RAF Fighter Command and RAF Coastal Command of WWII fame. ...


The group, formed in 2000, is referred to as the Air Combat Support Group, as it controls the aircraft used to support the front line combat aircraft. Assets under command include the air transport aircraft, the RAF Regiment and air-to-air refuelling aircraft. 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. ...


As of 2005, the following stations and squadrons are under the command of 2 Group. 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

RAF Brize Norton is a Royal Air Force station in Oxfordshire about 50 miles west of London, England, United Kingdom. ... No. ... No. ... No. ... RAF Lyneham is a Royal Air Force station in Wiltshire, England. ... No. ... No. ... Contents // Categories: Stub | Royal Air Force aircraft squadrons ... No. ... RAF Northolt (IATA: NHT, ICAO: EGWU) is a Royal Air Force station in west London in the London Borough of Hillingdon which also handles a large number of civilian flights. ... No. ... RAF Honington is a Royal Air Force station in Suffolk, England. ... The Royal Air Force Regiment is a specialist corps within the Royal Air Force, responsible for capturing and defending airfields and associated installations. ... RAF Wittering is a Royal Air Force station near Stamford, Lincolnshire. ... RAF Scampton is a Royal Air Force station situated north of Lincoln in England. ...

History

The most previous incarnation of 2 Group was between 1st April 1993, when it was formed from the former RAF Germany, and 1st April 1996, when it's units were merged into the other groups in Strike Command. Royal Air Force Germany was a command of the Royal Air Force, consisting of those units based in Germany initially as part of the occupation following World War II and later as part of the RAFs commitment to the defense of Europe during the Cold War. ...


External link

  • No. 2 Group at the Strike Command Website


 

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