List of wings of the Royal Air Force

No. 1 Wing – No. 99 Wing between July and November that year. The wing's squadrons at the time (including two from the Australian Flying Corps), are: 4 Sqn AFC, 88 Sqn RAF, 4 Sqn AFC, 92 Sqn RAF, 103 Sqn RAF, 46 Sqn RAF, and 54 Sqn RAF. No. 100 Wing – No. 199 Wing No. 200 Wing – No. 299 Wing No. 300 Wing – No. 499 Wing No. 500 Wing – No. 999 Wing ==Expeditionary Air Wings==

Formed on 1 April 2006, Expeditionary Air Wings (EAW) are established at the following RAF Flying Stations: • RAF Waddington – 34 EAW (ISTAR) • RAF Brize Norton – 38 EAW (Air Transport) • RAF Coningsby – 121 EAW (Fighter) • RAF Leeming – 135 EAW • RAF Marham – 138 EAW (Ground Attack) • RAF Lossiemouth – 140 EAW Deployed EAWs • No. 901 EAW – Deployed to Middle East • 907 EAW – RAF Akrotiri ==Force Protection wings==

Formed from RAF Regiment field squadrons and RAF Police components, Force Protection (FP) Wings are responsible for defending aircraft and personnel whilst deployed on operations. the overarching Combat Readiness Force HQ is located at RAF Honington. Each Wing is parented by an RAF Station with whom it is usually deployed: • No 2 Force Protection Wing – RAF Leeming • No 3 Force Protection Wing – RAF Marham • No 5 Force Protection Wing – RAF Lossiemouth • No 7 Force Protection Wing – RAF Coningsby • No. 20 Wing RAF Regiment – RAF Honington • RAF Force Protection Centre – RAF Honington • RAF Regiment Training Wing – RAF Honington Disbanded FPWs RAF Force Protection Wings were, until April 2004, known as Tactical Survive To Operate Headquarters (Tac STO HQs). • No 4 Force Protection Wing – RAF Brize Norton • No 8 Force Protection Wing – RAF Waddington ==Miscellaneous wings==

• No 1 Air Mobility Wing – RAF Brize Norton – HQ Squadron, 44 Mobile Air Movements Squadron and 45 Mobile Air Movements Squadron. This is UK Mobile Air Movements Squadron (UKMAMS) expanded to wing strength. • No. 42 (Expeditionary Support) Wing – RAF Wittering • No. 85 (Expeditionary Logistics) Wing – RAF Wittering • No. 1 Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance (ISR) Wing – RAF Waddington • ISTAR Air Wing – RAF Waddington • 2nd Tactical Air Force Communication Wing RAF - formed 31 March 1945; disbanded 15 July 1945 at RAF Buckeburg. Became British Air Forces of Occupation Communication Squadron. ==Station-based wings==

A typical Royal Air Force flying station (not training) will have the following integrated wing-based structure: • Administrative Wing / Base (Station) Support Wing / Support Wing • Depth Support Wing • Forward Support Wing • Operations Wing On a smaller RAF Station, these functions may be termed squadrons but their role is identical. ==Specialised station-based wings==

Some stations has Wings which are customised to their particular role with the RAF: • Airport of Embarkation Wing – RAF Brize Norton ==Tactical wings==

Wings termed 'Tactical' within the Royal Air Force provide are cohesive, specialised teams. • Tactical Communications Wing – RAF Leeming • Tactical Medical Wing – RAF Brize Norton – This unit has the Latin motto "Summum Bonum" which means 'for the highest good'. It became operational on 1 April 1996 and its CO is currently Wing Commander Alan Cranfield. Some of its sub-units are Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron, Deployable Aeromedical Response Teams (DARTS), Operational Training Squadron and Operations and Logistics Squadron. • Tactical Provost Wing – RAF Honington • Tactical Supply Wing – MOD Stafford Disbanded Tactical Imagery-Intelligence Wing – RAF Marham – Disbanded, merged to become No. 1 Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance Wing RAF based at RAF Waddington == Airfield Headquarters ==

Airfield Headquarters were a temporary form of a wing formation used between 1943 & 1944. ==See also==