Royal Air Force

Components Royal Air Force Royal Auxiliary Air Force RAF Regiment RAF Police History History of the Royal Air Force Timeline of the Royal Air Force Aircraft List of RAF aircraft Structure Strike Command No. 1 Group No. 2 Group JFACHQ Personnel and Training Command No. 22 Group List of stations Personnel Officer ranks Other ranks

University Air Squadrons are training units of the Royal Air Force which provide basic flying training to students at British universities. Members are expected to attend training nights, usually on a weekly basis, as well as attending an annual training camp. Image File history File links Ensign_of_the_Royal_Air_Force. ... The Royal Air Force (RAF) is the air force branch of the British Armed Forces. ... The Royal Auxiliary Air Force (RAuxAF) is the volunteer reserve part of the Royal Air Force. ... The Royal Air Force Regiment (RAF Regt) is a specialist corps within the Royal Air Force, responsible for capturing and defending airfields and associated installations. ... The Royal Air Force Police (RAFP), also called the RAF Provost Branch, is the military police branch of the British Royal Air Force. ... 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. ... Number 2 Group of the Royal Air Force is one of the two 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. ... Number 22 Group is one of only three groups currently active in the Royal Air Force and the only group subordinate to 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 (RAF) is the air force branch of the British Armed Forces. ...

They are considered part of the RAF Reserve. Many UAS are parents to Air Experience Flights (AEF) which provide experience of flying to Air Cadets. An Air Experience Flight is a training unit of the Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve whose main purpose is to give introductory flying experience to Air Cadets. ... The Air Cadet Organisation (or ACO) is the collective name for the UK cadet forces sponsored by the Royal Air Force. ...

Base Locations

Birmingham UAS / 8 AEF at RAF Cosford RAF Cosford is a Royal Air Force station in Shropshire, just to the northwest of Wolverhampton and next to Albrighton. ...

Bristol UAS / 3 AEF at Colerne Airfield Colerne Airfield (IATA: N/A, ICAO: EGUO), formerly known as RAF Colerne, is located at Colerne, Wiltshire, England. ...

Cambridge UAS / 5 AEF at RAF Wyton RAF Wyton is a Royal Air Force station near St. ...

East Midlands UAS / 7 AEF at RAF Cranwell RAF Cranwell is a Royal Air Force station in Lincolnshire close to the village of Cranwell, near Sleaford. ...

East of Scotland UAS / 12 AEF at RAF Leuchars RAF Leuchars is the most northerly air defence station in the United Kingdom. ...

Glasgow and Strathcylde UAS / 4 AEF at Glasgow International Airport Glasgow International Airport (IATA: GLA, ICAO: EGPF), located in Renfrewshire, 8 miles (13 km) west of Glasgow, near the towns of Paisley and Renfrew, is currently the busiest airport in Scotland, and seventh busiest in the UK in terms of annual passenger throughput [1]. It was the first airport in...

Liverpool UAS at RAF Woodvale RAF Woodvale is a Royal Air Force airfield in Lancashire, England. ...

London UAS at RAF Wyton RAF Wyton is a Royal Air Force station near St. ...

Manchester & Salford UAS / 10 AEF at RAF Woodvale RAF Woodvale is a Royal Air Force airfield in Lancashire, England. ...

Northumbrian UAS / 11 AEF at RAF Leeming RAF air defence bases RAF Leeming is a Royal Air Force station in North Yorkshire, England. ...

Oxford UAS / 6 AEF at RAF Benson RAF Benson (IATA: BEX, ICAO: EGUB) is a Royal Air Force station near Benson in Oxfordshire, England. ...

Southampton UAS / 2 AEF at Boscombe Down Boscombe Down is a British Ministry of Defence site in Wiltshire, England, currently operated by QinetiQ as a station for trials aircraft. ...

Wales UAS / 1 AEF at RAF St Athan It has been suggested that St Athan be merged into this article or section. ...

Yorkshire UAS / 9 AEF at RAF Church Fenton RAF Church Fenton is a military airfield in North Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom. ...

External links

• RAF - University Air Squadrons
• BUAS - Bristol UAS
• EMUAS - East Midlands UAS
• UBAS - University of Birmingham Air Squadron
• LUAS - Liverpool UAS
• ULAS - University of London Air Squadron
• SUAS - Southampton UAS
• UWAS - Wales UAS