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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List of Royal Air Force stations (redirect from RAF Bases)
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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Panavia Tornado (redirect from RAF Tornado GR4)
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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