سلاح الجو الملكي

Q: ما هي الطائرات التي سيستخدمها سلاح الجو الملكي البريطاني في عام 2026؟

يتألف الأسطول القتالي من طائرات يوروفايتر تايفون FGR4 - 124 طائرة جاهزة للتسليم في 1 أبريل 2026، منها 111 طائرة في الخدمة - وطائرات لايتنينغ F-35B، 47 طائرة مشتركة مع البحرية الملكية. وخلفها تسع طائرات دورية بحرية من طراز بوسيدون MRA1، وثلاث طائرات إنذار مبكر من طراز ويدجتايل AEW1، وثلاث طائرات ريفيت جوينت، وثماني طائرات شادو R1، وست عشرة طائرة بروتكتور RG1، واثنتين وعشرين طائرة أطلس C1، وثماني طائرات سي-17 غلوب ماستر، وأربع عشرة طائرة تزويد وقود من طراز فوياجر، وخمس وأربعين طائرة شينوك، بالإضافة إلى أساطيل التدريب من طراز هوك T1 وT2، وتكسان، وبريفكت، وفينوم، وتيوتور، وفايكنغ، وجونو، وجوبيتر.

Q: كم عدد الأشخاص في سلاح الجو الملكي البريطاني؟

بلغ عدد أفراد القوات النظامية البريطانية 31,392 فرداً في 1 يوليو 2026، منهم 27,851 فرداً مدرباً - 6,997 ضابطاً و20,854 من الرتب الأخرى. وبإضافة قوات الاحتياط، يصل إجمالي عدد أفراد سلاح الجو الملكي إلى 35,978 فرداً. ويُضاف إلى ذلك 3,097 فرداً من قوات الاحتياط التطوعية التابعة لسلاح الجو الملكي وقوات الاحتياط الملكية المساعدة، و1,288 فرداً من قوات الاحتياط النظامية السابقة العاملة، و201 فرداً من قوات الاحتياط المدعومة. وقد شهدت القوات نمواً طفيفاً لأول مرة منذ سنوات، حيث ارتفع عدد أفرادها النظاميين بنسبة 2.8% مقارنةً بعام 2025.

Q: من هو قائد سلاح الجو الملكي؟

يتولى المارشال الجوي السير هارف سميث منصب رئيس أركان القوات الجوية منذ 29 أغسطس 2025. وهو طيار سابق لطائرات هارير، حلق فوق البوسنة وكوسوفو وصربيا والعراق وأفغانستان، وقاد السرب الرابع والمجموعة الأولى، وكان أول مدير لشؤون الفضاء في وزارة الدفاع. وقد خلف المارشال الجوي السير ريتش نايتون، الذي أصبح رئيس أركان الدفاع. وهو مسؤول أمام وزير الدولة لشؤون الدفاع، معالي النائب ويس ستريتينغ، الذي عُيّن في 20 يوليو 2026.

Q: هل سلاح الجو الملكي البريطاني هو أقدم سلاح جو في العالم؟

إنها أقدم قوة جوية مستقلة، وهذا هو الادعاء الأهم. تأسست في الأول من أبريل عام ١٩١٨ بدمج سلاح الطيران الملكي وسلاح الجو البحري الملكي لتشكيل قوة مسلحة ثالثة ذات وزارة مستقلة. كانت هناك وحدات طيران عسكرية موجودة سابقًا في عدة دول - يعود تاريخ سلاح الطيران الملكي نفسه إلى عام ١٩١٢ - لكنها كانت فروعًا من الجيوش والقوات البحرية. من هنا تنطلق فكرة أن القوة الجوية تحتاج إلى قوة مستقلة، وكل قوة جوية مستقلة في العالم تنحدر من هذه الفكرة.

Q: لماذا تم إنشاء سلاح الجو الملكي؟

بسبب غارات قاذفات غوتا على لندن عام 1917، تبين أن العدو قادر على مهاجمة مدن أي دولة مباشرة، وأنه لا توجد سلطة بريطانية واحدة مسؤولة عن إيقاف ذلك أو الرد عليه. كتب يان سموتس تقريرًا يوصي بإنشاء سلاح جو مستقل ووزارة طيران مستقلة؛ شُكّل مجلس الطيران في يناير 1918، وتبعه سلاح الجو الملكي في 1 أبريل. عُيّن هيو ترينشارد أول رئيس لأركان سلاح الجو في 18 يناير 1918، ثم أمضى عشرينيات القرن العشرين في الحفاظ على استقلاليته.

Q: ما هو التحكم الجوي ولماذا هو مثير للجدل؟

كانت السيطرة الجوية هي المبرر الذي اعتمده سلاح الجو الملكي البريطاني في عشرينيات القرن الماضي: حفظ الأمن في الأراضي الإمبراطورية عن طريق القصف بدلاً من الحامية، لأنه كان أقل تكلفة. في مؤتمر القاهرة عام 1921، اقترح ترينشارد أن يتولى سلاح الجو الملكي البريطاني القيادة العسكرية في العراق، وفي الأول من أكتوبر عام 1922، تم ذلك بالفعل - وهي المرة الأولى التي يتولى فيها طيار قيادة جميع العمليات العسكرية في بلد. كما استُخدمت هذه التقنية على الحدود الشمالية الغربية، وفي عدن، وشرق الأردن، وأرض الصومال، والسودان. وقد قيّم تقرير القوة الجوية لسلاح الجو الملكي البريطاني هذه التقنية تقييماً نقدياً: فقد حمّلت هذه الطريقة مجتمعات بأكملها مسؤولية أفعال فردية، وكان القصف غير دقيق - حيث أخطأت 102 قنبلة من أصل 182 في عملية واحدة في نوفمبر 1928 - وتأقلم السكان مع هذه التقنية. وقد تحققت استقلالية الخدمة جزئياً عن طريق قصف القرى، وهذا ما يؤكده سلاح الجو الملكي البريطاني نفسه الآن.

Q: ما الذي حسم معركة بريطانيا فعلياً؟

نظام داودينغ، وليس طائرة سبيتفاير. رصد رادار تشين هوم الغارات الجوية التي تتشكل فوق فرنسا، وتتبعها فيلق المراقبين، الذي يضم 30 ألف فرد، داخل البلاد، وحللت غرف الفرز مخططات الغارات، وحولتها غرف عمليات القطاعات إلى أوامر اعتراض عبر الهاتف. كان هذا أول نظام دفاع جوي متكامل في العالم، وقد مكّن قوة أقل عدداً من التواجد في المكان المناسب. أما طائرة هوريكان، فقد نفذت معظم عمليات إطلاق النار الفعلية: فقد جهزت أسراباً أكثر ودمرت طائرات ألمانية أكثر من أي نظام آخر مجتمع.

Q: كم عدد الطيارين الذين شاركوا في معركة بريطانيا وكم عدد الذين لقوا حتفهم؟

أحصى سلاح الجو الملكي البريطاني 2945 من أفراد الطاقم الجوي ممن قاموا بطلعة جوية واحدة على الأقل مصرح بها مع قيادة المقاتلات بين 10 يوليو و31 أكتوبر 1940. قُتل 544 منهم خلال المعركة، و795 آخرون قبل نهاية الحرب. كما قُتل 312 من أفراد الطاقم الأرضي التابعين لسلاح الجو الملكي البريطاني على الأرض. وتشير سجلات حاملي مشابك نصب معركة بريطانيا التذكاري في لندن إلى 2937 بدلاً من 2945؛ ويعود هذا الاختلاف إلى طريقة احتساب الحالات الحدية. لم يكن حوالي خُمس أفراد الطاقم الجوي بريطانيين: إذ تشير السجلات إلى 145 بولنديًا، و127 نيوزيلنديًا، و112 كنديًا، و88 تشيكوسلوفاكيًا، و32 أستراليًا، و28 بلجيكيًا، و25 جنوب أفريقيًا، و13 فرنسيًا، و10 أيرلنديين، وتسعة أمريكيين، وثلاثة من روديسيا، ورجل واحد من كل من باربادوس وجامايكا ونيوفاوندلاند. كانت السرب رقم 303 (البولندي) من بين الوحدات التي حققت أعلى النقاط في المعركة.

Q: كم عدد أفراد طاقم قيادة القاذفات الذين قُتلوا في الحرب العالمية الثانية؟

بلغ عدد القتلى 55,573 من أصل حوالي 125,000 جندي خدموا في سلاح الجو الملكي البريطاني، أي ما يقارب 45%، وهو معدل وفيات أعلى من أي فرع رئيسي آخر من القوات البريطانية في الحربين العالميتين. كما أصيب 8,403 آخرون، وأُسر 9,838، وتوفي أكثر من 8,000 في حوادث تدريب. ويوضح متحف الحرب الإمبراطوري هذه الإحصائيات بوضوح: 51% قُتلوا في العمليات، و12% قُتلوا أو جُرحوا في حوادث، و13% أُسروا أو فرّوا، و24% نجوا دون إصابات. نفّذت قيادة القاذفات 501,536 طلعة جوية، وخسرت 8,325 طائرة.

Q: لماذا لم تحصل أطقم قيادة القاذفات على ميدالية الحملة؟

لأن القصف الجوي الشامل أصبح موضوعًا سياسيًا حساسًا فور انتهاء الحرب تقريبًا. لم يذكر خطاب النصر الذي ألقاه ونستون تشرشل قيادة القاذفات، وكان آرثر هاريس القائد البريطاني الوحيد الذي لم يُمنح لقبًا نبيلًا آنذاك، ولم تُصنع نجمة تذكارية خاصة بالحملة. لم يحصل أفراد الطاقم على أي تكريم خاص بخدمتهم حتى أُعلن عن مشبك قيادة القاذفات، الذي كان يُرتدى على نجمة 1939-1945، في ديسمبر 2012. أُزيح الستار عن النصب التذكاري في جرين بارك في 28 يونيو 2012، بعد سبعة وستين عامًا من انتهاء الحرب. ولم يبقَ لمعظم القتلى البالغ عددهم 55,573 شخصًا أي رفاق على قيد الحياة ليروا أرواحهم.

The Royal Air Force invented the independent air force, and has spent a century arguing about what one is for — an argument that in 2026 has produced a fighter force a third the size of its 1990 self, a nuclear mission handed back after twenty-seven years, and a command that has just added the word Space to its name.

علامة وطنيةThe roundel: red centre, white ring, blue outer, in this form since 1947

رؤية منخفضةPale red and pale blue with no white ring, worn on the grey front-line fleet such as the Typhoon

وميض الزعنفةRed, white and blue, red leading

171طائرات حربية

40قواعد جوية نشطة

1918تأسست

84الأنواع المتقاعدة

Photo: Cpl. Andy Benson / Wikimedia Commons (Open Government Licence)

دولةالمملكة المتحدةتأسست1918حالةنشيطالمقر الرئيسيRAF High Wycombe, BuckinghamshireقائدSir Harv Smyth

القصة

The Royal Air Force story: the first independent air force, and the argument about what it is for

1918–1939: Trenchard, air control and the price of independence

The Royal Air Force came into existence at midnight on 1 April 1918, when the Royal Flying Corps and the Royal Naval Air Service were merged into a third armed service with its own ministry, its own uniform and its own seat at the strategic table. Nothing like it had existed anywhere. The immediate cause was the Gotha bomber raids on London in 1917 and the report that Jan Smuts wrote in response, which argued that air power had become an instrument in its own right rather than an auxiliary of armies and fleets. Every independent air force in the world descends from that argument. It is the single most important structural fact about the RAF, and it explains almost everything that follows — including the fact that the service has had to justify its separate existence, repeatedly and expensively, ever since.

Independence was not secure in 1919. The Admiralty and the War Office both wanted their aviation back, and Hugh Trenchard, Chief of the Air Staff for most of the 1920s, kept the RAF alive by making it cheap and by making it useful to the Empire. The instrument was air control: policing mandated and colonial territory by aeroplane rather than by garrison. At the Cairo Conference of 1921 Trenchard proposed that the RAF take over military command in Iraq, and on 1 October 1922 an airman directed all military operations in a country for the first time. The same method was used on the North-West Frontier, in Aden, Transjordan and Sudan. The RAF’s own Air Power Review has since examined it honestly: the targeting held whole communities responsible for the acts of individuals, the bombing was inaccurate — in one November 1928 operation 102 of 182 bombs missed — and the effect wore off as populations learned to disperse and warn each other. The RAF’s independence was bought, in part, by bombing villages. That belongs in the story.

1940–1945: the Dowding System, and 55,573 dead in Bomber Command

The Battle of Britain is the RAF’s founding legend, and the truthful version is more impressive than the myth. What won it was not the Spitfire but the Dowding System: Chain Home radar, the Observer Corps, filter rooms, sector stations and a telephone network that turned a raid plot into an interception order in minutes. It was the world’s first integrated air defence system and no other country had one. The RAF counts 2,945 aircrew as having flown in the battle between 10 July and 31 October 1940; 544 of them were killed during it, and 312 RAF ground personnel died on the ground. Roughly one in five of the aircrew were not British — 145 Poles, 127 New Zealanders, 112 Canadians, 88 Czechoslovaks and men from a dozen other countries. Both sides overclaimed victories wildly. Hugh Dowding and Keith Park, who had run the battle, were both removed from their posts within weeks of winning it, in the aftermath of the Big Wing dispute with Trafford Leigh-Mallory.

Then came the part the RAF finds hardest to talk about. Bomber Command lost 55,573 aircrew killed out of roughly 125,000 who served — a death rate near 45 per cent, worse than any other major arm of the British forces in either world war, and worse than the chance a British infantry subaltern had on the Western Front. The Imperial War Museum’s figures put it plainly: 51 per cent of aircrew were killed on operations, 12 per cent killed or wounded in accidents, 13 per cent taken prisoner, and 24 per cent came through unscathed. The area bombing directive of February 1942 and Arthur Harris’s campaign against German cities killed hundreds of thousands of civilians; Dresden, on 13–15 February 1945, remains the argument’s sharpest point. The argument has not been settled and this page will not settle it. What is not in dispute is how the crews were treated afterwards: no campaign medal until the Bomber Command Clasp was announced in December 2012, and no memorial until the one in Green Park was unveiled in June the same year.

1948–1969: the V-force, Sandys and the deterrent given away

From 1955 the RAF held the British nuclear deterrent. The V-force — Valiant, Vulcan, Victor — carried Blue Danube, then Yellow Sun, then the Blue Steel stand-off missile, and for fourteen years the country’s survival rested on bombers at fifteen minutes’ readiness. Two decisions ended that. Duncan Sandys’s Defence White Paper of 1957 declared that missiles would replace manned fighters, cancelled a generation of British aeroplanes and did lasting damage to the industry. The American cancellation of Skybolt in December 1962 and the Nassau agreement that followed handed the deterrent to the Royal Navy, and when Polaris took over in 1969 the RAF’s strategic role was finished. It kept tactical nuclear weapons — the WE.177 — until the last of them were withdrawn on 22 April 1998, after which Britain had no air-delivered nuclear weapon at all. That is the gap the 2025 F-35A decision closes.

1965–1991: TSR-2, the Cold War in Germany, and a war fought at fifty feet

TSR-2 is the other wound, and it is heavily mythologised. The aircraft first flew on 27 September 1964, was cancelled in the Budget of 6 April 1965, and the jigs and tooling were destroyed; two airframes survive, at Duxford and Cosford. What is documented is the decision, the stated cost grounds and the destruction of the tooling. What is not documented, and should not be asserted, is the long list of claims about deliberate sabotage and American pressure that has grown around it. Meanwhile the real RAF of the 1960s to 1980s was a large, unglamorous force in Germany: Canberras, then Phantoms, Buccaneers, Harriers and Jaguars flying at fifty feet under the weather, with Lightnings and later Tornado F3s on air defence. In 1982 Vulcans flew the Black Buck missions to Port Stanley, almost 6,600 nautical miles with up to eleven Victor tankers in the chain — the longest-range bombing raids anyone had flown. In 1991 the RAF put 157 aircraft into the Gulf and lost six Tornado GR1s in action in a fortnight of low-level airfield attacks.

1991–2024: the expeditionary decades, and the aircraft that were not replaced

The quarter-century after 1991 was one long expeditionary campaign — the Iraqi no-fly zones, Bosnia, Kosovo, Sierra Leone, Afghanistan, Iraq again, Libya, and then Daesh — and it was fought by a force that kept shrinking. Over Libya in 2011 the RAF flew about 3,000 sorties and struck 640 targets with 945 people in theatre. Over Iraq and Syria from 2014 it struck roughly 1,400 targets in more than 10,000 sorties. But the equipment decisions of those years were brutal. The 2010 review retired the Harrier and the Nimrod MR2 together and cancelled the Nimrod MRA4, whose completed airframes were cut up at Woodford; the National Audit Office put the waste at 3.4 billion pounds and the United Kingdom then went nine years without a maritime patrol aircraft. The Sentry fleet went in 2021 before its replacement arrived. The Hercules went in 2023. The Defence Committee’s 2023 report called the Wedgetail cut from five aircraft to three "the most perverse" decision in the 2021 command paper: a 40 per cent capability cut for a 12 per cent saving.

2025–2026: a nuclear role returns, and a command changes its name

That is the RAF that 2025 and 2026 inherited. It has 31,392 regulars, 124 Typhoons of which 111 are in service, 47 F-35Bs shared with the Royal Navy, three Wedgetails, nine Poseidons, three Rivet Joints and eight C-17s. It has more combat aircraft on the books than at any point since 2019 and fewer than half the squadrons it had in 1990. Its fast-jet training pipeline still holds 48 of 119 students between courses. Its Red Arrows fly Hawk T1s built in the 1970s with no replacement yet chosen. Against that, 2025 and 2026 have brought real movement: the Strategic Defence Review of June 2025, the announced purchase of twelve F-35As alongside a decision to rejoin NATO’s nuclear sharing mission — the first British air-delivered nuclear role since 1998 — Protector replacing Reaper, the first Wedgetail at Lossiemouth in May 2026, more than 8 billion pounds for the Global Combat Air Programme, and on 1 September 2026 Air Command becoming Air and Space Command. Whether a service of this size can do all of it at once is the question the next Parliament will answer.

