Air Command is the only

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is Navy Command Headquarters at

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Command structure

Air Command is commanded by the Chief of the Air Staff. Formerly, it was under a four-star Air Chief Marshal, Commander-in-Chief, Air Command, but this structure was discontinued due to the 2011 Levine Report. There are two Deputy Commanders of Air Marshal rank. The Deputy Commander Operations has responsibility for the two Groups inherited from Strike Command ( No. 1 Group and

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) 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 also has responsibility for the Group inherited from Personnel and Training Command,

No. 22 (Training) Group No. 22 Group is one of five groups currently active in the Royal Air Force, falling under the responsibility of Deputy Commander-in-Chief (Personnel) in Air Command. Its previous title up until 2018 was No. 22 (Training) Group. It is responsib ...

. In November 2018, No. 11 Group was further formed as part of RAF Command. The Deputy Commander Operations acts as the Deputy to the CAS and oversees day-to-day operations The Deputy Commander Capability commands Chief of Staff Personnel or

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, Chief of Staff Capability, RAF Chaplain-in-Chief, Director Legal Services and Head RAF Medical Services.

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

RAF Air Command

News items

Royal Air Force Web Site - Official Announcement of Formation of RAF Air Command
, - {{United Kingdom Ministry of Defence, state=collapsed High Wycombe Military units and formations established in 2007 Organisations based in Buckinghamshire Air Command 2007 establishments in the United Kingdom Military headquarters in the United Kingdom UK

Command structure

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

See also

References

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