BAe 125 aircraft in the Middle East. Most of the deployed EAWs are located in the Middle East.
No. 901 Expeditionary Air Wing As of 2017, the wing was located at
Al Udeid Air Base, providing support to Headquarters
No. 83 Expeditionary Air Group and Headquarters Joint Force Communication and Information Systems (Middle East). Previously as a Middle Eastern EAW it comprised "A" Flight, at a not-publicly known location [likely to be Al Udeid, Qatar], flying Lockheed Hercules C4; "B" Flight (unknown location [likely to be Mussanah, Oman], reformed in 2013 as unknown) flying a mix of
BAe125s and
BAe146s from
No. 32 (The Royal) Squadron. During the Second World War, No. 901 Wing formed part of
No. 224 Group RAF,
Third Tactical Air Force. It was formed on 1 October 1944 at
Chiringa in British India. At the time of its formation, 901 Wing consisted of two Squadrons: 177 and 211 Squadron, both of which flew Bristol Beaufighter twin-engined fighter-bombers. The Wing was renamed No 901 (Tactical) Wing with effect from 1 December 1944. The Wing continued to operate up to four squadrons equipped with Beaufighters and de Havilland Mosquitoes during 1944-45.
No. 902 EAW •
RAFO Musannah in support of
Operation Kipion (May 2015 – present): • 2 x
AgustaWestland Merlin HM.2 helicopters. • Previous: • During 2008:
Muscat International Airport, Oman. •
Hawker Siddeley Nimrod MR2 & R1 • October 2013: Unknown deployed location suspected to be Muscat International Airport, Oman. •
Sentinel R1 Airborne Stand Off Radar (ASTOR) aircraft from
No. V (Army Cooperation) Squadron No. 903 EAW •
RAF Akrotiri in support of
Operation Shader (14 December 2014 – present): • Elements of the RAF Typhoon Force (9 x
Typhoon FGR4 multirole fighter aircraft) • Elements of the RAF Air Mobility Force: •
Airbus A400M Atlas transport aircraft (replaced previously operated
Hercules C5 aircraft withdrawn from RAF service in 2023) •
Voyager KC3 tanker aircraft • Elements of the
RAF ISTAR Force: •
MQ-9A Reaper UAVs (
No. 13 Squadron RAF) and
RC-135W Rivet Joint (
No. 51 Squadron RAF) (aircraft may operate from locations other than RAF Akrotiri) •
Shadow R1 aircraft from
No. 14 Squadron RAF • 2 x
Sentinel R1 ISTAR aircraft from
No. V(Army Cooperation) Squadron (all withdrawn from service 2021) • 2 x
Sentry AEW1 AEW&C aircraft from
No. 8 Squadron (aircraft withdrawn from service 2021) • Elements of the RAF Support Force. • Previous • Elements of the RAF Tornado Force (10 x
Tornado GR4 strike aircraft) (Retired 2019) •
Contingency Operating Base Basra/Basra Airport,
Iraq for
Operation Telic (2003- 2009). • Previous: •
Gioia del Colle Air Base,
Italy in support of
Operation Ellamy (2011) comprising • 16 ×
Tornado GR4 interdictor/strike aircraft from
RAF Marham British Forces South Atlantic Islands No. 905 EAW •
RAF Mount Pleasant,
Falklands Islands (1 April 2006 – present) •
No. 1312 Flight RAF •
Airbus A400M Atlas •
Voyager KC2 • Previously
VC10 and
Tristar •
No. 1435 Flight RAF • 4 x
Eurofighter Typhoon • Previously Panavia Tornado F3s • Previous:Unknown
Disbanded Wings No. 904 EAW •
Kandahar Airfield, Afghanistan for
Operation Herrick (2006-2015). •
Harrier aircraft (eight aircraft, with eleven crews) 2009
No. 907 EAW •
RAF Akrotiri in support of
Operation Ellamy (2011) comprising • 3 ×
Sentry AEW1 AWACS aircraft from
RAF Waddington • 1 x
Nimrod R1 signals intelligence aircraft from
No 51 Squadron – operational requirements forced the
Royal Air Force to deploy one of its two remaining Nimrod R1s two weeks before they were due to be withdrawn. • 1 x
Sentinel R1 airborne standoff radar aircraft from
No V(Army Cooperation) Squadron == See also ==