لمحة سريعة

The Royal Air Force in numbers

خدمة

الاسم الأصلي

سلاح الجو الملكيMotto "Per Ardua ad Astra" — through adversity to the stars. Known universally as the RAF

تأسست

1 April 1918The world’s first independent air force, created by merging the Royal Flying Corps (1912) and the Royal Naval Air Service, on the recommendation of the Smuts report after the Gotha raids on London. Hugh Trenchard had been appointed the first Chief of the Air Staff on 18 January 1918

جزء من

British Armed ForcesOne of three services under the Ministry of Defence. The Fleet Air Arm belongs to the Royal Navy and the Army Air Corps to the British Army; the Lightning Force and the helicopter force are jointly manned

المقر الرئيسي

Air and Space Command — RAF High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire
The Air Staff — Ministry of Defence, Whitehall, London

Air Command was redesignated Air and Space Command on 1 September 2026. High Wycombe is the operational headquarters; the Chief of the Air Staff and the Air Staff sit in Whitehall

Chief of the Air Staff

Air Chief Marshal Sir Harv SmythIn post since 29 August 2025. A former Harrier pilot and weapons instructor, he commanded No. 4 Squadron and No. 1 Group and was the Ministry of Defence’s first Director Space

Secretary of State for Defence

The Rt Hon Wes Streeting MPAppointed 20 July 2026. The Chief of the Air Staff is accountable to the Secretary of State for the effectiveness, efficiency and morale of the RAF

قوة

Regular personnel

31,392UK Regular Forces at 1 July 2026, up 2.8 per cent on the year. All RAF service personnel including reserves: 35,978

Trained strength

27,851Full Time Trained Strength at 1 July 2026: 6,997 officers and 20,854 other ranks. The Ministry of Defence no longer publishes an RAF workforce requirement, so no surplus or deficit against establishment can be calculated from the official tables

Reserves

Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve and Royal Auxiliary Air Force — 3,097
Serving ex-regular Air Force Reserve — 1,288
Sponsored Reserve — 201

All at 1 July 2026. The Royal Auxiliary Air Force grew from 29 squadrons to 32 between 2025 and 2026, the only formation growth in the service

طائرات حربية

Typhoon FGR4 and T3 — 124 on charge, 111 in service
Lightning F-35B — 47, jointly manned with the Royal Navy

At 1 April 2026. Typhoon holdings have fallen from 137 in 2024 as the Tranche 1 aircraft are scrapped; Lightning has risen from 35

Fixed-wing aircraft

507 across the armed forces323 of them in service at 1 April 2026. The Ministry of Defence’s equipment table is tri-service and does not split RAF from Royal Navy and Army holdings; almost all fixed-wing types in it are RAF

Uncrewed aircraft

189 across the armed forces148 in service at 1 April 2026, including 16 Protector RG1 with nine in service. Reaper, which had been nine aircraft a year earlier, is gone

ميزانية الدفاع

£62.0 billion in 2025–26Rising to £79.1 billion by 2029–30. NATO put UK defence spending at 2.3 per cent of GDP in 2025 and expected 2.6 per cent in 2026; the commitments are 2.5 per cent by 2027, 3 per cent in the next Parliament and 3.5 per cent by 2035. No separate RAF budget line is published

Recruitment and retention

A formal inquiry, and a training pipeline that still holds students

2020–21: 161 women and ethnic minority candidates accelerated onto initial training ahead of others; 31 men missed a 5,000 pound joining bonus
29 June 2023: the non-statutory inquiry reported; the Chief of the Air Staff apologised unreservedly and accepted all twelve recommendations
1 June 2026: 48 of 119 fast-jet trainees were on holdover between courses or waiting for an operational conversion unit

More than 300 personnel were held in the flying training pipeline in September 2022, and the Defence Committee called the delays "completely unacceptable" in 2023.

بنية تحتية

RAF formations

104 squadrons and equivalent unitsAt 1 April 2026: 43 flying support, 3 battlespace management, 23 air security and readiness, 11 communications and 24 engineering and logistics. A further 32 Royal Auxiliary Air Force units and 4 sponsored reserve units sit alongside them

أسراب الطيران

Combat air — 9
Operational conversion and evaluation — 13
Flying and operational training support — 7
Air transport and air-to-air refuelling — 6
Intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance — 4
Remotely piloted aircraft — 3
Airborne command and control — 1

At 1 April 2026. Training squadrons fell from 10 to 7 in a year while conversion and evaluation units rose from 11 to 13

Main flying stations

RAF Lossiemouth — Typhoon, Poseidon, Wedgetail
RAF Coningsby — Typhoon, Battle of Britain Memorial Flight
RAF Marham — Lightning Force
RAF Brize Norton — Atlas, Voyager, Globemaster
RAF Waddington — Rivet Joint, Shadow, Protector, Red Arrows
RAF Odiham — Chinook
RAF Valley — fast-jet training
RAF Benson, Shawbury, Cranwell, Wittering, Leeming, Honington, Northolt

Overseas: RAF Akrotiri in the Sovereign Base Area in Cyprus, RAF Mount Pleasant in the Falklands, RAF Gibraltar and RAF Ascension Island. Stations, not bases — the prefix is part of the name

تنبيه سريع الاستجابة

Two stations, 24 hours a dayTyphoons at RAF Lossiemouth cover the north and RAF Coningsby the south, with Voyager tanker support from Brize Norton. A separate Typhoon detachment holds QRA in the Falkland Islands

فرق العرض

The Red ArrowsThe Royal Air Force Aerobatic Team, based at RAF Waddington, flying Hawk T1s expected to last to the end of the 2029 display season. The Battle of Britain Memorial Flight at RAF Coningsby flies Spitfires, Hurricanes, a Lancaster and a Dakota

فضاء

No. I Space Operations Squadron — RAF High Wycombe
No. II Space Warning Squadron — RAF Fylingdales
No. III Space Effects Squadron — announced 23 September 2026

Air Command became Air and Space Command on 1 September 2026. The RAF has been in the business since the ballistic missile early warning station at Fylingdales in 1963 and the launch of Skynet 1A in 1969

بناء

How the Royal Air Force is organised

Four groups under Air and Space Command. No. 1 Group holds the front line — fast jets, transport, tankers and surveillance — No. 11 Group commands the air operations and the air defence of the United Kingdom, No. 2 Group runs the bases and the support force, and No. 22 Group trains everyone. The Lightning Force is manned jointly with the Fleet Air Arm, and the Chinooks serve under Joint Helicopter Command rather than under the RAF alone.

Air Chief MarshalSir Harv SmythChief of the Air Staff · in office since 2025

Air and Space Command

طاقم عمل

The Air Staff

Ministry of Defence, Whitehall

The Chief of the Air Staff and the Air Staff inside the Ministry of Defence: policy, programme, budget and the RAF’s seat among the Chiefs of Staff.

المقر الرئيسي

Air and Space Command

RAF High Wycombe

The RAF’s operational headquarters, renamed from Air Command on 1 September 2026. The four groups report to it.

خط المواجهة

المجموعة رقم 1

The combat air force, the air mobility force, the surveillance and reconnaissance force and the Air and Space Warfare Centre: Typhoon, Lightning, Poseidon, Wedgetail, Rivet Joint, Voyager, Atlas and C-17.

يدعم

No. 2 Group

The people and the places: the air bases themselves, force protection, the RAF Regiment, the Royal Auxiliary Air Force, medical, logistics and communications units.

العمليات

No. 11 Group

Command and control of air operations worldwide, the air defence of the United Kingdom through the National Air and Space Operations Centre, and 83 Expeditionary Air Group in the Middle East. Re-formed on 1 November 2018.

تمرين

No. 22 Group

RAF Cranwell

Officer, recruit and aircrew training for the RAF and specialist training for all three services, the RAF College and the Air Cadets.

Joint

Joint Helicopter Command

JHC

A tri-service command in which the RAF’s Chinook squadrons serve alongside Army and Royal Navy helicopters.

في الخدمة

What the Royal Air Force flies today

كل نوع متاح برسوم، ويرتبط بصفحته في كتاب الوحوش إن وجدت. تشير الأرقام إلى الطائرات المسجلة، وليس الطائرات المتاحة في يوم معين.

يكتب	دور	في الخدمة	منذ	الوحدات	ملحوظات
يوروفايتر تايفون إف جي آر 4في الخدمة	مقاتل متعدد المهام	124	2003	—	124 airframes on charge at 1 April 2026, of which 111 were in service — down from 137 on charge in 2024. أكثر At 1 July 2025 the fleet was four Tranche 1, 67 Tranche 2 and 40 Tranche 3 aircraft, and 26 of the 30 Tranche 1 machines had already been scrapped.
لوكهيد مارتن لايتنينغ إف-35 بيفي الخدمة	Stealth multirole fighter, short take-off and vertical landing	47	2018	—	47 on charge at 1 April 2026, all of them counted as in service, up from 35 two years earlier.
Boeing Poseidon MRA1في الخدمة	الدوريات البحرية والحرب المضادة للغواصات	9	2020	—	Nine on charge and nine in service at 1 April 2026 — the figure has not moved since 2022.
Boeing Wedgetail AEW1في الخدمة	الإنذار المبكر والتحكم المحمول جوا	3	2026	—	Three aircraft. Five were ordered in 2019 for about 1.98 billion dollars and the order was cut to three in the 2021 Integrated Review. أكثر The type does not yet appear as a line in the Ministry of Defence’s 2026 equipment statistics, so there is no official in-service count.
Boeing Airseeker RC-135W Rivet Jointفي الخدمة	Signals intelligence	3	2013	—	Three on charge and three in service at 1 April 2026.
Beechcraft Shadow R1في الخدمة	Tactical intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance	8	2009	—	Eight on charge at 1 April 2026 with five in service, down from six in service a year earlier.
General Atomics Protector RG1في الخدمة	Armed intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance, remotely piloted	16	2025	—	16 on charge at 1 April 2026 with nine in service — the first year the type appears in the Ministry of Defence’s statistics.
Airbus Atlas C1في الخدمة	النقل الجوي التكتيكي والاستراتيجي	22	2014	—	22 on charge and 22 in service at 1 April 2026, the full order.
Boeing Globemaster C-17Aفي الخدمة	النقل الجوي الاستراتيجي	8	2001	—	Eight on charge and eight in service at 1 April 2026; the figure has not changed in five years.
Airbus Voyager KC2/KC3في الخدمة	التزود بالوقود جواً والنقل الاستراتيجي	14	2012	—	14 on charge and 14 in service at 1 April 2026. أكثر The RAF describes a core fleet of eight military-registered aircraft plus one on the civil register, with five more available commercially and recallable.
Dassault Envoy IV CC1في الخدمة	Command support air transport	2	2022	—	Two on charge and two in service at 1 April 2026.
بوينغ شينوك HC6Aفي الخدمة	Heavy-lift support helicopter	45	1980	—	45 on charge at 1 April 2026 with 36 in the effective forward fleet, down from 59 on charge in 2022. أكثر Janes, reading the 2026 Defence Investment Plan, counted about 51 airframes in three marks — 8 HC5, 14 HC6 and about 29 HC6A. The MoD statistic is the later and lower figure and is the one used here.
Airbus Jupiter HC2في الخدمة	طائرة هليكوبتر خفيفة متعددة الأغراض	6	2025	—	Six aircraft. The type is too new to appear separately in the 2026 equipment tables, where the Jupiter line is the seven training HT1s.
طائرة هوك تي 2 من شركة بي إيه إي سيستمزفي الخدمة	Advanced fast-jet trainer	28	2009	—	28 on charge and 28 in service at 1 April 2026, unchanged since 2022.
طائرة هوك تي 1 من شركة بي إيه إي سيستمزفي الخدمة	Display and support jet trainer	24	1976	—	24 on charge at 1 April 2026 with 18 in service, down from 67 on charge as recently as 1 April 2024.
Beechcraft Texan T1في الخدمة	Basic fast-jet trainer	14	2018	—	14 on charge at 1 April 2026. No in-service figure is published because the aircraft is operated under an availability contract.
Grob Prefect T1في الخدمة	Elementary flying trainer	23	2016	—	23 on charge at 1 April 2026. Operated under an availability contract, so no in-service figure is published.
Embraer Phenom T1في الخدمة	Multi-engine pilot trainer	5	2016	—	Five on charge at 1 April 2026. Operated under an availability contract, so no in-service figure is published.
Grob Tutor T1في الخدمة	Elementary trainer and air experience	91	1999	—	91 on charge at 1 April 2026. This is the tri-service figure; no in-service count is published for aircraft on availability contracts.
Grob Viking T1في الخدمة	Glider, air cadet training	81	1984	—	81 on charge at 1 April 2026 with 54 in service, the highest in-service figure since 2023.
Airbus Juno HT1في الخدمة	Basic helicopter trainer	29	2016	—	29 on charge at 1 April 2026. Operated under an availability contract, so no in-service figure is published.
Airbus Jupiter HT1في الخدمة	Advanced helicopter trainer	7	2016	—	Seven on charge at 1 April 2026. Operated under an availability contract, so no in-service figure is published.

إعصار FGR4124

Tutor T191

Viking T181

لايتنينغ إف-35 بي47

Chinook HC6A45

Juno HT129

Hawk T228

هوك تي 124

عند الطلب

يكتب	تم الطلب	التسليم الأول	ملحوظات
Lockheed Martin Lightning F-35Aعند الطلب	12		Announced on 25 June 2025 and the most significant change to the RAF’s role in a generation: the F-35A will be available to fly NATO’s nuclear deterrence mission in a crisis, the first British air-delivered nuclear capability since the WE.177 was withdrawn in 1998. أكثر The aircraft go to No. 207 Squadron, the operational conversion unit at RAF Marham, where their longer range and lower maintenance burden also make them better trainers than the F-35B. The warheads would be American B61-12 weapons held under NATO arrangements, not British ones.
لوكهيد مارتن لايتنينغ إف-35 بيعند الطلب	15		The rest of the 27-aircraft second phase announced in June 2025. أكثر Britain’s declared headmark for the programme remains 138 aircraft of all marks across its life, a figure first stated in 2015 and never formally revised, against 47 on charge at 1 April 2026.
Boeing Chinook H-47(ER)عند الطلب	14	2028	Fourteen extended-range Chinooks with a digital cockpit and automatic flight control system, contracted in March 2024 for delivery between 2028 and 2032. أكثر The 1.4 billion pound programme was announced in May 2021 with deliveries then promised from 2026, so it has slipped about three years. The 2026 Defence Investment Plan adds a second tranche in the 2030s and confirms that the 29 HC6As go by 2030, which leaves a gap in heavy lift in between.
Global Combat Air Programme (Tempest)عند الطلب	—	2035	A sixth-generation crewed fighter being developed with Japan and Italy under a treaty signed in December 2023 and ratified by the United Kingdom in October 2024, to replace the Typhoon from 2035. أكثر The Ministry of Defence had committed 2 billion pounds since 2021 and budgeted more than 12 billion over the next decade; the Defence Investment Plan of June 2026 put more than 8 billion pounds into the next four years. A flying demonstrator is in final assembly for a first flight in 2027. No number of aircraft has been announced.
Collaborative Combat Aircraftعند الطلب	—		A national programme worth 300 million pounds in the 2026 Defence Investment Plan to develop an autonomous aircraft to fly alongside crewed fighters, with a demonstrator expected by 2030. أكثر No type, quantity or in-service date has been announced.
Military jet trainer, type not selectedعند الطلب	—		The Defence Investment Plan of June 2026 committed 360 million pounds to recapitalise the military jet training system, which covers both the fast-jet training fleet and the Red Arrows’ Hawk T1s. أكثر It deliberately does not name an aircraft. The Boeing-Saab T-7A Red Hawk, the Leonardo M-346 and the Korean T-50 remain in contention, and UK workshare is a live political issue.

كانت تُدار سابقاً

Every type the Royal Air Force has retired

84 types, from the Avro 504 to the General Atomics Reaper MQ-9A. تمثل الأرقام القصوى عدد الطائرات التي تم استلامها على مدار فترة الخدمة بأكملها، وليس قوة الأسطول في أي تاريخ محدد.

