RAF Transport Command was an RAF Command which controlled all transport aircraft of the air force. It was established on 25 March 1943 by the renaming of RAF Ferry Command and redesignated RAF Air Support Command in 1967. The RAF Ferry Command had a short life, but it spawned, in part, an organisation that lasted well beyond the dark war years during which is was formed. ... Air Support Command of the Royal Air Force was formed on 1 August 1967 by the redesignation of Transport Command. ...

During World War II its main responsibilities were at first only ferrying aircraft from factory to operational unit and air transport. However, it later effectively took over the mission of dropping paratroops from Army Cooperation Command as well. Combatants Allied Powers Axis Powers Commanders {{{commander1}}} {{{commander2}}} Strength {{{strength1}}} {{{strength2}}} Casualties 17 million military deaths 7 million military deaths World War II, also known as the Second World War, was a mid-20th century conflict that engulfed much of the globe and is accepted as the largest and deadliest... RAF Army Cooperation Command was a short-lived major command of the Royal Air Force during World War II. It was formed on 1 December 1940 when No. ...

After WWII, it decreased rapidly in size. However, it took part in several high profile operations, including the Berlin airlift which reinforced the need for a strong RAF transport fleet. With the shrinkage of the postwar world also came a lack of new aircraft. The Command soldiered on with its older aircraft for most of the first part of the 1950s. However, by 1956 things were beginning to change for the better. A slew of new designs came online including the first operational jet transport in any air force in the world, the de Havillant Comet. The Soviet Union blocked Western rail and road access to West Berlin from June 24, 1948 - May 11, 1949. ...

The largest operational challenges of this period were support of operations during the Suez Crisis and ferrying personnel and supplies out to Christmas Island in order to support the UK's program of atomic bomb tests. In addition, Transport Command was responsible for running strategic air routes which kept the RAF's overseas stations in touch with the UK. Combatants Israel, France, United Kingdom Egypt Commanders Moshe Dayan (CoS of the IDF) General Sir Charles Keightley (C-in-C), Vice-Admiral Pierre Barjot (Deputy) Gamal Abdel Nasser Strength 45,000 British, 34,000 French, 175,000 Israeli 300,000 Egyptians Casualties 200 Israelis, 107 British, 43 French dead or...

The 1960s saw a downsizing of the RAF, and a loss of independence for the old functional commands. Transport Command was renamed Air Support Command to more accurately reflect its role. Air Support Command in turn was absorbed into Strike Command in 1973. 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. ...