Commander-in-Chief Strike Command

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The Commander-in-Chief Strike Command was the senior Royal Air Force officer responsible for directing the UK’s Strike Command, which oversaw the nation’s strategic and tactical air operations during much of the Cold War and beyond.

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Commander-in-Chief Strike Command canonical 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Royal Air Force appointment
military office
appliesTo Strike Command aircraft
Strike Command personnel
appliesToJurisdiction Royal Air Force
country United Kingdom
dissolvedOrAbolished 2007
employer Royal Air Force
United Kingdom Ministry of Defence
surface form: UK Ministry of Defence
fieldOfWork air warfare
strategic bombing
tactical air operations
hasDomain air operations command and control
air operations planning
conventional air operations
strategic deterrent operations
hasResponsibilityWithin NATO military commands
surface form: NATO integrated military command structure
headquartersLocation RAF High Wycombe
hierarchicalSuperior Air Force Board of the Defence Council
Chief of the Air Staff
inception 1968
jurisdiction United Kingdom air operations
locationOfWork United Kingdom
militaryBranch air force
notableFor central role in UK Cold War air strategy
oversight of both strategic and tactical RAF air power
operationalPeriod Cold War
post–Cold War era
oversaw Strike Command operational units
United Kingdom strategic air operations
United Kingdom tactical air operations
partOf Strike Command
United Kingdom defence establishment
surface form: UK defence command structure
replacedBy Royal Air Force Air Command
surface form: Air Command (Royal Air Force)
responsibleFor deployment of Strike Command assets
execution of national air power policy
operational readiness of Strike Command forces
role head of Strike Command
responsible for directing UK strategic air operations
responsible for directing UK tactical air operations
senior Royal Air Force officer
seat RAF High Wycombe
serviceBranch Royal Air Force
subordinateTo Air Force Board of the Defence Council
surface form: Air Force Board

United Kingdom Ministry of Defence
surface form: UK Ministry of Defence
usedBy Royal Air Force
British Armed Forces
surface form: United Kingdom Armed Forces

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RAF Strike Command commanderTitle Commander-in-Chief Strike Command
Andrew Humphrey positionHeld Commander-in-Chief Strike Command