يكتب	دور	قمة	تم تقديمه	تم استبداله بـ	ملحوظات
جنرال أتوميكس ريبر إم كيو-9 إيه	Armed intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance, remotely piloted	9	2007–2025	Protector RG1	Nine on charge at 1 April 2025 and none a year later.
Airbus Puma HC1/HC2	Medium support helicopter	20	1971–2025	Jupiter HC2 and other types	20 on charge at 1 April 2025 with none in the forward fleet, and gone entirely by 2026.
لوكهيد هيركوليز C1/C3/C4/C5	عملية نقل جوي تكتيكية	—	1967–2023	أطلس سي 1	13 C-130J on charge at 1 April 2023 and none a year later.
Bell Griffin HT1/HAR2	طائرة هليكوبتر متعددة الأغراض والتدريب	3	1997–2023	Jupiter HT1 and Jupiter HC2	Three on charge at 1 April 2022 and none a year later.
British Aerospace 146 CC2/C3	Command support and tactical transport	—	1986–2022	Envoy IV CC1	Four aircraft in No. XXXII (The Royal) Squadron service, retired in 2022.
Boeing Sentry AEW1	الإنذار المبكر والتحكم المحمول جوا	—	1991–2021	Wedgetail AEW1	Seven were bought; the fleet had shrunk to a handful before withdrawal.
Raytheon Sentinel R1	Airborne stand-off radar and ground surveillance	5	2008–2021	—	Five aircraft.
Shorts Tucano T1	Basic flying trainer	—	1989–2019	Texan T1	130 were built by Shorts at Belfast.
بانافيا تورنادو GR1/GR4	Strike, interdiction and reconnaissance	—	1979–2019	Typhoon FGR4 and Lightning F-35B	The backbone of RAF offensive air power for four decades. The first aircraft went to the Tri-national Tornado Training Establishment at RAF Cottesmore and No. أكثر IX (Bomber) Squadron became the first front-line unit in 1982. Forty-nine GR1s went to the Gulf in 1991, where six were lost in action in low-level attacks on Iraqi airfields; the type then flew the Iraqi no-fly zones, Kosovo, Iraq again in 2003, Libya in 2011 and Operation Shader from 2014, carrying Storm Shadow, Brimstone and Paveway IV. UK aircraft were assembled by British Aerospace at Warton. Retired in 2019.
AgustaWestland Merlin HC3/HC3A	Medium support helicopter	—	2001–2016	—	The RAF’s Merlins flew in Iraq and Afghanistan and were transferred whole to the Royal Navy’s Commando Helicopter Force in 2014 to 2016 as part of the rebalancing that followed the Harrier decision.
Westland Sea King HAR3/HAR3A	البحث والإنقاذ	—	1978–2015	—	The yellow Sea King was the most publicly visible thing the RAF did: mountain rescue in Wales and Scotland, cliff and sea rescues around the coast, and the Falklands. أكثر Military search and rescue in the United Kingdom passed to a civilian contractor in 2015 and the RAF gave it up, keeping only the Mountain Rescue Service.
Vickers VC10 C1K/K3/K4	التزود بالوقود جواً والنقل الاستراتيجي	—	1966–2013	فوياجر KC2/KC3	The RAF flew the VC10 for 47 years, first as a transport with No. 10 Squadron and later as a tanker. أكثر Over Libya in 2011 three VC10s flew 422 sorties and offloaded nearly ten million kilogrammes of fuel. They and the TriStars were retired together in 2013 when the AirTanker arrangement took over.
Lockheed TriStar K1/KC1/C2	التزود بالوقود جواً والنقل الاستراتيجي	—	1984–2013	فوياجر KC2/KC3	Nine ex-airline aircraft converted after the Falklands campaign exposed the RAF’s shortage of long-range transport and tanking.
بانافيا تورنادو F2/F3	المعترض	—	1985–2011	إعصار FGR4	The air-defence Tornado, built for long-range interception of Soviet bombers over the North Sea and never comfortable in any other role. Eighteen F3s deployed to the Gulf in 1991. أكثر It held UK Quick Reaction Alert until the Typhoon took over and was retired in 2011.
هوكر سيدلي نمرود آر 1	Signals intelligence	3	1974–2011	Airseeker RC-135W Rivet Joint	Three aircraft.
Hawker Siddeley Dominie T1	Navigator trainer	—	1965–2011	—	A military HS.125 used to train navigators and weapon systems officers at RAF Cranwell for 46 years.
طائرات هارير GR5/GR7/GR9 التابعة لشركة بريتش إيروسبيس	Close air support and reconnaissance	—	1989–2010	—	The second-generation Harrier, a development of the McDonnell Douglas AV-8B assembled by British Aerospace in the United Kingdom. أكثر It flew over Iraq, Kosovo, Sierra Leone and Afghanistan and, in Joint Force Harrier, from Royal Navy carriers. The 2010 Strategic Defence and Security Review retired it at once: the last RAF Harrier sorties were flown in December 2010 and the airframes were later sold to the United States Marine Corps for spares. Britain had no fixed-wing carrier aviation at all until the F-35B arrived.
هوكر سيدلي نمرود MR1/MR2	الدوريات البحرية والحرب المضادة للغواصات	—	1969–2010	Poseidon MRA1, after a nine-year gap	The world’s first jet maritime patrol aircraft, developed from the Comet airliner. أكثر Nimrods hunted Soviet submarines in the North Atlantic, searched for the Argentine fleet in 1982 and flew overland intelligence missions over Afghanistan and Iraq. XV230 was lost near Kandahar on 2 September 2006 after an in-flight fire following air-to-air refuelling, killing all fourteen on board — the largest single loss of British life in the Afghanistan campaign. The Haddon-Cave Review of 28 October 2009 called the aircraft’s safety case "a lamentable job from start to finish" and accused the Ministry of Defence of sacrificing safety to cost.
بي إيه إي سيستمز نمرود إم آر إيه 4	Maritime patrol, cancelled	0	1996–2010	بوسيدون MRA1	21 aircraft were originally ordered, cut to nine by 2008; five were built and none entered service.
سيبكات جاكوار GR1/GR3	Strike and reconnaissance	—	1973–2007	إعصار FGR4	Twelve deployed to the Gulf in 1991.
إنجلش إلكتريك كانبرا	Bomber, reconnaissance and target facilities	—	1951–2006	—	Fifty-five years in RAF service, the longest of any British jet. أكثر It began as the first RAF jet bomber, dropped bombs on Egyptian airfields at Suez in 1956, and ended as the PR9 high-altitude reconnaissance aircraft, which flew over Iraq in 2003 and Afghanistan before retiring in 2006.
Westland Wessex HC2	Support helicopter	—	1964–2003	Puma and Griffin	A licence-built Sikorsky S-58 with British turbines. RAF Wessexes flew in Northern Ireland, Cyprus, Hong Kong and Belize; the last left service with No. 84 Squadron at RAF Akrotiri in 2003. أكثر Some listings give an earlier retirement date for the type because they count only the first-generation marks.
هوكر سيدلي هارير GR1/GR3	Close air support and reconnaissance	—	1969–1994	Harrier GR5/GR7	The first operational vertical and short take-off jet in any air force. In RAF Germany it dispersed into woods and farm tracks to survive an attack on its airfields; in 1982 No. أكثر 1 Squadron took GR3s south to the Falklands aboard Atlantic Conveyor and flew close air support from HMS Hermes.
بلاكبيرن بوكانير إس 2	Maritime strike and low-level attack	—	1969–1994	Tornado GR1	Designed for the Royal Navy and inherited by the RAF when the carriers went. أكثر It was the finest low-level strike aircraft of its generation and went to war at the very end of its life, laser-designating for Tornados over Iraq in 1991.
هوكر هنتر	المقاتلة والهجوم الأرضي	—	1954–1994	Lightning, Harrier and Jaguar	The Hunter was the best-looking aeroplane the RAF ever flew and, in the FGA9, one of the most useful: it did the ground-attack work in Aden and the Radfan and east of Suez into the 1970s. أكثر Two-seat trainers flew on with the Buccaneer force at Lossiemouth until 1994.
بروفوست باك جيت	Basic jet trainer	—	1955–1993	Tucano T1	The RAF’s basic trainer for nearly forty years and the aircraft in which most pilots of the Cold War RAF first flew a jet.
هاندلي بيج فيكتور B1/B2/K2	Strategic bomber, later tanker	—	1957–1993	VC10 and TriStar tankers	The most advanced of the three V-bombers and the longest-lived, because when the bomber role ended it became the RAF’s tanker. أكثر Victors made Black Buck possible in 1982 and refuelled the Gulf War force in 1991 before retiring in 1993.
ماكدونيل دوغلاس فانتوم FG1/FGR2	Interceptor, strike and reconnaissance	—	1969–1992	Tornado F3	British Phantoms were re-engined with Rolls-Royce Spey turbofans, which made them different aircraft from the American originals and not obviously better ones. أكثر They served in Germany, in the United Kingdom air defence region and, after the Falklands, in a detachment at Port Stanley. The last were retired in 1992.
أفرو شاكلتون MR1/MR2/MR3/AEW2	Maritime patrol and airborne early warning	—	1951–1991	Nimrod MR1, then E-3D Sentry	A Lincoln bomber turned into a maritime patrol aircraft, with four Griffon engines and a noise that crews never forgot. أكثر The maritime version gave way to the Nimrod in 1970, but the AEW2 conversions soldiered on as Britain’s only airborne early warning aircraft until 1991, long past any reasonable life, because the Nimrod AEW3 that should have replaced them was cancelled in 1986.
إنجلش إلكتريك لايتنينج	المعترض	—	1959–1988	Phantom FGR2 and Tornado F3	Britain’s only home-grown supersonic interceptor to reach squadron service, and a machine of extraordinary climb rate and almost no range. أكثر It sat on Quick Reaction Alert against Soviet reconnaissance aircraft over the North Sea for nearly thirty years. The 1957 Sandys White Paper cancelled the fighters that would have followed it.
أفرو فولكان B1/B2	Strategic bomber	—	1956–1984	Polaris, then Tornado GR1	The most recognisable of the V-bombers and the only one to drop bombs in anger. أكثر It carried Blue Danube, then Yellow Sun and the Blue Steel stand-off missile, and lost its strategic role when Polaris took over in 1969. In 1982 Vulcans flew the Black Buck missions from Ascension to Port Stanley, almost 6,600 nautical miles with up to eleven Victor tankers in the chain, and were retired two years later.
فولاند غنات تي 1	مدرب متقدم	—	1962–1979	هوك تي 1	A tiny, difficult, delightful aeroplane that trained RAF fast-jet pilots at Valley and flew with the Red Arrows from 1965 until the Hawk replaced it in 1980.
نيزك غلوستر	Fighter, later target towing and trials	—	1944–1977	Hunter and Javelin	The only Allied jet fighter to see combat in the Second World War, first used against V-1 flying bombs over southern England in 1944. أكثر It was outclassed as a fighter by Korea but soldiered on in target-towing and trials work until 1977.
Short Belfast C1	Outsize strategic airlift	10	1966–1976	—	Ten aircraft.
Bristol Britannia C1/C2	النقل الاستراتيجي	—	1959–1975	VC10 and Belfast	The RAF’s long-range turboprop transport of the 1960s, flown by No. 99 and No. 511 Squadrons on the routes to the Far East and the Gulf.
de Havilland Comet C2/C4	النقل الاستراتيجي	—	1956–1975	VC10	No. 216 Squadron’s Comets made the RAF the first air force in the world to operate a jet transport, in 1956. The airframe went on to become the Nimrod.
دي هافيلاند فامباير	Fighter-bomber and trainer	—	1946–1972	Venom and Hunter	The RAF’s second jet fighter and the first single-engined one. The two-seat T11 trainer outlasted the fighters by many years and taught a generation of pilots to fly jets.
غلوستر جافلين	معترض لجميع الأحوال الجوية	—	1956–1968	Lightning	The RAF’s first delta-winged all-weather fighter, big, heavy and short-lived. It was already obsolescent when the Lightning arrived and was gone by 1968.
فيكرز فاليانت	Strategic bomber	—	1955–1965	Vulcan and Victor	The first V-bomber and the aircraft with which the RAF took on the British nuclear deterrent in 1955. أكثر Valiants bombed Egyptian airfields at Suez in 1956 and dropped Britain’s first hydrogen bomb in the Pacific tests. The whole fleet was grounded and scrapped in 1964 and 1965 after metal fatigue was found in the wing spars, a direct consequence of switching the aircraft to low-level flying.
BAC TSR-2	Strike and reconnaissance, cancelled	0	1964–1965	F-111K, also cancelled; eventually Tornado GR1	One aircraft flew; two more were complete or near-complete and the rest were broken up on the jigs.
دي هافيلاند موسكيتو	Light bomber, night fighter, pathfinder and reconnaissance	—	1941–1963	Meteor, Vampire and Canberra	Built of wood, unarmed in its bomber version and fast enough not to need armament. أكثر The Mosquito did precision raids, night fighting, pathfinding, photographic reconnaissance and maritime strike, and had one of the lowest loss rates in Bomber Command.
دي هافيلاند فينوم	مقاتلة قاذفة ومقاتلة ليلية	—	1952–1962	Hunter and Javelin	A developed Vampire with a thinner wing and more power, used heavily in the Middle East and Far East, including against Egyptian airfields at Suez in 1956 and in Malaya and Aden.
بريستول بوفايتر	Night fighter and anti-shipping strike	—	1940–1960	Mosquito and Brigand	The first effective RAF night fighter, because it was big enough to carry early airborne radar and heavily enough armed to destroy a bomber in one pass. أكثر It later became the anti-shipping strike aircraft of Coastal Command’s strike wings.
سوبرمارين سبيتفاير	المقاتلة والاستطلاع التصويري	—	1938–1957	Meteor and Vampire	The aeroplane the country remembers, and in fairness the only British fighter in production at the start of the war that was still competitive at the end of it. Twenty-four marks were built. أكثر The last operational RAF sortie was flown by a photographic-reconnaissance PR19 in 1954 and the last RAF flight in 1957 — after which the Battle of Britain Memorial Flight has kept Spitfires flying continuously ever since, so in a strict sense the RAF has never stopped operating the type.
كانادير سيبر إف 4	مقاتل النهار	—	1953–1956	هنتر	About 430 Canadair-built Sabres were supplied to the RAF under the Mutual Defense Assistance Programme; the number is given differently in different accounts and should be treated as approximate.
أفرو لانكستر	قاذفة قنابل ثقيلة	—	1942–1956	Lincoln, then Canberra	The aircraft that carried most of Bomber Command’s war. It flew the Dams raid in May 1943, the Ruhr, Hamburg, Berlin and Dresden, and carried the Tallboy and Grand Slam. أكثر Maritime reconnaissance versions served with Coastal Command into the mid-1950s.
فيكرز ويلينغتون	قاذفة متوسطة ودورية بحرية	—	1938–1953	Lancaster and Halifax	The RAF’s standard bomber at the start of the war, built on Barnes Wallis’s geodetic structure, which made it famously able to come home with large parts missing. أكثر It stayed in front-line use in the Mediterranean and with Coastal Command long after the heavies took over in Europe.
هوكر تمبست	المقاتلة والهجوم الأرضي	—	1944–1953	Vampire and Venom	A redesigned Typhoon with a thin laminar-flow wing and one of the fastest piston fighters at low level of the whole war. أكثر Tempest squadrons shot down a large share of the V-1 flying bombs that reached southern England in 1944.
هاندلي بيج هاليفاكس	Heavy bomber and special duties	—	1940–1952	Lancaster and Lincoln	The other four-engined heavy of Bomber Command, less celebrated than the Lancaster and used far more widely: bombing, maritime patrol, glider towing, and dropping agents and supplies to resistance movements across occupied Europe.
معركة الجنيات	قاذفة قنابل خفيفة	—	1937–1949	Blenheim and Boston	Obsolete before it fired a shot and sent anyway. أكثر In the Battle of France in May 1940 Battle squadrons were destroyed attacking the Meuse bridges; the RAF’s first two Victoria Crosses of the war were won on one such raid. Survivors became trainers and target tugs.
طائرة هوكر هوريكان	المقاتلة والهجوم الأرضي	—	1937–1947	Typhoon and Tempest	The Hurricane, not the Spitfire, did most of the work in 1940: it equipped more squadrons, was easier to repair and shot down more German aircraft in the Battle of Britain than everything else put together. أكثر It went on to fight in North Africa, Malta, Russia and Burma as a fighter-bomber.
موستانج 3/4 الأمريكية الشمالية	Long-range fighter and reconnaissance	—	1942–1947	Meteor and Vampire	The RAF asked for the Mustang, took the first Allison-engined versions for tactical reconnaissance, and suggested fitting it with a Merlin — the change that turned it into the best long-range escort fighter of the war. أكثر RAF Mustang IIIs and IVs escorted bombers and chased V-1s.
ستيرلينغ قصير	Heavy bomber, glider tug and transport	—	1940–1946	Lancaster and Halifax	The first British four-engined heavy bomber, hobbled by an Air Ministry requirement that its wingspan fit a standard hangar, which limited its altitude and made it the most vulnerable of the three heavies. أكثر It was withdrawn from bombing in 1944 and finished the war towing gliders at Arnhem and on D-Day.
شركة نورث أمريكان ميتشل	قاذفة متوسطة الحجم	—	1942–1946	Mosquito and Canberra	Supplied under Lend-Lease and flown by No. 2 Group on daylight tactical bombing over France and the Low Countries, alongside Dutch and other Allied crews in RAF service.
هوكر تايفون	Ground attack	—	1941–1945	Tempest	A failure as an interceptor that became the best ground-attack aircraft of the North-West Europe campaign. أكثر Typhoons with rockets and bombs broke up German armour in the Falaise pocket and at Mortain, at a cost in pilots that was extremely high.
بولتون بول ديفاينت	Turret fighter, later night fighter and target tug	—	1939–1945	Beaufighter and Mosquito	A fighter with no forward-firing guns, only a four-gun power turret. It had one good day over Dunkirk, when German pilots mistook it for a Hurricane, and was then slaughtered. أكثر Withdrawn from day fighting in 1940, it did useful work as a night fighter and target tug.
أرمسترونغ ويتوورث ويتلي	Heavy bomber, maritime patrol and glider tug	—	1937–1945	Halifax and Lancaster	One of the three front-line bombers of 1939, nose-down in level flight and very slow. أكثر Whitleys dropped the first RAF leaflets over Germany and the first bombs on Italy, then moved to Coastal Command and the airborne forces.
غلوستر غلادياتور	مقاتل	—	1937–1945	Hurricane and Spitfire	The RAF’s last biplane fighter, obsolete in 1939 and still fighting in Norway, over Malta and in East Africa in 1940 and 1941 because there was nothing else to send.
كورتيس توماهوك وكيتي هوك	مقاتلة ومقاتلة قاذفة	—	1941–1945	Spitfire and Mustang	The RAF and the Commonwealth air forces in the Western Desert flew the P-40 in large numbers as a fighter-bomber. أكثر It was outclassed above 15,000 feet and perfectly adequate below it, which is where the desert war was fought.
قلعة بوينغ	Heavy bomber, maritime patrol and electronic warfare	—	1941–1945	—	The RAF tried the B-17 as a high-altitude day bomber in 1941, found the early version unsuitable and passed the type to Coastal Command for long-range maritime patrol and to No. أكثر 100 Group for radio countermeasures.
كاتالينا الموحدة	طائرة دورية بحرية	—	1941–1945	Sunderland and Shackleton	The long-endurance flying boat of the Atlantic convoy battle. It was an RAF Catalina that re-found the Bismarck in May 1941 after the Royal Navy lost contact.
بريستول بلينهايم	Light bomber and fighter	—	1937–1944	Boston, Mitchell and Mosquito	In 1936 the Blenheim was faster than the fighters meant to intercept it; by 1940 it was a death trap, and the daylight raids it flew against shipping and airfields in 1940 and 1941 were among the costliest operations of the war for the crews involved.
هاندلي بيج هامبدن	قاذفة قنابل متوسطة وقاذفة طوربيدات	—	1938–1943	Lancaster and Halifax	The third of the 1939 bombers, cramped to the point that crew members could not change places in flight. أكثر Withdrawn from Bomber Command in 1942 and used as a torpedo bomber by Coastal Command.
قفاز غلوستر	مقاتل	—	1935–1940	Gladiator and Hurricane	The last open-cockpit fighter in RAF service and the first to make a radar-directed interception, in an experiment over the North Sea in 1937 that pointed directly at the Dowding System.
هوكر هارت	قاذفة قنابل خفيفة	—	1930–1939	Battle and Blenheim	A biplane light bomber faster than the fighters of its day, and the parent of a whole family — Demon, Audax, Hind, Hardy — that equipped much of the RAF in the 1930s, at home and on imperial policing duty.
هوكر فيوري	المعترض	—	1931–1939	Hurricane and Spitfire	The RAF’s first fighter able to exceed 200 miles an hour in level flight, and the elegant high point of the biplane fighter. It is not the Sea Fury, a different and much later aircraft.
هاندلي بيج هيفورد	قاذفة قنابل ثقيلة	—	1933–1939	Whitley and Wellington	The last biplane heavy bomber in RAF service, with the fuselage slung under the upper wing. أكثر A Heyford was the aircraft used in the Daventry experiment of February 1935, the first practical demonstration that an aeroplane could be detected by radio waves.
كلب بريستول بولدوغ	مقاتل	—	1929–1937	Gauntlet and Gladiator	For most of the early 1930s the Bulldog equipped about a third of RAF Fighter Command’s predecessor, the Air Defence of Great Britain. Douglas Bader lost his legs in one in 1931.
أفرو 504	Trainer, and early bomber and night fighter	—	1913–1933	Tutor and Hart trainers	The aircraft on which the Royal Flying Corps, the Royal Naval Air Service and then the RAF learned to fly, for twenty years. أكثر Avro 504s also flew the first British strategic bombing raid of the First World War, against the Zeppelin sheds at Friedrichshafen in November 1914.
فيكرز فيمي	قاذفة قنابل ثقيلة	—	1919–1933	Virginia and Heyford	Built to bomb Berlin and finished too late to do it. أكثر In RAF service it equipped the heavy bomber squadrons of the 1920s and served in Egypt and the Middle East; a civil-registered Vimy made the first non-stop transatlantic flight in June 1919.
أرمسترونغ ويتوورث سيسكين	مقاتل	—	1924–1932	Bulldog	One of the first RAF fighters of all-metal construction, and a mainstay of the very small home defence force of the 1920s, when the whole RAF was fighting for its existence.
بريستول إف.2 فايتر	Two-seat fighter and army cooperation	—	1917–1932	Audax and Atlas	The Brisfit had a disastrous debut in April 1917 and then, once crews learned to fly it as a single-seater with a sting in the tail, became one of the best aircraft of the war. أكثر It stayed in RAF service for fifteen years, much of it on imperial policing in Iraq and on the North-West Frontier.
مكيف الهواء DH.9 و DH.9A	Day bomber	—	1918–1931	Wapiti	The DH.9 was a worse aeroplane than the DH.4 it replaced, because of an inadequate engine; the re-engined DH.9A was much better and became the standard RAF bomber of the 1920s, flying air control operations in Iraq, Aden and on the North-West Frontier.
سوبويث سنايب	مقاتل	—	1918–1926	Grebe, Siskin and Woodcock	The RAF’s standard fighter at the end of the First World War and for most of the years immediately after it, when the service was cut from nearly 200 squadrons to a couple of dozen.
سوبويث كاميل	مقاتل	—	1917–1920	Snipe	Credited with more air-to-air victories than any other Allied aircraft of the First World War.
مكيف هواء DH.4	Day bomber and reconnaissance	—	1917–1920	DH.9A	The best British day bomber of the First World War, fast enough to outrun many fighters, and the aircraft on which the Independent Force began its raids into Germany in 1918.
هاندلي بيج O/400	Heavy night bomber	—	1918–1920	فيكرز فيمي	The RAF’s heavy night bomber of 1918 and the aircraft of the Independent Force, which took the war to German industrial cities — the practical beginning of the strategic bombing idea that shaped the service for the next thirty years.
سوبويث دولفين	مقاتل	—	1918–1919	Snipe	A back-staggered Sopwith with the pilot’s head through the upper wing, good at altitude and used against high-flying German reconnaissance aircraft in the last year of the war.
سوبويث باب	مقاتل	—	1916–1918	Camel	A Royal Naval Air Service and Royal Flying Corps fighter, gentle and beautifully balanced, and the aircraft in which Edwin Dunning made the first landing on a moving ship in August 1917.
سوبويث ترايبلاين	مقاتل	—	1917–1918	Camel	A Royal Naval Air Service fighter whose rate of climb so alarmed the Germans that it prompted a wave of triplane designs, the Fokker Dr.I among them. أكثر Few reached RAF service after the merger.
سوبويث 1 1/2 سترتر	Two-seat fighter and bomber	—	1916–1918	Camel and DH.4	The first British aircraft to enter service with a synchronised machine gun firing through the propeller, flown by both the Royal Flying Corps and the Royal Naval Air Service.
سباد إس. 7	مقاتل	—	1916–1918	Camel and Dolphin	A strong, fast French fighter bought for several Royal Flying Corps squadrons in France and for Middle East service, valued for its ability to dive without breaking up.
سباد الثالث عشر	مقاتل	—	1917–1918	Camel and Snipe	The more powerful development of the S.VII, used in small numbers by the Royal Flying Corps before British types caught up.
نيوبورت 11	مقاتل	—	1916–1917	Nieuport 17 and Camel	French-built and flown by the Royal Flying Corps and the Royal Naval Air Service in 1916, when British-designed fighters were losing badly to the Fokker monoplanes. أكثر Its service ended before the RAF was formed; it is listed here because the RAF’s lineage runs through the RFC and RNAS.

