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No. 2 Group RAF
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'''Number 2 Group''' of the
Royal Air Force is one of the three 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 include the air transport aircraft, the RAF Regiment and air-to-air refuelling aircraft. The group is based alongside Strike Command at
RAF High Wycombe,
Buckinghamshire.
As of
2005, the following stations and squadrons are under the command of 2 Group.
*
RAF Brize Norton No. 99 Squadron RAF 99,
No. 101 Squadron RAF 101 and
No. 216 Squadron RAF 216 Squadrons
*
RAF Lyneham No. 24 Squadron RAF 24,
No. 30 Squadron RAF 30,
No. 47 Squadron RAF 47 and
No. 70 Squadron RAF 70 Squadrons
*
RAF Northolt No. 32 Squadron RAF 32 Squadron
*
RAF Honington RAF Regiment HQ. Squadrons and Flights at various stations.
* Defence NBC Centre Winterbourne Gunner
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RAF Stafford,
RAF Wittering and
RAF Scampton based Air Combat Service Support Units.
History
The 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.
External link
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No. 2 Group at the Strike Command Website
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