No. 1 Group

No. 1 Group is one of two operations groups within Air Command, controlling the RAF's fast combat aircraft and the associated airfields. The AOC has been Air Vice Marshal Ian Duguid, since he took up the appointment in November 2021.^[4]

• Headquarters, No. 1 Group, at RAF High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire^[5]
  • RAF Coningsby
    • No. 3 Squadron RAF, (Eurofighter Typhoon)^[6]
    • No. 11 Squadron RAF, (Eurofighter Typhoon)^[7]
    • No. 12 Squadron RAF, (Eurofighter Typhoon)^[8]
    • No. 29 Squadron RAF, (Eurofighter Typhoon) (Operational Conversion Unit)^[9]
      • RAF Typhoon Display Team^[10]
    • Battle of Britain Memorial Flight, (Lancaster, Spitfire, Hurricane, Dakota, Chipmunk)^[11]
  • RAF Leeming
    • No. 100 Squadron RAF, (Hawk T1A)^[12]
    • No. 607 (County of Durham) Squadron RAuxAF^[13]
    • Joint Forward Air Controller Training and Standards Unit^[14]
  • RAF Lossiemouth
    • No. 1 Squadron RAF, (Eurofighter Typhoon)^[15]
    • No. 2 Squadron RAF, (Eurofighter Typhoon)^[16]
    • No. 6 Squadron RAF, (Eurofighter Typhoon)^[17]
    • No. 9 Squadron RAF, (Eurofighter Typhoon)^[18]
    • No. 602 (City of Glasgow) Squadron RAuxAF^[19]
  • RAF Marham
    • No. 207 Squadron RAF, (F-35B Lightning II) (Operational Conversion Unit)^[20]
    • No. 617 Squadron RAF, (F-35B Lightning II)^[21]
  • RAF Waddington
  • RAF Scampton
  • No. 1 Air Control Centre RAF,^[22] at RAF Scampton
  • Royal Air Force Aerobatic Team (Red Arrows) (Hawk T1A),^[22] at RAF Scampton
  • Intelligence, Surveillance, Target Acquisition, and Reconnaissance (ISTAR) Force, at RAF Waddington^[23][24][25] – formed part of the combined NATO Airborne Electronic Warfare Force^[23]
    • ISTAR Force Commander, Air Commodore Nick Hay^[23]
    • No. 8 Squadron reforming at Lossiemouth in 2024 with E-7A Wedgetail^[26]
    • No. 13 Squadron RAF, (MQ-9 Reaper)^[27]
    • No. 14 Squadron RAF, (Shadow R1)^[28]
    • No. 39 Squadron RAF, (MQ-9 Reaper) (and Creech AFB)^[27]
    • No. 51 Squadron RAF, (RC-135W Airseeker)^[23][29]
    • No. 54 Squadron RAF, at RAF Waddington
      • Detachment, at RAF Lossiemouth (with Poseidon MRA1)^[30]
    • No. 120 Squadron RAF, (Poseidon MRA1),^[31] at RAF Lossiemouth
    • No. 201 Squadron with Poseidon MRA1 at RAF Lossiemouth
    • No. 616 (South Yorkshire) Squadron RAuxAF^[32]
    • Poseidon Line Squadron,^[33] at RAF Lossiemouth
    • Poseidon Tactical Operations Centre, at RAF Lossiemouth
  • No. 1 Intelligence Surveillance and Reconnaissance Wing RAF, at RAF Waddington^[34]
    • No. 1 Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance Squadron RAF
    • No. 2 Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance Squadron RAF
    • No. 3 Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance Squadron RAF
    • No. 54 Signals Unit RAF
    • Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance Support Squadron RAF

No. 2 Group

No. 2 Group is the other operations group within Air Command, providing aircraft that support the Royal Navy and RAF front line aircraft, the Royal Air Force Police, and the Royal Air Force Regiment. Its current air officer commanding is Air Vice-Marshal Suraya Marshall, and has been since October 2021. The group is headquartered at RAF High Wycombe.

Following the disbandment of No. 38 Group RAF on 31 December 2020, all units of the former group were moved under a new 1-star 'RAF Support Force', which now forms part of No. 2 Group.^[45]

As of early 2023, No. 2 Group comprises the following stations and units.^{[46][47][48][49][50]} Unless indicated otherwise, subordinate units are located at the same location as the unit they report to.

No. 11 Group

No. 11 Group is the newest group formed in the RAF, having only been reformed in late 2018 as a "multi-domain operations group." Air Vice-Marshal Philip Robinson has been the AOC, since December 2021.