القواعد الجوية

Where the Royal Air Force flies from, at home and abroad

Black pins are active stations, hollow pins the ones that have closed. Quick Reaction Alert is held round the clock from Lossiemouth in the north and Coningsby in the south. A dozen entries below are radar heads, headquarters or closed stations with no aerodrome, so they carry no pin.

قاعدة جوية نشطة مغلق أو للحجزانقر على دبوس لفتح الصفحة الرئيسية

The United Kingdom

4 of the 46 bases above sit outside the United Kingdom, so the world map has to pull back until the home airfields cannot be told apart. The same pins again, without the overseas bases.

قاعدة	منظمة الطيران المدني الدولي (ICAO)	حالة	المدرج	الوحدات والطائرات
Ascension Island BaseAscension Island		نشيط	—	Ascension Island Base: لا توجد طائرة مخصصة
Joint Helicopter Command Flying Station AldergroveCounty Antrim, Northern Ireland	EGAA	نشيط	07/252,780 mالأسفلت المحزز17/351,891 masphalt with porous friction coat	No. 502 (Ulster) Squadron RAuxAF: لا توجد طائرة مخصصة
محطة لوشارسFife, Scotland	EGQL	نشيط	08/262,586 mblacktop and concrete	Leuchars Aerodrome: لا توجد طائرة مخصصة No. 612 (County of Aberdeen) Squadron RAuxAF: لا توجد طائرة مخصصة East of Scotland Universities Air Squadron: النوع غير مدرج RAF air defence at Leuchars: النوع غير مدرج
Ministry of Defence Boscombe DownWiltshire, England	EGDM	نشيط	05/233205 مترasphalt with concrete05N/23N766 m	Empire Test Pilots’ School: لا توجد طائرة مخصصة
Mount Pleasant ComplexEast Falkland, Falkland Islands	EGYP	نشيط	10/282,589 mالأسفلت والخرسانة05/231,525 mالأسفلت والخرسانة	No. 1435 Flight: إعصار FGR4 No. 1312 Flight: Voyager KC3, Atlas C1 No. 1310 Flight: Chinook HC6A
سلاح الجو الملكي أكروتيريمنطقة القاعدة السيادية الغربية، قبرص	نهر كولورادو السفلي	نشيط	10/282745 مترًاblacktop with concrete	السرب رقم 84: جوبيتر HC2 وحدة دعم العمليات في قبرص: لا توجد طائرة مخصصة غريفين وبوما في أكروتيري: غريفين HAR2، بوما HC2
Royal Air Force Barkston Heathلينكولنشاير، إنجلترا	EGYE	نشيط	06/241,868 mblacktop with concrete ends10/281,318 mblacktop with concrete ends	Relief landing ground for Cranwell: النوع غير مدرج
قاعدة بنسون التابعة لسلاح الجو الملكيأوكسفوردشاير، إنجلترا	EGUB	نشيط	01/191,825 mblacktop	No. 28 (Army Cooperation) Squadron: Chinook HC6A No. XXII Squadron: لا توجد طائرة مخصصة Jupiter HC2 interim medium helicopter: جوبيتر HC2 Joint Helicopter Support Squadron: لا توجد طائرة مخصصة No. 606 Squadron RAuxAF: لا توجد طائرة مخصصة Oxford University Air Squadron: النوع غير مدرج No. 6 Air Experience Flight: النوع غير مدرج No. 33 Squadron: Puma HC2 No. 230 Squadron: Puma HC2
قاعدة سلاح الجو الملكي بولمرNorthumberland, England		نشيط	—	No. XIX Squadron: لا توجد طائرة مخصصة No. 20 Squadron: لا توجد طائرة مخصصة No. 144 Signals Unit: لا توجد طائرة مخصصة No. 9 RAF Police and Security Squadron (Air C2 and Space): لا توجد طائرة مخصصة Control and Reporting Centre: لا توجد طائرة مخصصة
قاعدة سلاح الجو الملكي البريطاني، بريز نورتونأوكسفوردشاير، إنجلترا	EGVN	نشيط	07/253050 مترًا	السرب رقم 10: فوياجر KC2/KC3 السرب رقم 101: فوياجر KC2/KC3 السرب رقم 99: غلوب ماستر سي-17 إيه السرب رقم 24: غلوب ماستر سي-17 إيه، أطلس سي1 السرب رقم 30: أطلس سي 1 السرب رقم 70: أطلس سي 1 السرب رقم 206 للاختبار والتقييم: أطلس سي 1 السرب الثاني التابع لفوج سلاح الجو الملكي البريطاني: لا توجد طائرة مخصصة السرب رقم 501 التابع لسلاح الجو الملكي الاحتياطي: لا توجد طائرة مخصصة السرب رقم 622 التابع لسلاح الجو الملكي الاحتياطي: لا توجد طائرة مخصصة السرب رقم 4624 التابع لسلاح الجو الملكي الاحتياطي: لا توجد طائرة مخصصة السرب رقم 4626 التابع لسلاح الجو الملكي الاحتياطي: لا توجد طائرة مخصصة السرب رقم 2624 التابع لفوج القوات الجوية الاحتياطية الملكية: لا توجد طائرة مخصصة سرب النقل الجوي المتنقل في المملكة المتحدة: لا توجد طائرة مخصصة السرب رقم 47: هرقل C4/C5
كلية سلاح الجو الملكي في كرانوللينكولنشاير، إنجلترا	مصر	نشيط	08/262,081 masphalt with concrete ends01/191462 متراًasphalt with concrete ends06/241,197 mعشب03/211,103 mعشب	No. 45 Squadron: Phenom T1 No. LVII Squadron: Prefect T1 No. 3 Flying Training School: Prefect T1, Phenom T1 No. VI Flying Training School: Tutor T1 Central Flying School: لا توجد طائرة مخصصة East Midlands Universities Air Squadron: Tutor T1 RAF Officer Training Academy: لا توجد طائرة مخصصة No. 8 RAF Police and Security Squadron: لا توجد طائرة مخصصة
سلاح الجو الملكي البريطاني كونينغسبيلينكولنشاير، إنجلترا	EGXC	نشيط	07/252744 متراًasphalt with concrete	السرب رقم 3 (المقاتل): إعصار FGR4 السرب الحادي عشر (المقاتل): إعصار FGR4 السرب رقم 12: إعصار FGR4 السرب رقم 29: إعصار FGR4, تايفون تي 3 رقم 41 سرب الاختبار والتقييم: إعصار FGR4 رحلة الطيران التذكارية لمعركة بريطانيا: سبيتفاير, إعصار, لانكستر, داكوتا، السنجاب فريق عرض تايفون: إعصار FGR4 خلية التكامل الجوي البري: لا توجد طائرة مخصصة
Royal Air Force CosfordShropshire, England	EGWC	نشيط	06/241,118 m	No. 605 (County of Warwick) Squadron RAuxAF: لا توجد طائرة مخصصة University of Birmingham Air Squadron: النوع غير مدرج No. 1 School of Technical Training: لا توجد طائرة مخصصة No. 2 School of Technical Training: لا توجد طائرة مخصصة No. 1 Radio School: لا توجد طائرة مخصصة Defence School of Photography: لا توجد طائرة مخصصة
ديجبي التابعة لسلاح الجو الملكيلينكولنشاير، إنجلترا		نشيط	—	Joint Service Signals Unit Digby: لا توجد طائرة مخصصة No. 591 Signals Unit: لا توجد طائرة مخصصة No. 399 Signals Unit: لا توجد طائرة مخصصة Aerial Erectors School: لا توجد طائرة مخصصة Fighter station and RCAF Station Digby: سبيتفاير, البعوض
Royal Air Force FylingdalesNorth Yorkshire, England		نشيط	—	No. 2 Space Warning Squadron: لا توجد طائرة مخصصة
Royal Air Force GibraltarGibraltar	LXGB	نشيط	09/271,798 mblacktop	Royal Air Force Gibraltar: لا توجد طائرة مخصصة
سلاح الجو الملكي هالتونBuckinghamshire, England	إيغون	نشيط	02/201,161 mعشب07/25868 mعشب	No. 7644 Squadron RAuxAF: لا توجد طائرة مخصصة Aviator Training Academy: لا توجد طائرة مخصصة Central Training School: لا توجد طائرة مخصصة School of Technical Training and the Aircraft Apprentice Scheme: لا توجد طائرة مخصصة
Royal Air Force HenlowBedfordshire, England		نشيط	—	RAF Centre of Aviation Medicine: لا توجد طائرة مخصصة Joint Arms Control Implementation Group: لا توجد طائرة مخصصة Forensic Exploitation Flight: لا توجد طائرة مخصصة
Royal Air Force High WycombeBuckinghamshire, England		نشيط	—	Headquarters Air Command: لا توجد طائرة مخصصة المجموعة رقم 1: لا توجد طائرة مخصصة No. 2 Group: لا توجد طائرة مخصصة No. 11 Group: لا توجد طائرة مخصصة No. 22 Group: لا توجد طائرة مخصصة No. 1 Space Operations Squadron: لا توجد طائرة مخصصة European Air Group: لا توجد طائرة مخصصة
قاعدة هونينغتون التابعة لسلاح الجو الملكيSuffolk, England	EGXH	نشيط	08/262745 مترًاالأسفلت والخرسانة	No. 1 Squadron RAF Regiment: لا توجد طائرة مخصصة No. 2623 Squadron RAuxAF Regiment: لا توجد طائرة مخصصة No. 3 RAF Police (Reserve) Squadron: لا توجد طائرة مخصصة No. 2 RAF Police Counter Intelligence Squadron: لا توجد طائرة مخصصة No. 611 Volunteer Gliding Squadron: النوع غير مدرج
Royal Air Force KenleyGreater London, England	EGKN	نشيط	02/20823 m07/25758 mعشب	No. 615 Volunteer Gliding Squadron: Viking T1 glider
قاعدة سلاح الجو الملكي البريطاني في كيركنيوتنMidlothian, Scotland	EGKT	نشيط	05L/23R617 متر11/29698 mعشب	No. 661 Volunteer Gliding Squadron: النوع غير مدرج
Royal Air Force LeemingNorth Yorkshire, England	EGXE	نشيط	16/342,292 mporous friction course over blacktop03/21793 m	No. 100 Squadron: لا توجد طائرة مخصصة No. 34 Squadron RAF Regiment: لا توجد طائرة مخصصة No. 607 (County of Durham) Squadron RAuxAF: لا توجد طائرة مخصصة No. 609 (West Riding) Squadron RAuxAF: لا توجد طائرة مخصصة Joint Forward Air Control Training and Standardisation Unit: لا توجد طائرة مخصصة Yorkshire Universities Air Squadron: النوع غير مدرج Northumbrian Universities Air Squadron: النوع غير مدرج Tactical Communications Wing: لا توجد طائرة مخصصة
قاعدة ليتل ريسينغتون التابعة لسلاح الجو الملكيGloucestershire, England	EGVL	نشيط	04/221,490 m09/271,074 m13/31975 m	No. 637 Volunteer Gliding Squadron: النوع غير مدرج
قاعدة لوسيماوث الجوية الملكيةموراي، اسكتلندا	EGQS	نشيط	05/232764 متراًconcrete and grooved marshall asphalt10/281850 متراًconcrete and blacktop	السرب رقم 1 (المقاتل): إعصار FGR4 السرب الثاني (التعاون مع الجيش): إعصار FGR4 السرب رقم 6: إعصار FGR4 السرب التاسع (القاذفات): إعصار FGR4 السرب رقم 8: ويدجتيل إيه إي دبليو مارك 1 السرب رقم 120: بوسيدون MRA1 السرب رقم 201: بوسيدون MRA1 السرب رقم 42 (قاذفات الطوربيدات): بوسيدون إم آر إيه 1، ويدجتيل إيه إي دبليو مارك 1 السرب رقم 51 التابع لفوج سلاح الجو الملكي: لا توجد طائرة مخصصة السرب رقم 2622 التابع لفوج القوات الجوية الاحتياطية الملكية: لا توجد طائرة مخصصة السرب الرابع للشرطة والأمن التابع لسلاح الجو الملكي البريطاني (تايفون): لا توجد طائرة مخصصة خدمة الإنقاذ الجبلي التابعة لسلاح الجو الملكي: لا توجد طائرة مخصصة
سلاح الجو الملكي مارهمنورفولك، إنجلترا	صالة ألعاب رياضية	نشيط	05/232783 متراًasphalt with concrete thresholds01/191864 متراًالخرسانة والأسفلت	السرب رقم 617: لايتنينغ إف-35 بي السرب رقم 207: لايتنينغ إف-35 بي السرب الجوي البحري 809: لايتنينغ إف-35 بي مقر قوة البرق: لا توجد طائرة مخصصة السرب رقم 15 التابع لفوج سلاح الجو الملكي: لا توجد طائرة مخصصة السرب رقم 2620 التابع لفوج القوات الجوية الاحتياطية الملكية: لا توجد طائرة مخصصة السرب السادس للشرطة والأمن التابع لسلاح الجو الملكي البريطاني (F35): لا توجد طائرة مخصصة
Royal Air Force MonaAnglesey, Wales	EGOQ	نشيط	04/221,647 m	Relief landing ground for Valley: النوع غير مدرج
Royal Air Force NortholtGreater London, England	EGWU	نشيط	07/251,683 mgrooved marshall asphalt	No. XXXII Squadron: Envoy IV CC1 No. 600 (City of London) Squadron RAuxAF: لا توجد طائرة مخصصة No. 601 (County of London) Squadron RAuxAF: لا توجد طائرة مخصصة No. 63 Squadron RAF Regiment: لا توجد طائرة مخصصة No. 1 Aeronautical Information Documents Unit: لا توجد طائرة مخصصة
Royal Air Force OdihamHampshire, England	EGVO	نشيط	09/271838 مترًاprc asphalt	No. 7 Squadron: Chinook HC6A No. 18 Squadron: Chinook HC6A No. 27 Squadron: Chinook HC6A Chinook Role Demonstration Team: Chinook HC6A
Royal Air Force ShawburyShropshire, England	EGOS	نشيط	18/361831 مترًاblacktop and concrete04/221,375 mblacktop and concrete	No. 60 Squadron: Juno HT1, Jupiter HT1 660 Squadron Army Air Corps: Juno HT1, Jupiter HT1 670 Squadron Army Air Corps: Juno HT1, Jupiter HT1 705 Naval Air Squadron: Juno HT1, Jupiter HT1 Central Flying School (Helicopter): Juno HT1, Jupiter HT1 Defence College of Air and Space Operations: لا توجد طائرة مخصصة Aircraft Maintenance and Storage Unit: لا توجد طائرة مخصصة
Royal Air Force SpadeadamCumbria, England		نشيط	—	Electronic Warfare Tactics Range: لا توجد طائرة مخصصة
Royal Air Force St MawganCornwall, England		نشيط	12/302744 متراًconcrete and grooved asphalt	No. 505 Squadron RAuxAF: لا توجد طائرة مخصصة Defence Survive, Evade, Resist and Extract Training Organisation: لا توجد طائرة مخصصة Maritime reconnaissance at St Mawgan: لانكستر, Sea King HAR3
Royal Air Force SwanwickHampshire, England		نشيط	—	No. 78 Squadron: لا توجد طائرة مخصصة
Royal Air Force SyerstonNottinghamshire, England	EGXY	نشيط	06/241,810 m15/331,352 m11/29559 m	No. 2 Flying Training School: Viking T1 glider, Robin DR400 Central Gliding School: Viking T1 glider No. 644 Volunteer Gliding Squadron: Viking T1 glider
Royal Air Force TopcliffeNorth Yorkshire, England	EGXZ	نشيط	02/201,826 m13/311,256 mstone mastic asphalt07/251042 مترmarshall asphalt	Volunteer gliding at Topcliffe: النوع غير مدرج
Royal Air Force ValleyAnglesey, Wales	EGOV	نشيط	13/312290 مترًاالأسفلت والخرسانة01/191,572 mالأسفلت والخرسانة	No. IV Squadron: Hawk T2 No. XXV (Fighter) Squadron: Hawk T2 No. 72 Squadron: Texan T1 No. 202 Squadron: Juno HT1, Jupiter HT1 خدمة الإنقاذ الجبلي التابعة لسلاح الجو الملكي: لا توجد طائرة مخصصة
قاعدة سلاح الجو الملكي وادينجتونلينكولنشاير، إنجلترا	EGXW	نشيط	02/202939 مترًاblacktop with concrete ends	السرب رقم 13: بروتكتور آر جي مارك 1 السرب رقم 31: بروتكتور آر جي مارك 1 السرب رقم 14: شادو آر 1 السرب رقم 51: وصلة برشام RC-135W السرب رقم 54: وصلة برشام RC-135W، شادو R1 السرب رقم 56 للاختبار والتقييم: لا توجد طائرة مخصصة السرب رقم 92: لا توجد طائرة مخصصة فريق الاستعراض الجوي التابع لسلاح الجو الملكي: هوك تي 1 السرب رقم 616 التابع لسلاح الجو الملكي الاحتياطي: لا توجد طائرة مخصصة السرب الثاني للاستطلاع والمراقبة والاستطلاع: لا توجد طائرة مخصصة السرب الثالث للاستطلاع والمراقبة والاستطلاع: لا توجد طائرة مخصصة السرب رقم 2503 التابع لفوج القوات الجوية الاحتياطية الملكية: لا توجد طائرة مخصصة السرب الخامس للشرطة والأمن التابع لسلاح الجو الملكي البريطاني (ISTAR): لا توجد طائرة مخصصة
سلاح الجو الملكي البريطاني ويترينجCambridgeshire, England	EGXT	نشيط	07/252,755 mgrooved marshall asphalt with brushed concrete thresholds	No. 16 Squadron: Tutor T1 No. 115 Squadron: Tutor T1 No. 504 Squadron RAuxAF: Tutor T1 No. 71 (Inspection and Repair) Squadron: لا توجد طائرة مخصصة No. 93 (Expeditionary Armaments) Squadron: لا توجد طائرة مخصصة No. 5001 Squadron: لا توجد طائرة مخصصة Joint Aircraft Recovery and Transportation Squadron: لا توجد طائرة مخصصة No. 1 Expeditionary Logistics Squadron: لا توجد طائرة مخصصة Cambridge University Air Squadron: Tutor T1 University of London Air Squadron: Tutor T1 No. 5 Air Experience Flight: Tutor T1 Harrier Force at Wittering: Harrier GR3, GR5, GR7 and GR9
Royal Air Force WoodvaleMerseyside, England	EGOW	نشيط	03/211,648 m08/261,059 m	No. 611 (West Lancashire) Squadron RAuxAF: لا توجد طائرة مخصصة Manchester and Salford Universities Air Squadron: النوع غير مدرج Liverpool University Air Squadron: النوع غير مدرج No. 10 Air Experience Flight: النوع غير مدرج Final operational RAF Spitfire flight: Spitfire PR XIX
Royal Air Force WytonCambridgeshire, England		نشيط	—	National Centre for Geospatial Intelligence: لا توجد طائرة مخصصة 42 Engineer Regiment (Geographic): لا توجد طائرة مخصصة Pathfinder Force: البعوض, لانكستر

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ترتيب المعركة

Who is stationed where in the Royal Air Force

Flying units by station, current units first. Squadron numbers are written as the Royal Air Force writes them, which means Roman numerals for some squadrons and Arabic for the rest. Units belonging to the Royal Navy or the Army, or shared with them, say so.

