No. 2 Group RAF
Number 2 Group of the
Royal Air Force is one of the two
groups in RAF
Strike Command.
The group, formed in 2000, is referred to as the
Air Combat Support Group, as it controls the aircraft used to support the front line combat aircraft. Assets under command includes the Strategic and Tactical Air Transport aircraft (including VIP/Communication), the RAF Regiment, the Air-to-Air Refuelling aircraft. As from 1 April 2006, with the disbandment of
No. 3 Group RAF, it controls also the Airborne Early Warning aircraft, ground based radar installations, Maritime Reconnaissance aircraft and the Search & Rescue helicopters for six UK coastal bases. The group is based alongside Strike Command at
RAF High Wycombe,
Buckinghamshire.
As of
1 April 2006, the following stations and squadrons are under the command of 2 Group.
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RAF Brize Norton:
99,
101 and
216 Squadrons
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RAF Lyneham:
24,
30,
47 and
70 Squadrons
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RAF Northolt:
32 Squadron
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RAF Waddington:
5,
8,
23 and
51 Squadrons
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RAF Kinloss:
120,
201 and
42(R) Squadrons
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RAF St. Mawgan SARF /
203(R) Squadron
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RMB Chivenor A Flt
22 & HQ
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RAF Wattisham B Flt
22*
RAF Valley C Flt
22*
RAF Boulmer A Flt
202 & HQ
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RAF Lossiemouth D Flt
202*
RAF Leconfield E Flt
202*
RAF Honington:
RAF Regiment HQ. Squadrons and Flights at various stations.
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RAF Wittering and
RAF Scampton based Air Combat Service Support Units.
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RAF Bentley Priory *
RAF Boulmer *
RAF Fylingdales *
RAF NeatisheadThe most previous incarnation of 2 Group was between 1st April 1993, when it was formed from the former
RAF Germany, and 1st April 1996, when it's units were merged into the other groups in Strike Command.
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No. 2 Group at the Strike Command Website
