Expeditionary Air Wing
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On 1 April 2006 Expeditionary Air Wings (EAWs) were formed at nine of the RAF's Main Operating Bases. Each EAW has its own identity and is led by the Station Commander, supported by his Station management team. The deployable elements of the station structures form the core of each EAW, reinforced by assigned Capability-based Module Readiness System (CMRS) personnel and elements of the Air Combat Support Units (ACSUs). EAWs enable the RAF to train as cohesive units of Air Power which are prepared and capable of transitioning quickly from peacetime structures and deploying swiftly on operations.
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UK Based Wings
Current wings
- RAF Waddington – No. 34 EAW[1] (ISTAR)
- RAF Brize Norton – No. 38 EAW (Air Transport)
- RAF Coningsby – No. 121 EAW[2] (Fighter)
- RAF Marham – No. 138 EAW[2] (Ground Attack)
Former wings
- No. 38 EAW - RAF Lyneham[1]
- No. 122 EAW - RAF Cottesmore[2] (Fighter / Ground Attack) - stood down in 2012[citation needed]
- No. 125 EAW - RAF Leuchars[2] (Fighter) - stood down in 2013[citation needed]
- No. 135 EAW - RAF Leeming (Fighter)
- No. 140 EAW - RAF Lossiemouth (Fighter)
- No. 325 EAW - RAF Kinloss[1] (Maritime Patrol & Surveillance) - stood down in 2013[citation needed]
Deployed EAWs
- No. 140 EAW
- Current:
- Previous:
- RAF Akrotiri (August 2014 - 14 December 2014):
- Tornado GR4
- Lockheed C-130 Hercules
- Airbus Voyager
- RAF Lossiemouth as No. 140 EAW (Fighter)
- RAF Akrotiri (August 2014 - 14 December 2014):
- No. 901 EAW
- Current:
- Unknown deployed location.[4]
- Provides support to No. 83 Expeditionary Air Group and Joint Force Communication and Information Systems (Middle East).
- Unknown deployed location.[4]
- Previous:
- A Flight
- Unknown.
- Lockheed Hercules C.4[5]
- Unknown.
- B Flight (reformed in 2013 as unknown):[4]
- Unknown.
- C Flight (disbanded March 2015):[4]
- Bahrain International Airport:[6]
- 32 (The Royal) Squadron, based at RAF Northolt, operating a mix of BAe125s and BAe146s.
- Bahrain International Airport:[6]
- A Flight
- Current:
- No. 902 EAW
- RAFO Musannah in support of Operation Kipion (May 2015 – present):
- 2 x AgustaWestland Merlin HM.2 helicopters.[7]
- Previous:
- During 2008: Muscat International Airport, Oman.
- Hawker Siddeley Nimrod MR.2 & R.1[5]
- October 2013: Unknown deployed location suspected to be Muscat International Airport, Oman.[citation needed]
- No. 5 (Army Cooperation) Squadron, based at RAF Waddington.
- Raytheon Sentinel R.1 Airborne Stand Off Radar (ASTOR) aircraft.
- No. 5 (Army Cooperation) Squadron, based at RAF Waddington.
- During 2008: Muscat International Airport, Oman.
- RAFO Musannah in support of Operation Kipion (May 2015 – present):
- No. 903 EAW[8]
- RAF Akrotiri in support of Operation Shader (14 December 2014 – present):[8]
- Panavia Tornado GR.4
- Lockheed C-130 Hercules
- Airbus Voyager
- Boeing E-3D Sentry
- Raytheon Sentinel R.1
- Previous:
- Contingency Operating Base Basra/Basra Airport, Iraq – Stood down May 2009.[8]
- No. 1419 Flight RAF
- Merlin HC.3[5]
- No. 1563 Flight RAF
- Puma HC.1[5]
- No. 1419 Flight RAF
- Camp Bastion, Afghanistan.[8]
- Royal Air Force:
- 5 (Army Cooperation) Sqn – Raytheon Sentinel Airborne Stand-Off Radar (ASTOR).
- Boeing Chinook
- Airbus Voyager
- Boeing C-17A Globemaster III
- Lockheed Martin C-130J Super Hercules
- British Army:
- Army Air Corps:
- Fleet Air Arm:
- Royal Air Force:
- Contingency Operating Base Basra/Basra Airport, Iraq – Stood down May 2009.[8]
- RAF Akrotiri in support of Operation Shader (14 December 2014 – present):[8]
- No. 905 EAW
- RAF Mount Pleasant, Falklands Islands[9] – 1 April 2006 – Current.
- No. 1312 Flight RAF
- Lockheed Hercules[5]
- No. 1435 Flight RAF
- 4 x Eurofighter Typhoon[citation needed]
- Previously Panavia Tornado F.3's[5]
- 4 x Eurofighter Typhoon[citation needed]
- No. 1312 Flight RAF
- Previous:Unknown
- RAF Mount Pleasant, Falklands Islands[9] – 1 April 2006 – Current.
- No. 906 EAW
- Al Minhad Air Base, United Arab Emirates (15 January 2013 – present):[10]
- Previous:
- Gioia del Colle Air Base, Italy in support of Operation Ellamy:[11]
- 10 × Eurofighter Typhoon multirole fighters from RAF Coningsby and RAF Leuchars,[12]
- 16 × Tornado GR4 interdictor/strike aircraft from RAF Marham[13][14]
- Gioia del Colle Air Base, Italy in support of Operation Ellamy:[11]
Disbanded Wings
- No. 904 EAW
- Kandahar Airfield, Afghanistan.[15]
- Panavia Tornado GR4 detachment.
- Tactical Air Transport Detachment
- General Atomics MQ-9 Reaper detachment.
- No. 1310 Flight RAF
- Boeing Chinook HC.2 & HC.2A[5]
- Kandahar Airfield, Afghanistan.[15]
- No. 907 EAW
- Unknown
- Previous:
- RAF Akrotiri[11]
- 3 × Sentry AEW.1 AWACS aircraft from RAF Waddington[16]
- 1 x Nimrod R1 signals intelligence aircraft[17] – 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.[18]
- 1 x Sentinel R1 airborne standoff radar aircraft from RAF Waddington[11]
- RAF Akrotiri[11]
References
Citations
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Cotter 2008, p. 34.
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- ↑ Jane's Defence Weekly, 16 March 2011
Bibliography
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