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Encyclopedia > RAF Air Command
Air Command
Founded 1 April 2007
Country United Kingdom
Branch Royal Air Force
Headquarters RAF High Wycombe
Commanders
AOC-in-C Air Chief Marshal Sir Clive Loader (Designate)

The formation of Royal Air Force Air Command was announced to Parliament by the Defence Secretary, Rt Hon Des Browne on 15 March 2007. Air Command is to be formed by the merger of Royal Air Force Strike and Personnel and Training Commands on 1 April 2007. April 1 is the 91st day of the year (92nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar, with 274 days remaining. ... This is a list of aviation-related events from 2007: // January 1 – Adam Air Flight 574, a Boeing 737, disapears in Indonesian airspace with 102 people on board. ... The Royal Air Force (RAF) is the air force branch of the British Armed Forces. ... RAF High Wycombe is a Royal Air Force station, outside High Wycombe in Buckinghamshire. ... An Air Chief Marshals sleeve/shoulder insignia Air Chief Marshal is the most senior rank active in the Royal Air Force (RAF) today, after the inactivation of Marshal of the Royal Air Force as a substantive rank in peacetime during defence cuts of the 1990s. ... Air Marshal Sir Clive Loader. ... The Royal Air Force (RAF) is the air force branch of the British Armed Forces. ... The Right Honourable Desmond Henry Browne MP (born March 22, 1952) British politician and barrister. ... March 15 is the 74th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (75th in leap years). ... 2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the Anno Domini (common) era. ... Personnel and Training Command is one of two operational commands of the Royal Air Force along with Strike Command. ... April 1 is the 91st day of the year (92nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar, with 274 days remaining. ... This is a list of aviation-related events from 2007: // January 1 – Adam Air Flight 574, a Boeing 737, disapears in Indonesian airspace with 102 people on board. ...


The Defence Secretary confirmed that the Command would have a single Commander-in-Chief and two deputies. Commander-in-Chief (in NATO-lingo often C-in-C or CINC pronounced sink) is the commander of all the military forces within a particular region or of all the military forces of a state. ...

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Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief

An Air Chief Marshals sleeve/shoulder insignia Air Chief Marshal is the most senior rank active in the Royal Air Force (RAF) today, after the inactivation of Marshal of the Royal Air Force as a substantive rank in peacetime during defence cuts of the 1990s. ... Air Marshal Sir Clive Loader. ...

Deputy Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief I (Title TBC)

An air marshals sleeve/shoulder insignia Air Marshal (Air Mshl or AM) is a rank in the Royal Air Force. ...

Deputy Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief II (Title TBC)

An air marshals sleeve/shoulder insignia Air Marshal (Air Mshl or AM) is a rank in the Royal Air Force. ...

External links

  • Royal Air Force Web Site - Official Announcement of Formation of RAF Air Command


 

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