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The school comprises a headquarters, No. 1 School of Technical Training and the Aerosystems Engineer and Management Training School (now No. 2 School of Technical Training), [1] all based at RAF Cosford, the Royal Naval Air Engineering and Survival Equipment School (RNAESS) at HMS Sultan, with elements also based at RAF Cranwell and MOD St ...
Long range transport aircraft for RAF – military version of Bristol Britannia airliner Bristol Britannia C.1 [125] F.177D OR.337 / NA.47 1956 Mixed power (rocket and turbojet) interceptor for RAF and Royal Navy Saunders-Roe SR.177 [126] T.178D&P 1957 Dual control trainer version of English Electric Lightning English Electric Lightning T.4 [127]
The RAF was put in charge of British military activity in Iraq, and carried out minor activities in other parts of the British Empire, including establishing bases to protect Singapore and Malaya. [22] The RAF's naval aviation branch, the Fleet Air Arm, was founded in 1924 but handed over to Admiralty control on 24 May 1939. [23]
There have been many units with various tasks in the Royal Air Force (RAF), and they are listed here. A unit is an administrative term for a body, which can be larger or smaller than a flight or squadron, is given a specific mission, but does not warrant the status of being formed as a formal flight or squadron.
Jefford, C.G. RAF Squadrons, a Comprehensive record of the Movement and Equipment of all RAF Squadrons and their Antecedents since 1912. Shropshire, UK: Airlife Publishing, 1988 (second edition 2001). ISBN 1-85310-053-6. Lake, Alan (1999). Flying Units of the RAF. Shrewsbury, UK: Airlife Publishing. ISBN 1-84037-086-6.
However, ninety one ex-apprentices went on to achieve Air Rank. Many more became commissioned officers, including Sir Frank Whittle "father of the jet engine", who completed his apprenticeship at RAF Cranwell, before the move to RAF Halton. [1] Graduates of the Aircraft Apprentice scheme at RAF Halton are known as Old Haltonians.
The authority incorporates the former Directorate of Aviation Regulation & Safety, previously the Defence Aviation Safety Centre (DASC) [5] which had been located at RAF Bentley Priory until the station closed in 2008 and the organisation moved to RAF Northolt. [6] The MAA, which is located at MoD Abbey Wood in Bristol. [7]
RAF United Kingdom – 1949 1950 Gp Capt. LS Snaith AFC RAF United Kingdom – 1950 1953 Gp Capt. A. E. Clouston: DSO, DFC, AFC RAF New Zealand – 1953 1957 Gp Capt. S. Wroath CBE, AFC RAF United Kingdom – 1957 1959 Gp Capt. RE Burns CBE, DFC RAF United Kingdom – 1960 1961 Capt. KR Hickson AFC and bar: RN: United Kingdom No. 4 (1946) 1962 ...