The RAF Force Protection Force was created in 2004 as the successor to the Tactical Survive to Operate Headquarters (Tac STO HQ). It consisted of Force Protection Wings which were tasked with protection of RAF stations in the UK and overseas. Each Wing was based around
RAF Regiment and
RAF Police squadrons, with supporting personnel.
The Force Protection Force was disbanded in November 2022 and replaced by the separate
Combat Readiness Force and Air Security Force, both part of Global Enablement, which itself was created by combining the RAF Force Protection Force, Battlespace Management Operations and Support Forces.
Structure
In 2018, there were seven Force Protection wings.
No. 2 (C-UAS) Wing
RAF Leeming
* No. 2 (C-UAS) Wing Headquarters
*
No. 63 Squadron RAF Regiment
*
No. 34 Squadron RAF Regiment
*
No. 609 (West Riding) Squadron RAuxAF
No. 3 Force Protection Wing RAF
Its motto is ''Parare Et Protegrere'' ("Prepare & Protect").
RAF Marham
* No. 3 RAF Force Protection Wing Headquarters
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No. 2620 (County of Norfolk) Squadron RAuxAF Regiment
* No. 6 RAF Police Squadron
*
No. 15 Squadron RAF Regiment
No. 4 Force Protection Wing RAF
RAF Brize Norton
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* No. 4 RAF Force Protection Wing Headquarters
*
No. 2 Squadron RAF Regiment
*
No. 2624 (County of Oxfordshire) Squadron RAuxAF Regiment
* No. 7 RAF Police Squadron
No. 5 Force Protection Wing RAF
RAF Lossiemouth
* No. 5 Force Protection Wing Headquarters
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No. 51 Squadron RAF Regiment
*
No. 603 (City of Edinburgh) Squadron RAuxAF
*
No. 2622 (Highland) Squadron RAuxAF Regiment
* No. 4 RAF Police Squadron
No. 7 Force Protection Wing RAF
RAF Coningsby
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* No. 7 Force Protection Wing Headquarters
*Air Land Integration Cell
RAF Honington
*
No. 1 Squadron RAF Regiment
RAF Honington
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No. 2623 (East Anglian) Squadron RAuxAF Regiment
No. 8 Force Protection Wing RAF
RAF Waddington
* No. 8 Force Protection Wing Headquarters
*
No. 2503 (County of Lincoln) Squadron RAuxAF Regiment
*No. 5 RAF Police Squadron
See also
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Airfield Defence Guards
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(Australia)
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RNZAF Force Protection (New Zealand)
References
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Air force ground defence units and formations
Royal Air Force stations