Country United Kingdom Branch Royal Air Force | Founded 1 April 2007 Parent organization Ministry of Defence | |
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Location RAF High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire Headquarters High Wycombe, United Kingdom Motto Fortis Ubique Volantis (Flying Bravely Everywhere) Similar Royal Air Force, RAF Strike Command, RAF Personnel and Train, Royal Air Force Police, RAF Transport Command Profiles | ||
Headquarters Air Command is the only Command currently active in the Royal Air Force. It was formed by the merger of Royal Air Force Strike and Personnel and Training Commands on 1 April 2007, and has its headquarters at RAF High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire. The equivalent in the Royal Navy is Navy Command Headquarters at Portsmouth and the equivalent in the British Army is Army Headquarters at Andover.
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Command structure
Air Command is commanded by the Chief of the Air Staff. Formerly, it was under a four-star Air Chief Marshal, Commander-in-Chief, Air Command, but this structure was discontinued due to the 2011 Levine Report. There are two Deputy Commanders of Air Marshal rank. The Deputy Commander (Operations) has responsibility for the two Groups inherited from Strike Command, No. 1 Group and No. 2 Group; the Deputy Commander (Personnel) has responsibility for the Group inherited from Personnel and Training Command, No. 22 (Training) Group. There is also No. 38 Group, which brings together the RAF’s Engineering, Logistics, Communications and Medical Operations units. The Deputy Commander (Operations) acts as the Deputy to the CAS and oversees day-to-day operations
Deputy Commanders (Operations)
Deputy Commanders-in-Chief (Operations)
Deputy Commanders (Operations)
Deputy Commanders (Personnel)
This appointment is held concurrently with the Air Member for Personnel.
Deputy Commanders-in-Chief (Personnel)
Deputy Commanders (Personnel)