قاعدة لوسيماوث الجوية الملكية · EGQSالمجموعة رقم 1

السرب رقم 1 (المقاتل)سرب مقاتل · نشط: إعصار FGR4
السرب الثاني (التعاون مع الجيش)سرب مقاتل · نشط: إعصار FGR4
السرب رقم 6سرب مقاتل · نشط: إعصار FGR4
السرب التاسع (القاذفات)سرب مقاتل · نشط: إعصار FGR4
السرب رقم 8سرب الإنذار المبكر المحمول جواً · نشط: ويدجتيل إيه إي دبليو مارك 1
السرب رقم 120سرب دوريات بحرية · نشط: بوسيدون MRA1
السرب رقم 201سرب دوريات بحرية · نشط: بوسيدون MRA1
السرب رقم 42 (قاذفات الطوربيدات)وحدة التحويل التشغيلي للاستخبارات والمراقبة والاستطلاع · نشطة: بوسيدون إم آر إيه 1، ويدجتيل إيه إي دبليو مارك 1
السرب رقم 51 التابع لفوج سلاح الجو الملكيسرب ميداني تابع لفوج سلاح الجو الملكي البريطاني · نشط: لا توجد طائرة مخصصة
السرب رقم 2622 التابع لفوج القوات الجوية الاحتياطية الملكيةسرب احتياطي تابع لسلاح الجو الملكي البريطاني · نشط: لا توجد طائرة مخصصة
السرب الرابع للشرطة والأمن التابع لسلاح الجو الملكي البريطاني (تايفون)سرب شرطة سلاح الجو الملكي البريطاني · نشط: لا توجد طائرة مخصصة
خدمة الإنقاذ الجبلي التابعة لسلاح الجو الملكيفريق الإنقاذ الجبلي · نشط: لا توجد طائرة مخصصة

سلاح الجو الملكي البريطاني كونينغسبي · EGXCالمجموعة رقم 1

السرب رقم 3 (المقاتل)سرب مقاتل · نشط: إعصار FGR4
السرب الحادي عشر (المقاتل)سرب مقاتل · نشط: إعصار FGR4
السرب رقم 12سرب مقاتل · نشط: إعصار FGR4
السرب رقم 29وحدة التحويل التشغيلي لإعصار تايفون · نشطة: إعصار FGR4, تايفون تي 3
رقم 41 سرب الاختبار والتقييمسرب الاختبار والتقييم · نشط: إعصار FGR4
رحلة الطيران التذكارية لمعركة بريطانيارحلة تاريخية · نشطة: سبيتفاير, إعصار, لانكستر, داكوتا، السنجاب
فريق عرض تايفونفريق العرض · نشط: إعصار FGR4
خلية التكامل الجوي البريوحدة الدعم · نشطة: لا توجد طائرة مخصصة

سلاح الجو الملكي مارهم · EGYMالمجموعة رقم 1

السرب رقم 617سرب مقاتل · نشط: لايتنينغ إف-35 بي
السرب رقم 207وحدة تحويل تشغيلية للصواعق · نشطة: لايتنينغ إف-35 بي
السرب الجوي البحري 809سرب مقاتلات تابع لسلاح الجو التابع للبحرية · نشط: لايتنينغ إف-35 بي
مقر قوة البرقمقر قيادة القوات · مشترك: لا توجد طائرة مخصصة
السرب رقم 15 التابع لفوج سلاح الجو الملكيسرب ميداني تابع لفوج سلاح الجو الملكي البريطاني · نشط: لا توجد طائرة مخصصة
السرب رقم 2620 التابع لفوج القوات الجوية الاحتياطية الملكيةسرب احتياطي تابع لسلاح الجو الملكي البريطاني · نشط: لا توجد طائرة مخصصة
السرب السادس للشرطة والأمن التابع لسلاح الجو الملكي البريطاني (F35)سرب شرطة سلاح الجو الملكي البريطاني · نشط: لا توجد طائرة مخصصة

قاعدة سلاح الجو الملكي البريطاني، بريز نورتون · EGVNقوة النقل الجوي، المجموعة رقم 1

السرب رقم 10سرب التزود بالوقود والنقل جواً · نشط: فوياجر KC2/KC3
السرب رقم 101سرب التزود بالوقود والنقل جواً · نشط: فوياجر KC2/KC3
السرب رقم 99سرب النقل الاستراتيجي · نشط: غلوب ماستر سي-17 إيه
السرب رقم 24سرب تدريب النقل الجوي · نشط: غلوب ماستر سي-17 إيه، أطلس سي1
السرب رقم 30سرب النقل التكتيكي · نشط: أطلس سي 1
السرب رقم 70سرب النقل التكتيكي · نشط: أطلس سي 1
السرب رقم 206 للاختبار والتقييمسرب الاختبار والتقييم · نشط: أطلس سي 1
السرب الثاني التابع لفوج سلاح الجو الملكي البريطانيسرب ميداني تابع لفوج سلاح الجو الملكي البريطاني · نشط: لا توجد طائرة مخصصة
السرب رقم 501 التابع لسلاح الجو الملكي الاحتياطيسرب احتياطي · احتياطي: لا توجد طائرة مخصصة
السرب رقم 622 التابع لسلاح الجو الملكي الاحتياطيسرب النقل الجوي الاحتياطي · احتياطي: لا توجد طائرة مخصصة
السرب رقم 4624 التابع لسلاح الجو الملكي الاحتياطيسرب تحركات الاحتياط · الاحتياط: لا توجد طائرة مخصصة
السرب رقم 4626 التابع لسلاح الجو الملكي الاحتياطيسرب الإسعاف الجوي الاحتياطي · احتياطي: لا توجد طائرة مخصصة
السرب رقم 2624 التابع لفوج القوات الجوية الاحتياطية الملكيةسرب احتياطي من فوج سلاح الجو الملكي البريطاني · احتياطي: لا توجد طائرة مخصصة
سرب النقل الجوي المتنقل في المملكة المتحدةسرب التحركات · نشط: لا توجد طائرة مخصصة
السرب رقم 47—: هرقل C4/C5

قاعدة سلاح الجو الملكي وادينجتون · EGXWقوة الاستطلاع والمراقبة والاستهداف، المجموعة رقم 1

السرب رقم 13سرب أنظمة الطائرات المُسيّرة عن بُعد · نشط: بروتكتور آر جي مارك 1
السرب رقم 31سرب أنظمة الطائرات المُسيّرة عن بُعد · نشط: بروتكتور آر جي مارك 1
السرب رقم 14سرب ISTAR · نشط: شادو آر 1
السرب رقم 51سرب استخبارات الإشارات · نشط: وصلة برشام RC-135W
السرب رقم 54وحدة التحويل التشغيلي للاستخبارات والمراقبة والاستطلاع · نشطة: وصلة برشام RC-135W، شادو R1
السرب رقم 56 للاختبار والتقييمسرب الاختبار والتقييم · نشط: لا توجد طائرة مخصصة
السرب رقم 92سرب التكتيكات والتدريب · نشط: لا توجد طائرة مخصصة
فريق الاستعراض الجوي التابع لسلاح الجو الملكيRed Arrows · Display team · active: هوك تي 1
السرب رقم 616 التابع لسلاح الجو الملكي الاحتياطيسرب احتياطي للاستطلاع والمراقبة والاستهداف · احتياطي: لا توجد طائرة مخصصة
السرب الثاني للاستطلاع والمراقبة والاستطلاعسرب الاستخبارات · نشط: لا توجد طائرة مخصصة
السرب الثالث للاستطلاع والمراقبة والاستطلاعسرب الاستخبارات · نشط: لا توجد طائرة مخصصة
السرب رقم 2503 التابع لفوج القوات الجوية الاحتياطية الملكيةسرب احتياطي من فوج سلاح الجو الملكي البريطاني · احتياطي: لا توجد طائرة مخصصة
السرب الخامس للشرطة والأمن التابع لسلاح الجو الملكي البريطاني (ISTAR)سرب شرطة سلاح الجو الملكي البريطاني · نشط: لا توجد طائرة مخصصة

Royal Air Force Odiham · EGVOJoint Aviation Command

No. 7 SquadronSupport helicopter squadron · joint: Chinook HC6A
No. 18 SquadronSupport helicopter squadron · joint: Chinook HC6A
No. 27 SquadronSupport helicopter squadron · joint: Chinook HC6A
Chinook Role Demonstration TeamDisplay team · joint: Chinook HC6A

Royal Air Force Benson · EGUBJoint Aviation Command

No. 28 (Army Cooperation) SquadronSupport helicopter operational conversion unit · joint: Chinook HC6A
No. XXII SquadronOperational evaluation unit · joint: لا توجد طائرة مخصصة
Jupiter HC2 interim medium helicopterFlying unit · joint: جوبيتر HC2
Joint Helicopter Support SquadronSupport squadron · joint: لا توجد طائرة مخصصة
No. 606 Squadron RAuxAFسرب احتياطي · احتياطي: لا توجد طائرة مخصصة
Oxford University Air SquadronUniversity air squadron · reserve: النوع غير مدرج
No. 6 Air Experience FlightAir experience flight · reserve: النوع غير مدرج
No. 33 Squadron—: Puma HC2
No. 230 Squadron—: Puma HC2

Royal Air Force Valley · EGOVNo. 4 Flying Training School, No. 22 Group

No. IV SquadronAdvanced fast-jet training squadron · active: Hawk T2
No. XXV (Fighter) SquadronAdvanced fast-jet training squadron · active: Hawk T2
No. 72 SquadronBasic fast-jet training squadron · active: Texan T1
No. 202 SquadronHelicopter training squadron · active: Juno HT1, Jupiter HT1
خدمة الإنقاذ الجبلي التابعة لسلاح الجو الملكيفريق الإنقاذ الجبلي · نشط: لا توجد طائرة مخصصة

Royal Air Force Shawbury · EGOSNo. 1 Flying Training School, No. 22 Group

No. 60 SquadronHelicopter training squadron · active: Juno HT1, Jupiter HT1
660 Squadron Army Air CorpsArmy helicopter training squadron · joint: Juno HT1, Jupiter HT1
670 Squadron Army Air CorpsArmy helicopter training squadron · joint: Juno HT1, Jupiter HT1
705 Naval Air SquadronRoyal Navy helicopter training squadron · joint: Juno HT1, Jupiter HT1
Central Flying School (Helicopter)Instructor training unit · active: Juno HT1, Jupiter HT1
Defence College of Air and Space OperationsTraining college · joint: لا توجد طائرة مخصصة
Aircraft Maintenance and Storage UnitMaintenance and storage unit · active: لا توجد طائرة مخصصة

Royal Air Force College Cranwell · EGYDNo. 3 Flying Training School, No. 22 Group

No. 45 SquadronMulti-engine pilot training squadron · active: Phenom T1
No. LVII SquadronElementary flying training squadron · active: Prefect T1
No. 3 Flying Training SchoolFlying training school · active: Prefect T1, Phenom T1
No. VI Flying Training SchoolFlying training school · active: Tutor T1
Central Flying SchoolInstructor training unit · active: لا توجد طائرة مخصصة
East Midlands Universities Air SquadronUniversity air squadron · reserve: Tutor T1
RAF Officer Training AcademyOfficer training unit · active: لا توجد طائرة مخصصة
No. 8 RAF Police and Security Squadronسرب شرطة سلاح الجو الملكي البريطاني · نشط: لا توجد طائرة مخصصة

Royal Air Force Wittering · EGXTRAF Support Force, No. 2 Group

No. 16 SquadronElementary flying training squadron · active: Tutor T1
No. 115 SquadronInstructor training squadron · active: Tutor T1
No. 504 Squadron RAuxAFسرب احتياطي · احتياطي: Tutor T1
No. 71 (Inspection and Repair) SquadronAircraft repair squadron · active: لا توجد طائرة مخصصة
No. 93 (Expeditionary Armaments) SquadronArmaments squadron · active: لا توجد طائرة مخصصة
No. 5001 SquadronExpeditionary airfield engineering squadron · active: لا توجد طائرة مخصصة
Joint Aircraft Recovery and Transportation SquadronAircraft recovery squadron · joint: لا توجد طائرة مخصصة
No. 1 Expeditionary Logistics SquadronLogistics squadron · active: لا توجد طائرة مخصصة
Cambridge University Air SquadronUniversity air squadron · reserve: Tutor T1
University of London Air SquadronUniversity air squadron · reserve: Tutor T1
No. 5 Air Experience FlightAir experience flight · reserve: Tutor T1
Harrier Force at Wittering1969–2010: Harrier GR3, GR5, GR7 and GR9

Royal Air Force Northolt · EGWUNo. 2 Group

No. XXXII SquadronCommand support air transport squadron · active: Envoy IV CC1
No. 600 (City of London) Squadron RAuxAFسرب احتياطي · احتياطي: لا توجد طائرة مخصصة
No. 601 (County of London) Squadron RAuxAFسرب احتياطي · احتياطي: لا توجد طائرة مخصصة
No. 63 Squadron RAF RegimentQueen’s Colour Squadron · active: لا توجد طائرة مخصصة
No. 1 Aeronautical Information Documents UnitAeronautical information unit · active: لا توجد طائرة مخصصة

Royal Air Force Leeming · EGXENo. 2 Group

No. 100 SquadronAggressor and joint terminal attack control squadron · active: لا توجد طائرة مخصصة
No. 34 Squadron RAF Regimentسرب ميداني تابع لفوج سلاح الجو الملكي البريطاني · نشط: لا توجد طائرة مخصصة
No. 607 (County of Durham) Squadron RAuxAFسرب احتياطي · احتياطي: لا توجد طائرة مخصصة
No. 609 (West Riding) Squadron RAuxAFسرب احتياطي · احتياطي: لا توجد طائرة مخصصة
Joint Forward Air Control Training and Standardisation UnitTraining unit · joint: لا توجد طائرة مخصصة
Yorkshire Universities Air SquadronUniversity air squadron · reserve: النوع غير مدرج
Northumbrian Universities Air SquadronUniversity air squadron · reserve: النوع غير مدرج
Tactical Communications WingCommunications wing · active: لا توجد طائرة مخصصة

سلاح الجو الملكي أكروتيري · LCRAالقوات البريطانية في قبرص

السرب رقم 84سرب البحث والإنقاذ ومكافحة الحرائق · نشط: جوبيتر HC2
وحدة دعم العمليات في قبرصوحدة الدعم · مفصل: لا توجد طائرة مخصصة
غريفين وبوما في أكروتيري2023–2025: غريفين HAR2، بوما HC2

Mount Pleasant Complex · EGYPBritish Forces South Atlantic Islands

No. 1435 FlightFighter flight · active: إعصار FGR4
No. 1312 FlightAir-to-air refuelling and transport flight · active: Voyager KC3, Atlas C1
No. 1310 FlightSupport helicopter flight · joint: Chinook HC6A

Royal Air Force Gibraltar · LXGBBritish Forces Gibraltar

Royal Air Force GibraltarStation flight and airfield operations · active: لا توجد طائرة مخصصة

Royal Air Force Woodvale · EGOWNo. 22 Group

No. 611 (West Lancashire) Squadron RAuxAFسرب احتياطي · احتياطي: لا توجد طائرة مخصصة
Manchester and Salford Universities Air SquadronUniversity air squadron · reserve: النوع غير مدرج
Liverpool University Air SquadronUniversity air squadron · reserve: النوع غير مدرج
No. 10 Air Experience FlightAir experience flight · reserve: النوع غير مدرج
Final operational RAF Spitfire flight—: Spitfire PR XIX

Royal Air Force Syerston · EGXYNo. 2 Flying Training School, No. 22 Group

No. 2 Flying Training SchoolFlying training school · active: Viking T1 glider, Robin DR400
Central Gliding SchoolInstructor training unit · active: Viking T1 glider
No. 644 Volunteer Gliding SquadronVolunteer gliding squadron · reserve: Viking T1 glider

Royal Air Force Cosford · EGWCDefence College of Technical Training, No. 22 Group

No. 605 (County of Warwick) Squadron RAuxAFسرب احتياطي · احتياطي: لا توجد طائرة مخصصة
University of Birmingham Air SquadronUniversity air squadron · reserve: النوع غير مدرج
No. 1 School of Technical TrainingTraining school · active: لا توجد طائرة مخصصة
No. 2 School of Technical TrainingTraining school · active: لا توجد طائرة مخصصة
No. 1 Radio SchoolTraining school · active: لا توجد طائرة مخصصة
Defence School of PhotographyTraining school · joint: لا توجد طائرة مخصصة

Royal Air Force Honington · EGXHRAF Regiment and RAF Police headquarters, No. 2 Group

No. 1 Squadron RAF Regimentسرب ميداني تابع لفوج سلاح الجو الملكي البريطاني · نشط: لا توجد طائرة مخصصة
No. 2623 Squadron RAuxAF Regimentسرب احتياطي من فوج سلاح الجو الملكي البريطاني · احتياطي: لا توجد طائرة مخصصة
No. 3 RAF Police (Reserve) SquadronReserve RAF Police squadron · reserve: لا توجد طائرة مخصصة
No. 2 RAF Police Counter Intelligence Squadronسرب شرطة سلاح الجو الملكي البريطاني · نشط: لا توجد طائرة مخصصة
No. 611 Volunteer Gliding SquadronVolunteer gliding squadron · reserve: النوع غير مدرج

Royal Air Force Halton · EGWNNo. 22 Group

No. 7644 Squadron RAuxAFReserve media squadron · reserve: لا توجد طائرة مخصصة
Aviator Training AcademyTraining unit · active: لا توجد طائرة مخصصة
Central Training SchoolTraining unit · active: لا توجد طائرة مخصصة
School of Technical Training and the Aircraft Apprentice Scheme1917–: لا توجد طائرة مخصصة

Ministry of Defence Boscombe Down · EGDMDefence Equipment and Support, operated by QinetiQ

Empire Test Pilots’ SchoolTest pilot school · joint: لا توجد طائرة مخصصة

Joint Helicopter Command Flying Station Aldergrove · EGAAJoint Aviation Command

No. 502 (Ulster) Squadron RAuxAFسرب احتياطي · احتياطي: لا توجد طائرة مخصصة

Leuchars Station · EGQLBritish Army, with an RAF aerodrome unit

Leuchars AerodromeAerodrome unit · active: لا توجد طائرة مخصصة
No. 612 (County of Aberdeen) Squadron RAuxAFسرب الإسعاف الجوي الاحتياطي · احتياطي: لا توجد طائرة مخصصة
East of Scotland Universities Air SquadronUniversity air squadron · reserve: النوع غير مدرج
RAF air defence at Leuchars1920–2014: النوع غير مدرج

