RAF Strike Command
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The Royal Air Force's Strike Command was the military formation which controlled the majority of the United Kingdom's bomber and fighter aircraft from 1968 until 2007 when it merged with Personnel and
A Vulcan leads four Lightnings in formation to commemorate the formation of Strike Command in 1968.
No. 1 Group RAF
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No. 1 Group, Royal Air Force is one of the force's five groups. In the mid-2020s, the group is referred to as the Air Combat Group, as it controls the RAF's combat fast-jet aircraft and has airfields
RAF Strike Command
…aircraft from 1968 until 2007 when it merged with Personnel and Training Command to form the single Air Command. It latterly consisted of two formations: No. 1 Group RAF and No. 2 Group RAF. The last Commander-in-Chief was Air Chief Marshal Sir Joe French. Strike Command was formed on 30 April 1968 by the merger of…
at the Headquarters of No. 71 Wing, Advanced Air Striking Force, Bétheniville.
The Thomson Building at RAF Waddington, headquarters of the RAF Air and Space Warfare Centre
The Airbus Voyager KC2 aircraft provides the RAF with transport and air-to-air refuelling capabilities
The Combat Air Force operates the Eurofighter Typhoon FGR4 and Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II