RAF Air Command
| Headquarters Air Command | |
|---|---|
 Air Command Badge | |
| Founded | 1 April 2007 |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Branch | Royal Air Force |
| Location | RAF High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire |
| Motto(s) | Fortis Ubique Volantis (Flying Bravely Everywhere) |
Headquarters Air Command is the only Command currently active in the Royal Air Force. It was formed by the merger of Royal Air Force Strike and Personnel and Training Commands on 1 April 2007, and has its headquarters at RAF High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire.[1] The equivalent in the Royal Navy is Navy Command Headquarters at Portsmouth and the equivalent in the British Army is Army Headquarters at Andover.
Command structure
Air Command is commanded by the Chief of the Air Staff. Formerly, it was under a four-star Air Chief Marshal, Commander-in-Chief, Air Command, but this structure was discontinued due to the 2011 Levine Report.[2] There are two Deputy Commanders of Air Marshal rank. The Deputy Commander (Operations) has responsibility for the two Groups inherited from Strike Command (No. 1 Group and No. 2 Group) and also No. 38 Group which brings together the RAF’s expeditionary engineering, logistics, and communications units, Medical Operations units, and RAF Music Services. The Deputy Commander (Operations) acts as the Deputy to the CAS and oversees day-to-day operations [3] The Deputy Commander (Personnel) has responsibility for the Group inherited from Personnel and Training Command, No. 22 (Training) Group.
Deputy Commanders (Operations)
Deputy Commanders-in-Chief (Operations)
- Air Marshal I W McNicoll CB CBE, 26 February 2007[4] – 13 April 2010 (appointed as DC-in-C Strike Command)
- Air Marshal R F Garwood CB CBE DFC, 14 April 2010[5][6] to Spring 2012
Deputy Commanders (Operations)
- Air Marshal R F Garwood CB CBE DFC, Spring 2012 to April 2013
- Air Marshal G J Bagwell CB CBE, 16 April 2013 to June 2016[7]
- Air Marshal S D Atha CB DSO, June 2016 to present
Deputy Commanders (Personnel)
This appointment is held concurrently with the Air Member for Personnel.
Deputy Commanders-in-Chief (Personnel)
- Air Marshal S G G Dalton CB, 1 May 2007[8] – 31 March 2009
- Air Marshal S Bryant CBE, 1 April 2009[9] – 17 June 2010
- Air Marshal A D Pulford CBE, 1 September 2010[6] to Spring 2012
Deputy Commanders (Personnel)
- Air Marshal Sir A D Pulford KCB, CBE, Spring 2012 to 3 May 2013
- Air Marshal B M North KCB OBE, 3 May 2013 to May 2016[7]
- Air Marshal S K P Reynolds CBE DFC, May 2016 to present[10]
Former Commanders-in-Chief (post discontinued in Spring 2012)
- Air Chief Marshal Sir Clive Loader KCB OBE, 30 March 2007[4] – 2 April 2009 (appointed as C-in-C Strike Command)
- Air Chief Marshal Sir Christopher Moran KCB OBE MVO, 3 April 2009[9] – 26 May 2010[11] (Died in office)
- Air Chief Marshal Sir Simon Bryant KCB CBE, 18 June 2010[6] to March 2012
References
- ↑ RAF Command
- ↑ Defence Reform Report ("the Levene Report"), June 2011, para 7.7, page 35.
- ↑ Air Command senior, as of September 2012
- 1 2 RAF Air Rank Appointments List 08/06 of 25 Sep 2006 retrieved 3 Jan 2011
- ↑ RAF Air Rank Appointments List 02/10 of 31 Mar 2010 retrieved 3 Jan 2011
- 1 2 3 RAF Air Rank Appointments List 04/10 of 18 Jun 2010 retrieved 3 Jan 2011
- 1 2 "Ups and outs July 2013". Defence Viewpoints. Retrieved 14 July 2013.
- ↑ RAF Air Rank Appointments List 01/07 of 16 Jan 2007 retrieved 3 Jan 2011
- 1 2 RAF Air Rank Appointments List 07/08 of 16 Oct 2008 retrieved 3 Jan 2011
- ↑ "Senior appointments". 18 May 2016. Retrieved 31 May 2016.
- ↑ Announcement of ACM Moran's death retrieved 27 May 2010
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| Preceded by Strike Command |
Air Command 2007– |
Succeeded by Command extant |
| Preceded by Personnel and Training Command |