Royal Air Force Barkston Heath · EGYENo. 3 Flying Training School, No. 22 Group

Relief landing ground for CranwellRelief landing ground · active: النوع غير مدرج

Royal Air Force Mona · EGOQNo. 4 Flying Training School, No. 22 Group

Relief landing ground for ValleyRelief landing ground · active: النوع غير مدرج

Royal Air Force Topcliffe · EGXZNo. 2 Flying Training School, No. 22 Group

Volunteer gliding at TopcliffeVolunteer gliding squadron · reserve: النوع غير مدرج

Royal Air Force Little Rissington · EGVLNo. 2 Flying Training School, No. 22 Group

No. 637 Volunteer Gliding SquadronVolunteer gliding squadron · reserve: النوع غير مدرج

Royal Air Force Kenley · EGKNNo. 2 Flying Training School, No. 22 Group

No. 615 Volunteer Gliding SquadronVolunteer gliding squadron · reserve: Viking T1 glider

Royal Air Force Kirknewton · EGKTNo. 2 Flying Training School, No. 22 Group

No. 661 Volunteer Gliding SquadronVolunteer gliding squadron · reserve: النوع غير مدرج

Royal Air Force St Mawgan · No. 22 Group

No. 505 Squadron RAuxAFسرب احتياطي · احتياطي: لا توجد طائرة مخصصة
Defence Survive, Evade, Resist and Extract Training OrganisationTraining organisation · joint: لا توجد طائرة مخصصة
Maritime reconnaissance at St Mawgan1951–2008: Lancaster, Sea King HAR3

Royal Air Force Boulmer · Air Command and Control Force, No. 11 Group

No. XIX SquadronAir battle management squadron · active: لا توجد طائرة مخصصة
No. 20 SquadronAir battle management training squadron · active: لا توجد طائرة مخصصة
No. 144 Signals UnitSignals unit · active: لا توجد طائرة مخصصة
No. 9 RAF Police and Security Squadron (Air C2 and Space)سرب شرطة سلاح الجو الملكي البريطاني · نشط: لا توجد طائرة مخصصة
Control and Reporting CentreOperations centre · active: لا توجد طائرة مخصصة

Royal Air Force Fylingdales · UK Space Command

No. 2 Space Warning SquadronSpace warning squadron · active: لا توجد طائرة مخصصة

Royal Air Force Digby · Joint Service Signals Organisation

Joint Service Signals Unit DigbySignals intelligence unit · joint: لا توجد طائرة مخصصة
No. 591 Signals UnitSignals unit · active: لا توجد طائرة مخصصة
No. 399 Signals UnitSignals unit · active: لا توجد طائرة مخصصة
Aerial Erectors SchoolTraining school · active: لا توجد طائرة مخصصة
Fighter station and RCAF Station Digby1918–1955: Spitfire, Mosquito

Royal Air Force High Wycombe · Headquarters Air Command

Headquarters Air CommandService headquarters · active: لا توجد طائرة مخصصة
المجموعة رقم 1Group headquarters · active: لا توجد طائرة مخصصة
No. 2 GroupGroup headquarters · active: لا توجد طائرة مخصصة
No. 11 GroupGroup headquarters · active: لا توجد طائرة مخصصة
No. 22 GroupGroup headquarters · active: لا توجد طائرة مخصصة
No. 1 Space Operations SquadronSpace operations squadron · active: لا توجد طائرة مخصصة
European Air GroupMultinational headquarters · joint: لا توجد طائرة مخصصة

Royal Air Force Henlow · No. 22 Group

RAF Centre of Aviation MedicineAviation medicine unit · active: لا توجد طائرة مخصصة
Joint Arms Control Implementation GroupArms control unit · joint: لا توجد طائرة مخصصة
Forensic Exploitation FlightForensic unit · active: لا توجد طائرة مخصصة

Royal Air Force Spadeadam · مركز الحرب الجوية والفضائية

Electronic Warfare Tactics RangeRange · active: لا توجد طائرة مخصصة

Royal Air Force Wyton · UK Strategic Command

National Centre for Geospatial IntelligenceIntelligence centre · joint: لا توجد طائرة مخصصة
42 Engineer Regiment (Geographic)Army regiment · joint: لا توجد طائرة مخصصة
Pathfinder Force1942–: Mosquito, Lancaster

Royal Air Force Swanwick · No. 11 Group

No. 78 SquadronAir traffic management squadron · active: لا توجد طائرة مخصصة

Ascension Island Base · Commander British Forces South Atlantic Islands

Ascension Island BaseStation headquarters · active: لا توجد طائرة مخصصة

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الجدول الزمني

Royal Air Force milestones, 1914 to today

1918

1 April: the Royal Air Force is formed by merging the Royal Flying Corps and the Royal Naval Air Service, the first independent air force in the world. Hugh Trenchard had become the first Chief of the Air Staff on 18 January.

1922

1 October: the RAF takes over military command in Iraq under the air control doctrine agreed at the Cairo Conference of 1921 — the first time an airman directed all military operations in a country. The same method is applied on the North-West Frontier, in Aden, Transjordan and Sudan.

1936

Fighter, Bomber, Coastal and Training Commands are formed. Hugh Dowding takes Fighter Command and begins building the radar, reporting and control network that becomes the Dowding System.

1940

10 July to 31 October: the Battle of Britain. The RAF counts 2,945 aircrew as having flown in it, 544 of whom were killed; 312 ground personnel died on the ground. About one in five of the aircrew were not British.

1942

14 February: the area bombing directive. Arthur Harris takes over Bomber Command a week later. Over the war Bomber Command flies 501,536 sorties, loses 8,325 aircraft and 55,573 aircrew killed, and drops just over a million tonnes of bombs.

1945

13–15 February: the attack on Dresden, the sharpest point of an argument about area bombing that is still running. Bomber Command aircrew receive no campaign medal until the Bomber Command Clasp is announced in December 2012.

1948

26 June: the Berlin Airlift begins. At its peak the RAF flies around 400 missions a day in Operation Plainfare, delivering nearly 400,000 tons and evacuating more than 130,000 people — close to a quarter of all Allied supplies.

1955

The Vickers Valiant enters service and the RAF takes on the British strategic nuclear deterrent, joined by the Vulcan from 1956 and the Victor from 1957.

1957

Duncan Sandys’s Defence White Paper declares that guided missiles will replace manned fighters and cancels a generation of British aircraft. The industry never fully recovers.

1965

6 April: TSR-2 is cancelled in the Budget, seven months after its first flight, and the tooling is destroyed. Two airframes survive, at Duxford and Cosford.

1969

The Royal Navy’s Polaris submarines take over the strategic deterrent, ending the RAF’s primary nuclear role after thirteen years. The service keeps the tactical WE.177 bomb.

1982

1 May: the first Black Buck mission. A Vulcan flies almost 6,600 nautical miles from Ascension to Port Stanley and back, supported by up to eleven Victor tankers, and puts a bomb through the runway. Five of seven planned missions are completed.

1991

The Gulf War. The RAF deploys 157 aircraft including 49 Tornado GR1s, 18 Tornado F3s and 12 Jaguars, flies 6,108 sorties in Desert Storm and loses six Tornado GR1s in action.

1998

22 April: the last WE.177 nuclear weapons are withdrawn. For the first time since 1955 the United Kingdom has no air-delivered nuclear weapon, and will not have one again until the F-35A arrives.

2010

19 October: the Strategic Defence and Security Review retires the Harrier and the Nimrod MR2 and cancels the Nimrod MRA4, whose completed airframes are cut up. The National Audit Office later puts the waste at 3.4 billion pounds. Nine years follow with no maritime patrol aircraft.

2019

The Tornado is retired after 39 years, having flown in every major British air campaign since 1991. The Shorts Tucano goes the same year.

2021

The E-3D Sentry and the Sentinel R1 leave service before their replacements arrive, and the Wedgetail order is cut from five aircraft to three in the Integrated Review. The Defence Committee later calls the cut "the most perverse" decision in the command paper.

2023

28 June: the last RAF Hercules flight, after 56 years. The Atlas C1 takes over as the main air mobility platform and the Defence Committee warns that special forces support has been squeezed.

2025

2 June: the Strategic Defence Review. On 25 June the government announces twelve F-35As and a return to NATO’s nuclear sharing mission, the first British air-delivered nuclear role since 1998. The Puma retires in March after 54 years, Protector enters service on 16 June and the Reaper flies its last mission on 3 October.

2026

The first Wedgetail AEW1 arrives at RAF Lossiemouth at the end of May. On 1 September Air Command is redesignated Air and Space Command, and on 23 September the RAF announces No. III Space Effects Squadron — the RAF’s first dedicated offensive and defensive space unit.

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1918أولاً

8,332طائرة مفقودة

56,445قُتل

الحرب العالمية الأولى 1918 Inherited the air war on 1 April 1918 from the Royal Flying Corps and the Royal Naval Air Service, and fought the last seven months of it in every theatre, including the first sustained strategic bombing campaign against German industrial cities
مراقبة جوية وشرطة إمبراطورية 1919–1939 Policed British mandated and colonial territory from the air, taking over from ground garrisons
معركة فرنسا 1939–1940 Fought the air campaign over France and the Low Countries with an expeditionary force of bombers and fighters, and covered the evacuation from Dunkirk
معركة بريطانيا 1940 Defended the United Kingdom against the Luftwaffe’s attempt to win air superiority as a precondition for invasion, using the world’s first integrated air defence system
الهجوم القصفي الاستراتيجي 1939–1945 Flew the British strategic bombing campaign against German industry, transport and cities, and from 1944 against the invasion’s transport targets and the V-weapon sites

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24 سبتمبر 2026RAF Hawk T2 Crash at Valley: Both Pilots Eject, Fleet PausedA Hawk T2 went down near Pencarnisiog minutes after taking off from RAF Valley. Both crew ejected. By Wednesday evening the RAF had paused the whole Hawk fleet.اقرأ القصة 23 September 2026RAF Voyager Deploys to Help Defend Saudi AirspaceBritain is sending a single Voyager tanker to support Saudi defences against Houthi missiles and drones — the first foreign military help Riyadh has received for this fight.اقرأ القصة 17 September 2026Skybolt and Blue Streak: How the RAF Lost Britain’s BombBritain cancelled its own missile, bet the deterrent on an American one, and lost that too. At Nassau it got Polaris instead, and with it the RAF lost the job it was built for.اقرأ القصة 16 September 2026أصعب يوم: 18 أغسطس 1940، كلفه أكثر من يوم معركة بريطانياThe Battle of Britain has a famous date, and it is 15 September. It is not the day that cost the most. That was Sunday 18 August 1940, when the Luftwaffe made an all-out attempt to destroy RAF Fighter Command.اقرأ القصة 14 سبتمبر 2026أسراب سلاح الجو الملكي البريطاني الرائدة: الأسراب التي أضاءت الهدفIn 1941 a civil servant counted the photographs and found Bomber Command was ploughing fields. The Pathfinders were the answer, and the answer was technical rather than moral.اقرأ القصة 8 سبتمبر 2026Barking Creek 1939: The RAF Shot Down Its Own FightersThree days into the war, a radar fault sent RAF squadrons after a raid that did not exist. Spitfires shot down two Hurricanes and killed the first British fighter pilot of the war.اقرأ القصة

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Everything people ask about the Royal Air Force

ما هي الطائرات التي سيستخدمها سلاح الجو الملكي البريطاني في عام 2026؟

The combat fleet is the يوروفايتر تايفون FGR4 — 124 airframes on charge at 1 April 2026, 111 of them in service — and the لايتنينغ إف-35 بي, 47 aircraft shared with the Royal Navy. Behind them sit nine Poseidon MRA1 maritime patrol aircraft, three Wedgetail AEW1, three Rivet Joint, eight Shadow R1, 16 Protector RG1, 22 Atlas C1, eight C-17 Globemasters, 14 Voyager tankers, 45 Chinooks and the training fleets of Hawk T1 and T2, Texan, Prefect, Phenom, Tutor, Viking, Juno and Jupiter.

كم عدد الأشخاص في سلاح الجو الملكي البريطاني؟

31,392 UK Regular Forces at 1 July 2026, of whom 27,851 are trained — 6,997 officers and 20,854 other ranks. Counting reserves, all RAF service personnel number 35,978. The Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve and Royal Auxiliary Air Force add 3,097, the serving ex-regular reserve 1,288 and sponsored reserves 201. The service has grown slightly for the first time in years: regular strength is up 2.8 per cent on 2025.

من هو قائد سلاح الجو الملكي؟

Air Chief Marshal Sir Harv Smyth has been Chief of the Air Staff since 29 August 2025. He is a former Harrier pilot who flew over Bosnia, Kosovo, Serbia, Iraq and Afghanistan, commanded No. 4 Squadron and No. 1 Group, and was the Ministry of Defence’s first Director Space. He succeeded Air Chief Marshal Sir Rich Knighton, who became Chief of the Defence Staff. He is accountable to the Secretary of State for Defence, the Rt Hon Wes Streeting MP, who was appointed on 20 July 2026.

هل سلاح الجو الملكي البريطاني هو أقدم سلاح جو في العالم؟

It is the oldest independent air force, which is the claim that matters. It was formed on 1 April 1918 by merging the Royal Flying Corps and the Royal Naval Air Service into a third armed service with its own ministry. Military flying units existed earlier in several countries — the Royal Flying Corps itself dates from 1912 — but they were branches of armies and navies. The idea that air power needs a service of its own starts here, and every independent air force in the world is descended from the argument.

لماذا تم إنشاء سلاح الجو الملكي؟

Because of the Gotha bomber raids on London in 1917. They showed that an enemy could attack a country’s cities directly and that no single British authority was responsible for stopping it or doing the same in return. Jan Smuts wrote a report recommending a separate air service and a separate air ministry; the Air Council was formed in January 1918 and the Royal Air Force followed on 1 April. Hugh Trenchard, appointed the first Chief of the Air Staff on 18 January 1918, then spent the 1920s keeping it independent.

ما هو التحكم الجوي ولماذا هو مثير للجدل؟

Air control was how the RAF justified its existence in the 1920s: policing imperial territory by bombing rather than by garrison, because it was cheaper. At the Cairo Conference of 1921 Trenchard proposed that the RAF take over military command in Iraq, and on 1 October 1922 it did — the first time an airman commanded all military operations in a country. It was also used on the North-West Frontier, in Aden, Transjordan, Somaliland and Sudan. The RAF’s own Air Power Review has assessed it critically: the method held whole communities responsible for individual acts, the bombing was inaccurate — 102 of 182 bombs missed in one November 1928 operation — and populations adapted. The service’s independence was bought partly by bombing villages, and the RAF now says so itself.

ما الذي حسم معركة بريطانيا فعلياً؟

The Dowding System, not the سبيتفاير. Chain Home radar detected raids forming over France, the 30,000-strong Observer Corps tracked them inland, filter rooms resolved the plots and sector operations rooms turned them into interception orders by telephone. It was the first integrated air defence system anywhere and it allowed an outnumbered force to be in the right place. The إعصار did most of the actual shooting: it equipped more squadrons and destroyed more German aircraft than everything else combined.

كم عدد الطيارين الذين شاركوا في معركة بريطانيا وكم عدد الذين لقوا حتفهم؟

The RAF counts 2,945 aircrew as having flown at least one authorised sortie with Fighter Command between 10 July and 31 October 1940. 544 of them were killed during the battle and another 795 before the war ended. A further 312 RAF ground personnel were killed on the ground. The Battle of Britain London Monument’s roll of clasp holders gives 2,937 rather than 2,945; the difference is a matter of how marginal cases are counted. About one in five of the aircrew were not British: the roll gives 145 Poles, 127 New Zealanders, 112 Canadians, 88 Czechoslovaks, 32 Australians, 28 Belgians, 25 South Africans, 13 French, 10 Irish, nine Americans, three Rhodesians and one man each from Barbados, Jamaica and Newfoundland. No. 303 (Polish) Squadron was among the highest-scoring units in the battle.

كم عدد أفراد طاقم قيادة القاذفات الذين قُتلوا في الحرب العالمية الثانية؟

55,573, out of about 125,000 who served — a death rate near 45 per cent, worse than any other major arm of the British forces in either world war. A further 8,403 were wounded and 9,838 taken prisoner, and more than 8,000 died in training accidents. The Imperial War Museum puts the odds plainly: 51 per cent killed on operations, 12 per cent killed or wounded in accidents, 13 per cent prisoners or evaders, and 24 per cent came through unharmed. Bomber Command flew 501,536 sorties and lost 8,325 aircraft.

لماذا لم تحصل أطقم قيادة القاذفات على ميدالية الحملة؟

Because area bombing became politically uncomfortable almost as soon as the war ended. Winston Churchill’s victory broadcast did not mention Bomber Command, Arthur Harris was the only major British commander not given a peerage at the time, and no campaign star was struck. The crews received nothing specific to their service until the Bomber Command Clasp, worn on the 1939–1945 Star, was announced in December 2012. The memorial in Green Park was unveiled on 28 June 2012, sixty-seven years after the war. Most of the 55,573 dead had no surviving comrades left to see either.

هل كان قصف دريسدن جريمة حرب؟

استمر هذا الجدل لثمانين عامًا، وهذه الصفحة لا تحسمه. ما هو موثق: هاجمت قيادة القاذفات دريسدن ليلة 13 فبراير 1945، وتبعتها القوات الجوية للجيش الأمريكي نهار 14 و15 فبراير؛ احترقت المدينة؛ وتفاوتت تقديرات عدد القتلى بشكل كبير، وتفاوتت الأرقام المتداولة آنذاك ومنذ ذلك الحين من قبل جهات مختلفة بين المبالغة والتقليل. كان الموقف البريطاني الرسمي أن دريسدن هدف مشروع للنقل والصناعة لدعم الجبهة الشرقية. باختصار، كانت الغارة ضمن السياسة السارية آنذاك، وأن هذه السياسة نفسها هي محل الخلاف، وأن طاقم الطائرة الذي نفذها كان ينفذ أوامر من الحكومة آنذاك.

متى امتلك سلاح الجو الملكي البريطاني أسلحة نووية؟

From 1955 to 1998. The V-force — the Valiant, ، ال Vulcan و Victor — carried the British strategic deterrent from 1955, with Blue Danube, then Yellow Sun and the Blue Steel stand-off missile. The American cancellation of Skybolt in December 1962 and the Nassau agreement that followed handed the deterrent to the Royal Navy, and Polaris took over in 1969. The RAF kept the tactical WE.177 bomb until the last were withdrawn on 22 April 1998. From then until 2025 Britain had no air-delivered nuclear weapon at all.

هل سيحصل سلاح الجو الملكي البريطاني على أسلحة نووية مرة أخرى؟

Yes, in the NATO sense. On 25 June 2025 the government announced the purchase of twelve F-35A aircraft, which will be available to fly NATO’s nuclear deterrence mission in a crisis. That is the first British air-delivered nuclear role since the WE.177 was withdrawn in 1998. The weapons involved would be American B61-12 bombs held under NATO nuclear sharing arrangements, not British warheads; Britain’s own deterrent remains the Royal Navy’s Trident force. The aircraft go to No. 207 Squadron at RAF Marham, where they will also be used as trainers. The link between the two is less tidy than the announcement made it sound: in July 2026 the RAF’s Director Capability and Programmes, Air Vice-Marshal Jim Beck, said the twelve aircraft had been bought for the conversion units and that the nuclear role was a separate matter.

