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    Royal Air Force Wing or more simply RAF Wing is a former Royal Air Force station, situated just west of the village of Wing, in the Aylesbury Vale district...
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  • 1 Squadron RAF Regiment No. II Squadron RAF Regiment No. 15 Squadron RAF Regiment No. 34 Squadron RAF Regiment (C-UAS) No. 51 Squadron RAF Regiment No...
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  • Typhoon was coded "J-B". An RAF wing commander's sleeve/shoulder insignia An RAF wing commander's sleeve mess insignia An RAF wing commander's sleeve on No...
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    Royal Air Force (redirect from RAF stations)
    majority of the RAF's rotary-wing aircraft form part of the tri-service Joint Aviation Command in support of ground forces. Most of the RAF's aircraft and...
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    an RAF station, Lakenheath currently only hosts United States Air Force (USAF) units and military personnel. The host wing is the 48th Fighter Wing (48...
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    and is currently the home of the 100th Air Refueling Wing (100 ARW). During the Second World War, RAF Bomber Command used the station for operational combat...
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  • No. 85 Expeditionary Logistics Wing RAF is a wing of the Royal Air Force Support Force based at RAF Wittering, England. It is made up of several ground...
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    end of November the RAF party returned to Britain, less some signals staff; the wing was then disbanded. On 10 March 1944, 151 Wing was reformed in Iraq...
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  • Brazilian Air Force. A wing may also be used for non-flying units, such as the infantry forces of the RAF Regiment, (in which a wing equates to a battalion)...
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    Support Wing manages and supports operations at RAF Alconbury, RAF Croughton, RAF Fairford, RAF Menwith Hill, RAF Molesworth, and RAF Welford, whereas RAF Lakenheath...
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    Squadron RAF No. 113 Squadron RAF No. 204 Advanced Flying School RAF No. 241 Operational Conversion Unit RAF No. 283 (Airborne Forces) Wing RAF No. 295...
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    at RAF Lakenheath. It is under the administrative control of the 48th Fighter Wing. The airfield was built during the period of expansion of the RAF in...
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    Conversion Flight RAF (August - November 1942) 27th (Training) Wing RAF No. 44 Conversion Flight RAF (January - November 1942) No. 53 Base RAF (November 1943...
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    at RAF Mildenhall, Suffolk, United Kingdom. It is also the host wing at RAF Mildenhall. The 100th ARW is the only permanent U.S. air refueling wing in...
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    Lord Rothschild. During WW2, an RAF base was built close to Wing. Completed in 1941, the primary purpose of RAF Wing was for training Wellington bomber...
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    Royal Air Force Brize Norton or RAF Brize Norton (IATA: BZZ, ICAO: EGVN) in Oxfordshire, about 75 mi (121 km) west north-west of London, is the largest...
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  • squadron-leader, wing-leader, leader, flight ardian, squadron ardian, wing ardian, ardian, air marshal. However, this system was rejected within the RAF, due in...
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    the GR4A's internal sensors are no longer essential, the RAF's Tactical Reconnaissance Wing operated both GR4A and GR4 aircraft. Operated by Germany and...
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    the home of the deployable RAF communications cadre (No. 90 Signals Unit RAF) and the home of No. 135 Expeditionary Air Wing. The area at the extreme western...
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    100th Strategic Reconnaissance Wing after the 1973 Yom Kippur War, known as Operation 'OLIVE HARVEST'. Up until 1974, RAF Akrotiri had a balanced force...
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  • No. 148 Wing RAF was a formation of the Royal Air Force during the Second World War. It was originally No. 148 Airfield Headquarters before becoming No...
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  • such as the British Royal Air Force (RAF), follow this pattern. In such cases, the group is equivalent to a US wing, a German Geschwader or a French escadron...
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    which were tasked with protection of RAF stations in the UK and overseas. Each Wing was based around RAF Regiment and RAF Police squadrons, with supporting...
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    There are a number of non-flying units at RAF Lossiemouth including No. 5 Force Protection Wing and an RAF Mountain Rescue Service team. The airfield...
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    Air Force. It is currently equipped with the Eurofighter Typhoon FGR4 at RAF Lossiemouth, Moray, since reforming there on 12 January 2015. No. 2 Squadron's...
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  • subordinate to 7 Group RAF. This establishment was short-lived and the wing was stood down on 12 April 1926. The next period of the wing's existence came in...
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    at RAF Medmenham in Buckinghamshire. It combined the signals, radio and countermeasures elements of Numbers 26, 60 and 100 Groups and No. 80 Wing RAF. Its...
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  • No. 134 (Czech) (Fighter) Wing RAF is a former Royal Air Force wing that was operational during the Second World War. The unit was previously No. 134...
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    is based at RAF Lakenheath, England. The 48 FW is the only F-15 wing based in Europe which hosts two F-15E Strike Eagle squadrons. The wing also hosts...
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  • Wing RAF is a former Royal Air Force wing that was operational during the Second World War. The unit was previously No. 136 Airfield Headquarters RAF...
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