Number 3 Group of the Royal Air Force is one of the three groups in RAF Strike Command. The Royal Air Force (often abbreviated to RAF) is the air force of the United Kingdom. ... 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 is known as the Battle Management Group and controls the Airborne Early Warning aircraft, ground based radar installations, maritime reconnaissance aircraft and the search and rescue helicopters in the UK. 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. ... Buckinghamshire (abbreviated Bucks) is a county in south central England. ...
As of 2005, the following stations and squadrons are under the command of 2 Group. 2005 is a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
RAF Bentley Priory is a non-flying Royal Air Force station near Stanmore in Middlesex. ... RAF Boulmer is a Royal Air Force station near Alnwick in Northumberland. ... RAF Fylingdales is a Royal Air Force radar station in North Yorkshire. ... RAF Kinloss is an Royal Air Force station on the Moray Firth in the north of Scotland. ... RAF Neatishead is a Royal Air Force radar station in Norfolk, England. ... RAF Waddington is a Royal Air Force station in Lincolnshire England. ... RAF Wattisham was a Royal Air Force station in Suffolk, England. ... RAF Valley is a Royal Air Force station on the island of Anglesey, Wales. ... RAF Boulmer is a Royal Air Force station near Alnwick in Northumberland. ... RAF Lossiemouth is a Royal Air Force station in Scotland. ...
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References
No. 3 Group at the Strike Command Website (http://www.raf.mod.uk/stc/3grp.html)
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