لماذا تم إلغاء مشروع TSR-2؟

It was cancelled in the Budget of 6 April 1965, seven months after its first flight on 27 September 1964, on cost grounds, in favour of buying the American F-111K — which was itself cancelled in 1968. The jigs and tooling were destroyed and two airframes survive, at Duxford and Cosford. TSR-2 is the most mythologised event in British aviation and the myth should be kept separate from the record. The decision, the stated reasons and the destruction of the tooling are documented. The persistent claims of deliberate sabotage and direct American pressure are not, and repeating them as fact does the real story no favours. TSR-2 followed Duncan Sandys’s 1957 Defence White Paper, which had declared that guided missiles would replace manned fighters and cancelled a generation of British aircraft; between the two decisions the British fighter and bomber design teams broke up, and every British combat aircraft since has been a collaboration or an American purchase.

ما هي غارات الظباء السوداء؟

Seven bombing missions planned against Port Stanley during the 1982 Falklands campaign, of which five were completed. A single Vulcan flew almost 6,600 nautical miles from Ascension Island and back, about sixteen hours, supported by a chain of up to eleven Victor tankers refuelling each other so that one bomber could reach the target. On the first mission, on 1 May 1982, twenty-one 1,000 lb bombs were dropped across the runway and one hit the centre of it. They were the longest-range bombing raids anyone had flown at the time. The physical damage was modest; the effect was that Argentine fast jets could not use the airfield and Mirage IIIs were withdrawn to defend the mainland.

كم عدد الطائرات التي خسرتها القوات الجوية الملكية البريطانية في حرب الخليج عام 1991؟

Six إعصار GR1s were lost in action, most of them in the first fortnight, when the force was attacking Iraqi airfields from fifty feet with JP233 runway-denial weapons in heavy anti-aircraft fire. Accounts differ on the total once non-combat accidents are included: the Air Historical Branch describes four GR1s lost in the early airfield missions with four aircrew killed and four captured but gives no consolidated total, while other accounts give eight Tornados lost overall. The RAF deployed 157 aircraft and about 6,000 people and flew 6,108 sorties during Desert Storm.

ماذا حدث لصاروخ نمرود إم آر إيه 4؟

أُلغي المشروع في 19 أكتوبر 2010 ضمن مراجعة الدفاع والأمن الاستراتيجية، بعد تجاوز الميزانية بنحو 789 مليون جنيه إسترليني وتأخر تسليمه لأكثر من تسع سنوات، وبدأ تفكيك هياكل الطائرات المكتملة في وودفورد اعتبارًا من يناير 2011. كان قد طُلب 21 طائرة، ثم خُفّض الطلب إلى تسع، وتم بناء خمس منها. وخلص مكتب التدقيق الوطني في فبراير 2012 إلى أن الإلغاء تسبب في هدر 3.4 مليار جنيه إسترليني؛ بينما تشير حسابات أخرى إلى أن إجمالي الإنفاق يقارب 4 مليارات. بعد ذلك، ظلت بريطانيا تسع سنوات بدون أي طائرات دورية بحرية من أي نوع، إلى أن وصلت أول طائرة بوينغ بوسيدون MRA1 إلى قاعدة لوسيماوث الجوية في 4 فبراير 2020. وتم سد هذه الفجوة باستعارة طائرات من الحلفاء.

لماذا قامت القوات الجوية الملكية البريطانية بإخراج طائرات هارير من الخدمة في عام 2010؟

The 2010 Strategic Defence and Security Review had to choose between the Harrier GR9 and the إعصار GR4, and chose the Tornado on the grounds that it was more capable and more numerous and was then flying in Afghanistan. The Harrier went at once: the last RAF sorties were in December 2010 and the airframes were sold to the United States Marine Corps for spares. It left Britain with no fixed-wing carrier aviation at all until the F-35B arrived, a gap of roughly eight years, at the same time as the new carriers were being built.

What is the Wedgetail and why are there only three?

The Wedgetail AEW1 is a converted Boeing 737 with a Northrop Grumman MESA radar that does airborne early warning and control — finding and tracking aircraft and ships, and directing fighters and tankers. Five were ordered in 2019 and the order was cut to three in the 2021 Integrated Review. The Defence Committee called that "the most perverse" decision in the command paper: a 40 per cent capability cut for a 12 per cent acquisition saving, leaving Britain unable to meet its NATO commitment. The E-3D Sentry was retired in 2021, so there was no airborne early warning aircraft at all until the first Wedgetail reached RAF Lossiemouth at the end of May 2026.

What replaced the RAF Hercules?

The Atlas C1, the Airbus A400M. The last Hercules flights were on 28 June 2023 after 56 years, and the 22 Atlases at RAF Brize Norton now do the bulk of RAF air mobility, carrying 30 tonnes over 2,400 nautical miles or 116 passengers. Whether the A400M really covers everything the Hercules did — short, rough strips and special forces work in particular — has been argued about ever since. The Defence Committee said in 2023 that the early retirement had "severely reduced" air mobility capacity and hit special forces support hardest.

Why are the RAF’s Typhoon numbers falling?

Because the Tranche 1 aircraft are being scrapped and nothing is replacing them. Typhoon holdings went from 137 airframes at 1 April 2024 to 124 at 1 April 2026. At 1 July 2025 the fleet was four Tranche 1, 67 Tranche 2 and 40 Tranche 3, and 26 of the 30 Tranche 1 aircraft had already been broken up for spares. The published out-of-service dates are 2027 for Tranche 1 and 2040 for Tranches 2 and 3. No new British order has been placed; ministers have pointed to Turkey’s order of October 2025 as filling the production gap at Warton before GCAP.

What is GCAP and when does it arrive?

The Global Combat Air Programme is a sixth-generation fighter being built with Japan and Italy to replace the Typhoon from 2035, under a treaty signed in December 2023 and ratified by Britain in October 2024. It is often called Tempest in the United Kingdom. The Ministry of Defence had committed 2 billion pounds since 2021 and budgeted more than 12 billion for the next decade, and the Defence Investment Plan of June 2026 added more than 8 billion pounds over four years. A flying demonstrator is in final assembly for a first flight in 2027. No number of aircraft has been announced.

Why do some RAF squadrons use Roman numerals?

Tradition, and it is not optional. No. IX (Bomber) Squadron, No. XI (Fighter) Squadron, No. XV Squadron, No. XXIV Squadron, No. XXV (F) Squadron, No. XXXII (The Royal) Squadron, No. XLI Test and Evaluation Squadron, No. LVII Squadron and No. LXX Squadron are written that way by the RAF itself. No. 1 Squadron, No. 6 Squadron, No. 12 Squadron and No. 617 Squadron are not. There is no rule that predicts which is which; you follow the Air Historical Branch and the squadron’s own page. Getting it wrong is the fastest way to look like you do not know the subject.

Is the F-35 force RAF or Royal Navy?

Both, and the distinction matters. The Lightning Force at RAF Marham is jointly manned: No. 617 Squadron and No. 207 Squadron, the operational conversion unit, are RAF, and 809 Naval Air Squadron is Royal Navy. They fly from HMS Queen Elizabeth and HMS Prince of Wales as well as from Norfolk. The same joint arrangement works the other way round under Joint Helicopter Command, where RAF Chinook squadrons sit alongside Army Air Corps and Royal Navy units. Describing the whole Lightning Force as RAF is wrong.

What is wrong with RAF pilot training?

There are not enough course places, and students wait. At 1 June 2026, of 119 fast-jet trainees, 36 were on holdover between courses and another 12 were waiting to start an operational conversion unit — 48 of 119, about 40 per cent, not progressing. The problem is long-standing: more than 300 personnel were held in the pipeline in September 2022, and the Defence Committee called the delays "completely unacceptable" in 2023, noting that the Ministry of Defence would spend over 50 million pounds sending pilots abroad to train while the contractors ran the system faced no penalties. RAF flying training squadrons fell from ten to seven between 2025 and 2026.

What was the RAF recruitment scandal?

In 2020 and 2021, 161 enlisted aviators who were women or from ethnic minority backgrounds were accelerated onto initial training ahead of other candidates, and 31 men consequently missed the opportunity of a 5,000 pound joining bonus. The head of RAF recruitment resigned over it in August 2022 and a non-statutory inquiry was set up. Its report was published on 29 June 2023. Air Chief Marshal Sir Rich Knighton, newly in post, accepted that some men had been discriminated against, apologised unreservedly, committed to paying the men what they had missed, and accepted all twelve of the inquiry’s recommendations.

What do the Red Arrows fly and what happens next?

ال Hawk T1, which entered RAF service in 1976 and joined the Red Arrows in 1980. The fleet has shrunk from 67 airframes on charge in 2024 to 24 in 2026, with 18 in service; No. 100 Squadron gave up its Hawk T1s on 31 March 2022, leaving the team as effectively the only operator. The Hawk is expected to last to the end of the 2029 display season. The Defence Investment Plan of June 2026 put 360 million pounds into recapitalising military jet training but deliberately did not name an aircraft. The Boeing-Saab T-7A, the Leonardo M-346 and the Korean T-50 are the candidates, and UK workshare is a live political issue.

How big is the RAF compared with the Cold War?

Much smaller, and the comparison is stark. At the end of the Cold War the RAF had tens of thousands more people and several times the number of front-line squadrons, with a substantial force permanently in Germany. In 2026 it has 31,392 regulars, nine combat air squadrons, 124 Typhoons and 47 F-35Bs, and no permanent presence in Germany at all. Set against that, individual aircraft are enormously more capable, the weapons are precise where they were not, and one Typhoon carrying Meteor and Brimstone does things a squadron of Jaguars could not. Whether that trade works in a long war against a peer opponent is the central argument in British defence today.

What does Air and Space Command mean?

On 1 September 2026 Air Command, the RAF’s operational headquarters at RAF High Wycombe, was redesignated Air and Space Command. The RAF has led British military space since the ballistic missile early warning station at Fylingdales in 1963 and the Skynet 1A launch in 1969, but the domain now has three squadrons of its own: No. I Space Operations Squadron at High Wycombe, No. II Space Warning Squadron at Fylingdales and No. III Space Effects Squadron, announced on 23 September 2026 to conduct offensive and defensive space operations. The government has put 880 million pounds into space-based intelligence and control activities for 2026–27 to 2029–30.

Where is the RAF based overseas?

RAF Akrotiri in the Sovereign Base Area in Cyprus is the most important, and has supported every British Middle East operation since 1956; it was struck by an Iranian-made drone on the night of 1–2 March 2026, though not one launched from Iran. RAF Mount Pleasant in the Falkland Islands hosts a permanent Typhoon detachment and air transport link established after the 1982 war. There are also RAF Gibraltar and RAF Ascension Island, the staging post that made the Falklands campaign and the Black Buck raids possible. The RAF has had no permanent station in Germany since 2020.

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يوروفايتر تايفون إف جي آر 4في الخدمةلوكهيد مارتن لايتنينغ إف-35 بيفي الخدمةبوينغ شينوك HC6Aفي الخدمةطائرة هوك تي 2 من شركة بي إيه إي سيستمزفي الخدمةطائرة هوك تي 1 من شركة بي إيه إي سيستمزفي الخدمةجنرال أتوميكس ريبر إم كيو-9 إيه2007–2025لوكهيد هيركوليز C1/C3/C4/C51967–2023بانافيا تورنادو GR1/GR41979–2019بانافيا تورنادو F2/F31985–2011هوكر سيدلي نمرود آر 11974–2011طائرات هارير GR5/GR7/GR9 التابعة لشركة بريتش إيروسبيس1989–2010هوكر سيدلي نمرود MR1/MR21969–2010بي إيه إي سيستمز نمرود إم آر إيه 41996–2010سيبكات جاكوار GR1/GR31973–2007إنجلش إلكتريك كانبرا1951–2006هوكر سيدلي هارير GR1/GR31969–1994بلاكبيرن بوكانير إس 21969–1994هوكر هنتر1954–1994بروفوست باك جيت1955–1993هاندلي بيج فيكتور B1/B2/K21957–1993ماكدونيل دوغلاس فانتوم FG1/FGR21969–1992أفرو شاكلتون MR1/MR2/MR3/AEW21951–1991إنجلش إلكتريك لايتنينج1959–1988أفرو فولكان B1/B21956–1984

