Air Command is the only Command currently active in the

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. 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,

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. The equivalent in the

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is Navy Command Headquarters at

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and the equivalent in the

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is Army Headquarters at Andover.

History

Air Command was formed by the merger of Royal Air Force Strike and Personnel and Training commands on 1 April 2007. Initially, it was under a four-star Air Chief Marshal, Commander-in-Chief, Air Command. At that time, there were two Deputy Commanders of Air Marshal rank: the Deputy Commander-in-Chief (Personnel) and the Deputy Commander-in-Chief (Operations). Following the implementation of the 2011 Levene Report, the role of Commander-in-Chief, Air Command was discontinued in spring 2012, and the deputy commanders started to report direct to the Chief of the Air Staff. In November 2018, No. 11 Group was formed to create a "multi-domain operations group" as part of RAF Command.

Organisation

RAF Air Command is led by the Chief of the Air Staff under whom responsibilities are split as follows: * Deputy Chief of the Air Staff, responsible for personnel matters (including No. 22 (Training) Group) * Air and Space Commander, responsible for air and space operations (including No. 1 Group, No. 2 Group and No. 11 Group)

Commanders-in-Chief (post discontinued in Spring 2012)

*Air Chief Marshal Sir Clive Loader KCB OBE, 30 March 2007RAF Air Rank Appointments List 08/06 of 25 Sep 2006
retrieved 3 Jan 2011 – 2 April 2009 (appointed as C-in-C Strike Command) *Air Chief Marshal Sir Christopher Moran KCB OBE MVO, 3 April 2009RAF Air Rank Appointments List 07/08 of 16 Oct 2008
retrieved 3 Jan 2011 – 26 May 2010Announcement of ACM Moran's death
retrieved 27 May 2010 (Died in office) *Air Chief Marshal Sir Simon Bryant KCB CBE, 18 June 2010RAF Air Rank Appointments List 04/10 of 18 Jun 2010
retrieved 3 Jan 2011 to March 2012

References

External links

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