• Headquarters, No. 11 Group, at RAF High Wycombe^[52]
  • Joint Force Air Component Headquarters, at RAF High Wycombe
  • National Air & Space Operations Centre, at RAF High Wycombe
  • RAF Spadeadam
    • Electronic Warfare Tactics Range^[53]

No. 22 Group

No. 22 Group is the direct successor to the Training Group, and so is responsible for RAF training policy and training establishments. It has been commanded by Air Vice Marshal Richard Maddison since August 2020.^[54]

The group commands the following stations:

• RAF Cosford
• RAF Halton
• RAF Cranwell
• RAF Linton-on-Ouse
• RAF Shawbury
• RAF St Mawgan
• RAF Valley
• RAF Woodvale
• MoD St Athan
• Headquarters, No. 22 Group, at RAF High Wycombe^[45]
  • Directorate of Ground Training
    • RAF Central Training School, at RAF Halton
      • Recruit Training Squadron
      • Airmens Command Squadron
      • Specialist Training Squadron
    • International Defence Training (RAF), at RAF Halton
    • Defence Survive, Evade, Resist, Extract Training Organisation
    • Defence College of Air and Space Operations, at RAF Shawbury^[55]
      • School of Air Operations Control
      • School of Aerospace Battle Management
  • Directorate of Flying Training
    • Headquarters Central Flying School, at RAF Cranwell
    • No. 1 Flying Training School RAF (Tri-Service), at RAF Shawbury^[56]
      • No. 660 Squadron, Army Air Corps, at RAF Shawbury, (Airbus Juno HT1)^[57]
      • 705 Naval Air Squadron, at RAF Shawbury, (Airbus Juno HT1)^[58]
      • No. 202 Squadron RAF, at RAF Valley, (Airbus Jupiter HT1)^[59]
      • 9th Regiment Army Air Corps (British Army)
        • No. 60 Squadron RAF, at RAF Shawbury, (Airbus Juno HT1)^[60]
        • No. 670 Squadron, Army Air Corps, at RAF Shawbury, (Airbus Juno HT1)^[61]
    • No. 3 Flying Training School RAF (Tri-Service), at RAF Cranwell^[62]
      • No. 16 Squadron RAF, at RAF Wittering, (Grob Tutor T1)
      • No. 45 Squadron RAF, at RAF Cranwell, (Embraer Phenom T1)^[63]
      • No. 57 Squadron RAF, at RAF Cranwell, (Grob Prefect T1)^[64]
      • No. 674 Squadron, Army Air Corps, (Grob Prefect T1), at RAF Barkston Heath
      • 703 Naval Air Squadron, at RAF Barkston Heath, (Grob Prefect T1)^[65]
    • No. 4 Flying Training School RAF, at RAF Valley^[66]
      • No. 4 Squadron RAF, at RAF Valley, (Hawk T2)
      • No. 25 Squadron RAF, at RAF Valley, (Hawk T2)^[67]
      • No. 72 Squadron RAF, at RAF Valley, (Texan T1)^[68]
      • Central Flying School Advanced Training Unit
    • No. 6 Flying Training School RAF, at RAF Cranwell^[69]
      • No. 115 Squadron RAF, at RAF Wittering, (Grob Tutor T1)
      • University Air Squadrons
        • University of Birmingham Air Squadron, at RAF Cosford, (Grob Tutor T1)^[70]
        • Bristol University Air Squadron, at Colerne Airfield, (Grob Tutor T1)^[71]
        • Cambridge University Air Squadron, at RAF Wittering, (Grob Tutor T1)^[72]
        • East Midlands Universities Air Squadron, at RAF Cranwell, (Grob Tutor T1)
        • East of Scotland Universities Air Squadron, at Leuchars Station, (Grob Tutor T1)^[73]
        • Universities of Glasgow and Strathclyde Air Squadron, at Glasgow Airport, (Grob Tutor T1)
        • Liverpool University Air Squadron, at RAF Woodvale, (Grob Tutor T1)^[74]
        • University of London Air Squadron, at RAF Wittering, (Grob Tutor T1)^[75]
        • Manchester and Salford Universities Air Squadron, at RAF Woodvale, (Grob Tutor T1)^[74]
        • Northern Ireland Universities Air Squadron, at JHFS Aldergrove, (Grob Tutor T1)^[76]
        • Northumbrian Universities Air Squadron, at RAF Leeming, (Grob Tutor T1)^[77]
        • Oxford University Air Squadron, at RAF Benson, (Grob Tutor T1)^[78]
        • Southampton University Air Squadron, at MoD Boscombe Down, (Grob Tutor T1)
        • University of Wales Air Squadron, at MoD St Athan, (Grob Tutor T1)^[79]
        • Yorkshire Universities Air Squadron, at RAF Linton-on-Ouse, (Grob Tutor T1)^[80]
      • Air Experience Flights
        • No. 1 Air Experience Flight RAF, at MoD St Athan, (Grob Tutor T1)
        • No. 2 Air Experience Flight RAF, at MoD Boscombe Down, (Grob Tutor T1)
        • No. 3 Air Experience Flight RAF, at Colerne Airfield, (Grob Tutor T1)
        • No. 4 Air Experience Flight RAF, at Glasgow Airport, (Grob Tutor T1)
        • No. 5 Air Experience Flight RAF, at RAF Wittering, (Grob Tutor T1)
        • No. 6 Air Experience Flight RAF, at RAF Benson, (Grob Tutor T1)