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Ministry of Defence: UK armed forces equipment and formations 2026accredited official statistics published 20 August 2026; aircraft holdings and in-service figures at 1 April 2026 and formation counts. The primary source for almost every fleet number on this page
UK armed forces equipment and formations 2026 — data tablesworksheets 7, 8 and 9: fixed-wing and uncrewed aircraft, rotary-wing aircraft, and RAF and Royal Auxiliary Air Force formations
Background Quality Report: UK armed forces equipment and formations 2026definitions of "in service", the effective forward fleet and availability contracts, which is why several fleets have no in-service figure
Ministry of Defence: Quarterly Service Personnel Statistics, 1 July 2026RAF regular strength, trained strength and reserves at 1 July 2026
Quarterly Service Personnel Statistics 1 July 2026 — accessible Excel tablestables 2c and 3a: RAF strength and commitment, and Full Time Trained Strength against workforce requirement
Quarterly Service Personnel Statistics indexused to confirm that 1 July 2026 is the latest edition
Royal Air Force: Chief of the Air Staffthe current Chief of the Air Staff and his career
Royal Air Force: Air Marshal Harv Smyth appointed new Chief of the Air Staffannouncement of 16 July 2025 and the succession from Sir Rich Knighton
GOV.UK: Secretary of State for Defencethe current Secretary of State and the date of appointment
Royal Air Force: Aircraftthe service’s own list of current, training and retired aircraft types
سلاح الجو الملكي: الأسرابالقائمة المعتمدة لأسماء الأسراب، وهي الطريقة التي تم بها تحديد الترقيم الروماني والعربي في هذه الصفحة، وأسماء المحطات
Royal Air Force: Newsused to date the 2026 changes
Royal Air Force: Per Ardua ad Astra — Air Command redesignated to Air and Space Commandthe redesignation of 1 September 2026 and the RAF’s space lineage back to Fylingdales in 1963
Royal Air Force: RAF launches first ever Space SquadronNo. III Space Effects Squadron, 23 September 2026, and the 880 million pound space investment
Royal Air Force: RAF F-35A marks a significant step in delivering a more lethal Integrated Force and joining NATO Nuclear Mission25 June 2025: twelve F-35A, No. 207 Squadron at RAF Marham, the 27-aircraft second phase and the 138-aircraft headmark
Royal Air Force: Lightning F-35Bthe Lightning Force, its squadrons and the initial operating capability dates
Royal Air Force: Poseidon MRA1nine aircraft, the squadrons at RAF Lossiemouth, and the link back to the Nimrod MRA4 cancellation
Royal Air Force: Wedgetail AEW Mk1No. VIII Squadron and No. 42 (TB) Squadron at RAF Lossiemouth, and the aircraft’s role
Royal Air Force: Shadow R1the urgent operational requirement origin, the squadrons and the Shadow R2 upgrade
سلاح الجو الملكي: فوياجرthe core and surge fleets, the AirTanker arrangement and the KC2 and KC3 marks
سلاح الجو الملكي: أطلس سي 1 (إيه 400 إم)22 aircraft, the four squadrons at RAF Brize Norton and the succession from the Hercules
سلاح الجو الملكي: إنفوي 4 سي سي 1two Falcon 900LX with No. XXXII (The Royal) Squadron from 1 June 2022, replacing four BAe 146
Royal Air Force: Hawk T1the Red Arrows, the No. 100 Squadron withdrawal on 31 March 2022 and the expectation of service to the end of the 2029 display season
Royal Air Force: Reaper (MQ-9A)No. 39 Squadron and No. XIII Squadron, 2007 to 2025
Royal Air Force: RAF Reaper makes final flight3 October 2025, eighteen years and more than 173,000 flying hours
Royal Air Force: 84 Squadronthe firefighting and support role at RAF Akrotiri
Royal Air Force: 1.4 billion pound modernised Chinook fleetthe 2021 announcement of 14 H-47(ER) aircraft with deliveries then promised from 2026
Royal Air Force: Chief of the Air Staff statement on the RAF Recruiting Inquiry29 June 2023: 161 candidates accelerated, 31 men who missed a joining bonus, the apology and the twelve recommendations
سلاح الجو الملكي: معركة بريطانياالأرقام الخاصة بسلاح الجو الملكي البريطاني: 2945 من أفراد الطاقم الجوي، و544 قتيلاً، و312 من أفراد الطاقم الأرضي، وتوقيتات نظام داودينغ.
نصب تذكاري لمعركة بريطانيا في لندن: الطيارونقائمة أفراد القوات الجوية: 2937 طيارًا وتوزيعهم حسب الجنسية
متاحف الحرب الإمبراطورية: معركة بريطانيافيلق المراقبين، ووحدات الدفاع الجوي، ووحدات بالونات الحجب، ومراحل المعركة
متاحف الحرب الإمبراطورية: الحياة والموت في قيادة القاذفاتاحتمالات النجاة: 51% قُتلوا في العمليات، و12% في الحوادث، و13% أُسروا، و24% لم يُصابوا بأذى.
سلاح الجو الملكي: الدور الحيوي لسلاح الجو الملكي في جسر برلين الجويحوالي 400 مهمة جوية لسلاح الجو الملكي البريطاني يومياً، ونقل ما يقرب من 400 ألف طن، وإجلاء أكثر من 130 ألف شخص.
سلاح الجو الملكي: الذكرى الأربعون لعملية بلاك باكسبع مهمات مخططة وخمس مكتملة، ما يقرب من 6600 ميل بحري، على متن ما يصل إلى إحدى عشرة ناقلة نفط من طراز فيكتور، والأوسمة
مركز دراسات القوة الجوية والفضائية التابع لسلاح الجو الملكي البريطاني، مراجعة القوة الجوية: إعادة تقييم تاريخ السيطرة الجويةالتقييم النقدي الخاص بسلاح الجو الملكي البريطاني للسيطرة الجوية، ومؤتمر القاهرة، وتولي القيادة في العراق في 1 أكتوبر 1922، وأرقام الدقة لعام 1928
متحف سلاح الجو الملكي البريطاني: التسلسل الزمني للطيران العسكري البريطاني، 1918مجلس الطيران، وتعيين ترينشارد في 18 يناير 1918، واعتراض السرب رقم 44 لطائرة جوتا في 28 يناير
متحف سلاح الجو الملكي البريطاني: التسلسل الزمني للطيران العسكري البريطاني، 1956عام السويس وعام فرقة العمل الجوية للتجارب النووية؛ تم الرجوع إليه لتحديد التاريخ
University of York, Nuclear Disarmament and Irreversibility project: Denuclearising the RAF (Ritchie and Walker, 2024)the V-force taking the deterrent in 1955 and 1956, the handover to Polaris in 1969, the WE.177 variants and the final withdrawal on 22 April 1998
فرع التاريخ الجوي التابع لسلاح الجو الملكي: دراسات ما بعد الحرب الباردةفهرس الروايات المنشورة لفرع التاريخ الجوي، بما في ذلك دراسة عملية هيريك الرابعة حول أفغانستان
فرع التاريخ الجوي: سلاح الجو الملكي البريطاني وحرب الخليج الأولى - دروس في القوة الجويةتم نشر 157 طائرة، بما في ذلك 49 طائرة من طراز تورنادو GR1، و18 طائرة من طراز تورنادو F3، و12 طائرة من طراز جاغوار، وشاركت في 6108 طلعات جوية في حرب الخليج، بالإضافة إلى الخسائر التي تكبدتها المطارات في بداية الحرب.
الفرع التاريخي الجوي: القوة الجوية البريطانية في عملية الحامي الموحد، ليبيا، 2011حوالي 3000 طلعة جوية لسلاح الجو الملكي البريطاني بإجمالي 26320 طائرة، و2100 طلعة جوية هجومية بإجمالي 9658 طائرة، و640 هدفًا، بالإضافة إلى أرقام الطلعات الجوية والأسلحة حسب نوع الطائرة
فرع التاريخ الجوي: سلاح الجو الملكي البريطاني في عملية تيليك، 2003 - القوة الجوية الهجوميةأكثر من 120 طائرة ثابتة الجناح، وأرقام الطلعات الجوية جناحًا بجناح، وفقدان طائرة تورنادو تابعة للسرب التاسع (قاذفات القنابل) على يد بطارية باتريوت في 22 مارس 2003
فرع التاريخ الجوي: سلاح الجو الملكي البريطاني فوق العراق وكوسوفو، 1997-2000عملية بولتون، وطلعة منطقة حظر الطيران، وشخصيات طائرات التزود بالوقود، وثعلب الصحراء
سلاح الجو الملكي: عملية شادرملخص سلاح الجو الملكي البريطاني للحملة ضد داعش منذ عام 2014
أخبار القوات المسلحة: عملية شادر - المهمة البريطانية لهزيمة تنظيم الدولة الإسلامية في العراق وسوريا تقترب من نهايتها28 سبتمبر 2024: تم استهداف حوالي 1400 هدف في أكثر من 10000 طلعة جوية لسلاح الجو الملكي البريطاني، والجدول الزمني لإنهاء التحالف
سجل سلاح الجو الملكي: طائرة بانافيا تورنادو GR1 في عمليات سلاح الجو الملكي خلال حرب الخليج، 1991ست طائرات تورنادو GR1 فُقدت في المرحلة المبكرة على مستوى منخفض، ونحو 1500 طلعة جوية تشغيلية لطائرات تورنادو
GOV.UK: The Strategic Defence Review 2025 — Making Britain Safer: secure at home, strong abroadpublished 2 June 2025; the "NATO first" framing and the 2.5 per cent by 2027 and 3 per cent commitments
House of Commons Library: UK defence spending (CBP-8175)updated 2 September 2026: 62.0 billion pounds in 2025–26 rising to 79.1 billion by 2029–30, and the NATO percentage-of-GDP figures
House of Commons Library: Defence Investment Plan — key decisions (CBP-10935)the plan of 30 June 2026: more than 8 billion pounds for GCAP, over 1.1 billion for Typhoon, 300 million for Collaborative Combat Aircraft, more than 5 billion for drones and autonomy
House of Commons Library: What is the Global Combat Air Programme? (CBP-10143)updated 8 July 2026: the December 2023 treaty, UK ratification in October 2024, 2 billion pounds committed since 2021, in service 2035 and a demonstrator flight in 2027
House of Commons Library: Typhoon fighter sovereign capability (CDP-2025-0210)129 Typhoons with 107 in service at 1 April 2025, the Tranche 1 drawdown from spring 2025, the 2040 out-of-service date, and the minister’s statement of 29 October 2025 on the Turkish order filling the Warton gap
House of Commons Library debate pack: RAF E-7 Wedgetail programme (CDP-2025-0161)five ordered in 2019, cut to three in March 2021, the Defence Committee’s "absolute folly" and 40-per-cent-for-12-per-cent criticism, and the E-3D Sentry gap from 2021
House of Commons Defence Committee: Aviation Procurement — Winging it?10 September 2023: the Wedgetail cut called the most perverse decision in the command paper, the Hercules retirement said to have severely reduced air mobility, and pilot training delays called completely unacceptable
Forces News: RAF turns to US to help as more than 300 held up in its training programmethe written answer of 10 October 2022: about 30 held pre-flying training and about 280 between Military Flying Training System courses
UK Defence Journal: Dozens of RAF fast jet trainees stuck in pipeline9 June 2026, reporting written answers: 119 fast-jet trainees at 1 June 2026, 36 on holdover and 12 awaiting an operational conversion unit
UK Defence Journal: MoD sets out retirement and fleet numbers for Typhoonwritten answers of 1 September 2025: Tranche 1 out of service in 2027 and Tranches 2 and 3 in 2040; four Tranche 1, 67 Tranche 2 and 40 Tranche 3 aircraft; 26 of 30 Tranche 1 machines scrapped by 1 July 2025
UK Defence Journal: RAF Wedgetail update — testing under way at Lossiemouth21 June 2026, reporting a written answer: the first aircraft arrived at RAF Lossiemouth at the end of May 2026, the second was about to begin testing, the third was in modification at Birmingham, and the sustainment contract was signed in March 2026
UK Defence Journal: New jets confirmed for Red Arrows in Hawk replacement30 June 2026: 360 million pounds to recapitalise jet training, no aircraft named, and the T-7A, M-346 and T-50 in contention
European Security and Defence: Protector RG1 UAV has officially entered RAF service16 June 2025, No. 31 Squadron at RAF Waddington, 16 ordered, Paveway IV and Brimstone 3, and the succession from the Reaper
Janes: RAF reconstitutes 31 Squadron as new Protector unitthe reformation of No. 31 Squadron at RAF Waddington and No. XIII Squadron as the second front-line Protector unit
Janes: UK DIP 2026 — Chinook Force to face temporary but significant reduction ahead of planned new buy for 2030sthe variant split of about 8 HC5, 14 HC6 and 29 HC6A, the retirement of all HC6As by 2030, and the March 2024 contract for 14 H-47(ER) for delivery 2028 to 2032
FlightGlobal: RAF waves last Puma transport helicopters into retirementfarewell flights on 26 March 2025 after almost 54 years, with No. 33 Squadron the last operator
Forces News: Jupiter HC2 — the RAF’s small and agile replacement for the Puma enters servicesix H145 D3, in service 18 December 2025 at RAF Benson, deploying to Brunei and Cyprus, replacing the Bell 212, Bell 412 and part of the Puma task
Forces News: End of an era — C-130J Hercules makes final RAF flights28 June 2023, after 56 years, with No. 47 Squadron the last operator
منشور معلومات الطيران العسكري للمملكة المتحدة، بيانات نصية للمطار AD 2الوحدة رقم 1 لوثائق المعلومات الملاحية؛ إحداثيات نقاط مرجعية للمطارات، والارتفاع، ورموز المدرجات، والأطوال، والأسطح لكل مطار عسكري هنا
United Kingdom Aeronautical Information Publication, AD 2 (NATS)civil AIP, AIRAC 3 September 2026; used for Aldergrove, Cornwall Airport Newquay, Leeds East, Biggin Hill and Duxford
Royal Air Force: our stationsthe service’s own index of stations
Royal Air Force: No 1 Groupcombat air, air mobility, ISTAR and the display teams
Royal Air Force: No 2 Groupair bases and global enablement
Royal Air Force: No 11 Groupair command and control, UK air defence, No. 83 Expeditionary Air Group
Royal Air Force: No 22 Grouptraining; names the stations under it
قاعدة لوسيماوث الجوية الملكيةصفحة المحطة: الأسراب المتمركزة ودورها
سلاح الجو الملكي البريطاني كونينغسبيصفحة المحطة: الأسراب المتمركزة، وسرب معركة بريطانيا التذكاري، وفريق عرض طائرات تايفون
سلاح الجو الملكي مارهمصفحة المحطة: قوة البرق، بما في ذلك السرب الجوي البحري 809
قاعدة سلاح الجو الملكي البريطاني، بريز نورتونصفحة المحطة: أسراب النقل الجوي وأسراب الاحتياط
قاعدة سلاح الجو الملكي وادينجتونصفحة المحطة: أسراب الاستطلاع والمراقبة والاستهداف وطائرات المحطة
Royal Air Force Odihamstation page: the UK Chinook Force
قاعدة بنسون التابعة لسلاح الجو الملكيstation page: helicopter squadrons and lodger units
Royal Air Force Valleystation page: No. 4 Flying Training School and the Mountain Rescue Service
Royal Air Force Shawburystation page: tri-service helicopter training
Royal Air Force Cranwellstation page: the RAF College and No. 3 Flying Training School
سلاح الجو الملكي البريطاني ويترينجstation page: Support Force headquarters, flying training and station history
Royal Air Force Northoltstation page: command support air transport
Royal Air Force Leemingstation page: expeditionary air operations units
سلاح الجو الملكي أكروتيريصفحة المحطة: وحدة دعم العمليات في قبرص والسرب رقم 84
Mount Pleasant Complexstation page: Nos. 1435, 1312 and 1310 Flights, and the 1985 opening
Royal Air Force Gibraltarstation page: staging post role and the runway crossed by a public road
Ascension Island Basestation page: role, chain of command and current commanders
قاعدة هونينغتون التابعة لسلاح الجو الملكيstation page: RAF Regiment and RAF Police headquarters, and station history
Royal Air Force Cosfordstation page: the Defence College of Technical Training
Royal Air Force Woodvalestation page: units and a dated station history
Royal Air Force Syerstonstation page: No. 2 Flying Training School and its satellite gliding airfields
قاعدة سلاح الجو الملكي بولمرstation page: the control and reporting centre and a dated history
Royal Air Force Wytonstation page: states plainly that Wyton is no longer an operational airfield
Royal Air Force High Wycombestation page: Headquarters Air Command, the Groups and UK Space Command
Royal Air Force St Mawganstation page: the 2008 sale of the runway and the SERE training role
ديجبي التابعة لسلاح الجو الملكيstation page: signals units and the station’s fighter and RCAF history
Royal Air Force Fylingdalesstation page: ballistic missile early warning, 1963 and 1992
سلاح الجو الملكي هالتونstation page: recruit training and the apprentice history
Royal Air Force Henlowstation page: lodger units and station history
Royal Air Force Spadeadamstation page: the electronic warfare tactics range and the Blue Streak history
محطة لوشارسstation page: army ownership, the RAF aerodrome unit and the 2014 and 2015 dates
السرب الثامنطائرة الإنذار المبكر المحمولة جواً من طراز Wedgetail AEW Mk1 موجودة في لوسيماوث، وقد نُقلت من وادينجتون في عام 2021
السرب 42 (TB)وحدة التحويل التشغيلي ISTAR، بوسيدون وويدجتيل
السرب العاشرفوياجر في بريز نورتون
السرب 101فوياجر في بريز نورتون
السرب 99Globemaster C-17 في بريز نورتون
السرب الرابع والعشرونGlobemaster وAtlas في Brize Norton
السرب 30أطلس سي 1 في بريز نورتون
47 SquadronBrize Norton; the page names no current type
السرب السبعونأطلس سي 1 في بريز نورتون
السرب 206 للاختبار والتقييمأطلس سي 1 في بريز نورتون
السرب الثالث عشربروتكتور آر جي مارك 1 في وادينجتون
السرب 31بروتكتور آر جي مارك 1 في وادينجتون
السرب 14شادو آر 1 في وادينجتون
السرب 51وصلة برشام RC-135W في وادينجتون
السرب 54وحدة التحويل التشغيلي للاستخبارات والمراقبة والاستطلاع في وادينجتون
السرب 56 للاختبار والتقييموادينجتون؛ لا توجد طائرات مدرجة
السرب 92وادينجتون؛ التكتيكات والتدريب، لا توجد طائرات مدرجة
28(AC) SquadronChinook, the support helicopter operational conversion unit at Benson
XXII Squadronoperational evaluation unit of Joint Helicopter Command at Benson
IV SquadronHawk T2 at Valley
XXV (F) SquadronHawk T2 at Valley
72 SquadronTexan T1 at Valley
202 SquadronJuno HT1 and Jupiter HT1 at Valley
60 SquadronJuno and Jupiter at Shawbury, part of No. 1 Flying Training School
16 SquadronRAF Wittering; the squadron page gives Tutor T1 where the station page gives Prefect
115 SquadronTutor T1 at Wittering
XXXII SquadronEnvoy IV CC1 at Northolt
100 SquadronRAF Leeming; threat replication and close air support training
78 SquadronSwanwick; area air traffic management, no aircraft
612 Squadron RAuxAFLeuchars Station; aeromedical evacuation, no aircraft
فريق ريد أروز التابع لسلاح الجو الملكيطائرة هوك تي 1، المتمركزة في قاعدة سلاح الجو الملكي البريطاني وادينجتون
فريق ريد أروز التابع لسلاح الجو الملكي البريطاني ينتقل إلى مقره الجديد في مقاطعة لينكولنشاير.the October 2022 move from Scampton to Waddington
Puma’s final flypastthe Puma HC2 farewell flight on 26 March 2025 after 54 years
Lodgement ceremony for 33 and 230 Squadron standardsboth squadrons’ standards lodged at RAF Cranwell on 15 October 2025
Jupiter HC2 enters service with Joint Aviation Commandfirst of six H145 D3 in service at RAF Benson on 17 December 2025
طائرات هليكوبتر جديدة تعيد القدرة على الاستجابة على مدار العام في قبرصثلاث طائرات من طراز جوبيتر إتش سي مارك 2 تابعة للسرب رقم 84، أول رحلة لها من أكروتيري في 9 يوليو 2026
نقل قدرات طائرات الهليكوبتر التابعة لسلاح الجو الملكي البريطاني في أكروتيري من طراز غريفين إلى طراز بوماآخر طلعة جوية لطائرة غريفين HAR2 كانت في 31 مارس 2023؛ وتولت شركة بوما المهمة اعتبارًا من 1 أبريل 2023.
A Better Defence Estate, Ministry of Defence, November 2016the disposal table, including RAF Henlow technical site and airfield by 2020
Defence Minister outlines progress on building a Better Defence Estate, GOV.UKthe RAF to stop using Linton-on-Ouse by 2020 and Scampton by 2022
UK Defence Journal: New F-35As not bought for nuclear role, says BeckAir Vice-Marshal Jim Beck, 15 July 2026, on the purpose of the twelve F-35As
UK Military AIP, AD 2.2 aerodrome geographical and administrative data (EGXX-Name-Textual.pdf per aerodrome)Audit only, no changes: ARP checked for 30 military aerodromes (Lossiemouth, Coningsby, Marham, Brize Norton, Waddington, Odiham, Benson, Valley, Shawbury, Cranwell, Wittering, Northolt, Leeming, Akrotiri, Mount Pleasant, Gibraltar, Woodvale, Syerston, Cosford, Honington, Halton, Boscombe Down, Leuchars, Barkston Heath, Mona, Topcliffe, Little Rissington, Kenley, Kirknewton, Wattisham); every file value matches the published ARP to 0.00001 deg, sign and hemisphere correct.
UK AIP (NATS Aurora eAIP), AD 2.2, AIRAC 2026-09-03Audit only, no changes: EGAA Aldergrove, EGHQ Newquay (St Mawgan), EGCM Leeds East (Church Fenton), EGKB Biggin Hill, EGSU Duxford ARPs match the file exactly.
Hangars 1-4 (C-type hangars), Scampton, National Heritage List for England entry 1391594NGR SK 96657 79081 (Hangar 1, first of four NGRs given); point is on the airfield hangar line, not an ARP. Converted from OSGB36 National Grid to WGS84 with the Ordnance Survey 7-parameter Helmert transformation (accuracy about 5 m); converter checked against the OS worked example (Caister water tower).
Buildings 186, 187, 188 and 189 (Aircraft Hangars), RAF Henlow, NHLE entry 1391623NGR TL 16614 36260; point is the listed hangar group on the station. Converted from OSGB36 National Grid to WGS84 with the Ordnance Survey 7-parameter Helmert transformation (accuracy about 5 m); converter checked against the OS worked example (Caister water tower).
World War II fighter pen, Cold War blast walls and associated remains at the airfield formerly known as RAF Coltishall, Scottow, NHLE entry 1021425 (scheduled monument)NGR TG 26786 23378 (first of two NGRs); point is on the former airfield. Converted from OSGB36 National Grid to WGS84 with the Ordnance Survey 7-parameter Helmert transformation (accuracy about 5 m); converter checked against the OS worked example (Caister water tower).
RAF Spadeadam: Blue Streak Rocket, Kingwater, NHLE entry 1413245NGR NY 61528 70358; the listed rocket stands at the station’s administrative and missile assembly area (NHLE 1413095 places the adjacent BOC plant 120 m north of it). Station camp, not the range. Converted from OSGB36 National Grid to WGS84 with the Ordnance Survey 7-parameter Helmert transformation (accuracy about 5 m); converter checked against the OS worked example (Caister water tower).
Lincolnshire Heritage Explorer (Lincolnshire County Council HER), monument record MLI60621, RAF DigbyCentred TF 0445 5699 (1923 m by 1423 m), estimated from sources: centre of the station/airfield polygon. Converted from OSGB36 National Grid to WGS84 with the Ordnance Survey 7-parameter Helmert transformation (accuracy about 5 m); converter checked against the OS worked example (Caister water tower).
Keys to the Past (Northumberland HER), site N20030, Boulmer Airfield (Longhoughton)NGR NU 259 133 (100 m precision); the airfield site that is today RAF Boulmer. The remote radar head at Brizlee Wood is elsewhere. Converted from OSGB36 National Grid to WGS84 with the Ordnance Survey 7-parameter Helmert transformation (accuracy about 5 m); converter checked against the OS worked example (Caister water tower).
Historic England Research Report 128/1998, RAF Fylingdales, Lockton, North Yorkshire (Roger Thomas)Site NGR SE 8641 9755 (Snod Hill, Lockton High Moor), 10 m precision. Converted from OSGB36 National Grid to WGS84 with the Ordnance Survey 7-parameter Helmert transformation (accuracy about 5 m); converter checked against the OS worked example (Caister water tower).
Buckinghamshire’s Heritage Portal (Buckinghamshire Council HER), monument record 0950900000 / MBC24925, Strike Command (Bomber/Strike Command, Walters Ash)Centred SU 83031 98289 (1101 m by 1383 m): centre of the RAF High Wycombe site. The underground operations block (MBC24926) is at SU 82903 98594. Converted from OSGB36 National Grid to WGS84 with the Ordnance Survey 7-parameter Helmert transformation (accuracy about 5 m); converter checked against the OS worked example (Caister water tower).
Royal Air Force: GroupsThe four groups under Air and Space Command
Royal Air Force: No 1 GroupCombat Air, Air Mobility and ISTAR forces and the Air and Space Warfare Centre
Royal Air Force: No 2 GroupSupport force, RAF Regiment and RAuxAF squadrons
Royal Air Force: No 11 GroupCommand and control of air operations; re-formed 1 November 2018
Royal Air Force: No 22 GroupTraining; headquarters at RAF Cranwell
Forces News: RAF Hawk T1 and T2s grounded for investigation following crash on training flight in North Wales24 September 2026; RAF statement that Hawk T1 and T2 flying was paused

Figures verified 2026-09-24. Order of Battle pages are regenerated from a single dataset; if a number here disagrees with a Book of Beasts page, this page is the more recent of the two.

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The Royal Air Force story: the first independent air force, and the argument about what it is for

1918–1939: Trenchard, air control and the price of independence

1940–1945: the Dowding System, and 55,573 dead in Bomber Command

1948–1969: the V-force, Sandys and the deterrent given away

1965–1991: TSR-2, the Cold War in Germany, and a war fought at fifty feet

1991–2024: the expeditionary decades, and the aircraft that were not replaced

2025–2026: a nuclear role returns, and a command changes its name

The Royal Air Force in numbers

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How the Royal Air Force is organised

The Air Staff

Air and Space Command

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No. 2 Group

No. 11 Group

No. 22 Group

Joint Helicopter Command

What the Royal Air Force flies today

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Every type the Royal Air Force has retired

Where the Royal Air Force flies from, at home and abroad

The United Kingdom

Who is stationed where in the Royal Air Force

Royal Air Force milestones, 1914 to today

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Royal Air Force news from Afterburner

Everything people ask about the Royal Air Force

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