        • No. 7 Air Experience Flight RAF, at RAF Cranwell, (Grob Tutor T1)
        • No. 8 Air Experience Flight RAF, at RAF Cosford, (Grob Tutor T1)
        • No. 9 Air Experience Flight RAF, at RAF Linton-on-Ouse, (Grob Tutor T1)
        • No. 10 Air Experience Flight RAF, at RAF Woodvale, (Grob Tutor T1)
        • No. 11 Air Experience Flight RAF, at RAF Leeming, (Grob Tutor T1)
        • No. 12 Air Experience Flight RAF, at RAF Leuchars, (Grob Tutor T1)
        • No. 13 Air Experience Flight RAF, at JHFS Aldergrove, (Grob Tutor T1)
  • Defence College of Technical Training, at MoD Lyneham^[81]
    • Defence School of Aeronautical Engineering, at RAF Cosford^[82]
      • RAF Aerosystems Engineer and Management Training School
      • School of Army Aeronautical Engineering, at MoD Lyneham
      • No. 1 School of Technical Training RAF, at RAF Cosford^[83]
        • No. 238 Squadron RAF
        • Aerosystems Training Squadron
        • Mechanical Training Squadron
        • Trenchard Squadron
      • Royal Navy Air Engineering and Survival School, at HMS Sultan^[84]
        • 764 Initial Training Squadron
        • Advanced Training Group
        • Common Training Group
        • Specialist Training Group
        • Training Support Group
    • Defence School of Communications and Information Systems, at Blandford Camp^[85]
      • No. 1 Radio School RAF, at RAF Cosford
        • The Aerial Erector School, at RAF Digby
        • Training Delivery Squadron
        • Training Management Support Squadron
        • Academic Accreditation Group
      • Royal School of Signals, at Blandford Camp
        • 11th (Royal Corps of Signals) Signal Regiment, Royal Corps of Signals, at Blandford Camp^[86]
          • 2 (Catterick) Squadron
          • 3 (Harrogate) Squadron
          • 4 (Military Training) Squadron
          • 5 (Maresfield) Squadron
    • Defence School of Electro-Mechanical Engineering, at MoD Lyneham^[87]
      • No. 4 School of Technical Training RAF, at MoD St Athan^[88]
      • 8 Training Battalion, Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers, at MoD Lyneham^[89]
      • Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers Arms School, at MoD Lyneham
    • Defence School of Marine Engineering, at HMS Sultan^[90]
      • Marine Engineering Department
      • Craft Skills Group
      • Training Support Organisation
  • Directorate of RAF Sport
    • RAF School of Physical Training, at RAF Cosford
    • RAF Sports Board, at RAF Halton
  • Royal Air Force College Cranwell
    • Officer and Aircrew Cadet Training Unit^[91] Cranwell intakes usually take place at ten week intervals throughout the year.^[92]
  • Headquarters, Royal Air Force Air Cadets, at RAF Cranwell
    • No. 2 Flying Training School RAF, at RAF Syerston^[93]
      • Central Gliding School, at RAF Syerston
      • No. 614 Volunteer Gliding Squadron RAF, at MDP Wethersfield, (Grob Viking T1)
      • No. 615 Volunteer Gliding Squadron RAF, at Kenley Airfield, (Grob Viking T1)
      • No. 621 Volunteer Gliding Squadron RAF, at RAF Little Rissington, (Grob Viking T1)
      • No. 622 Volunteer Gliding Squadron RAF, at Trenchard Lines, (Grob Viking T1)
      • No. 626 Volunteer Gliding Squadron RAF, at Predannack Airfield, (Grob Viking T1)
      • No. 632 Volunteer Gliding Squadron RAF, at Tern Hill Airfield, (Grob Viking T1)
      • No. 637 Volunteer Gliding Squadron RAF, at RAF Little Rissington, (Grob Viking T1)
      • No. 644 Volunteer Gliding Squadron RAF, at RAF Syerston, (Grob Viking T1)
      • No. 645 Volunteer Gliding Squadron RAF, at RAF Topcliffe , (Grob Viking T1)
      • No. 661 Volunteer Gliding Squadron RAF, at RAF Kirknewton, (Grob Viking T1)

No. 83 Expeditionary Air Group

No. 83 Expeditionary Air Group is the collation of all of the RAF's assets that support operations in the Middle East, i.e., Op Kipion, and Op Shader. The Group has been commanded by Air Commodore Simon Strasdin since September 2020.

• Headquarters, No. 83 Expeditionary Air Group, at RAF Al Udeid, Qatar^[94]
  • No. 901 Expeditionary Air Wing, at RAF Al Udeid^[95]
    • Joint Force Communication Information Systems^[96]
    • Joint Force Support (Middle East) Force Movements Control Centre^[96]
    • Combined Air Operations Centre^[96]
  • No. 902 Expeditionary Air Wing, at RAFO Musannah
  • No. No. 903 Expeditionary Air Wing, at RAF Akrotiri^[97]
  • No. 906 Expeditionary Air Wing, at Al Minhad Air Base^[98]