RAF Germany

E531869

Royal Air Force command military formation

RAF Germany was the Royal Air Force’s forward-deployed command in West Germany during the Cold War, operating combat aircraft and supporting NATO’s air defense and strike missions in Central Europe.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
RAF Germany canonical	3
Royal Air Force Germany	3
Royal Air Force Germany liaison units	1

Statements (68)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Royal Air Force command ⓘ military formation ⓘ
alliance	NATO ⓘ
commanderTitle	Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief RAF Germany NERFINISHED ⓘ
conflict	Cold War ⓘ
cooperatedWith	Allied Air Forces Central Europe NERFINISHED ⓘ British Army of the Rhine NERFINISHED ⓘ Luftwaffe NERFINISHED ⓘ United States Air Forces in Europe NERFINISHED ⓘ
country	United Kingdom ⓘ
dateDissolved	1993 ⓘ
dateFormed	1954 ⓘ
disbandedAs	RAF Germany and Second Tactical Air Force combined into No. 2 Group RAF in 1993 ⓘ
followedBy	No. 2 Group RAF NERFINISHED ⓘ
formedFrom	British Air Forces of Occupation NERFINISHED ⓘ
garrison	RAF Ahlhorn NERFINISHED ⓘ RAF Brüggen NERFINISHED ⓘ RAF Celle NERFINISHED ⓘ RAF Fassberg NERFINISHED ⓘ RAF Geilenkirchen NERFINISHED ⓘ RAF Gutersloh NERFINISHED ⓘ RAF Gütersloh NERFINISHED ⓘ RAF Jever NERFINISHED ⓘ RAF Laarbruch NERFINISHED ⓘ RAF Oldenburg NERFINISHED ⓘ RAF Sylt NERFINISHED ⓘ RAF Wahn NERFINISHED ⓘ RAF Wegberg NERFINISHED ⓘ RAF Wildenrath NERFINISHED ⓘ Rheindahlen NERFINISHED ⓘ
hadComponent	No. 11 Group RAF NERFINISHED ⓘ No. 2 (Bomber) Group RAF NERFINISHED ⓘ No. 4 Group RAF NERFINISHED ⓘ Second Tactical Air Force (early lineage) NERFINISHED ⓘ
headquarters	Joint Headquarters Rheindahlen NERFINISHED ⓘ
historicalNote	evolved from the RAF Second Tactical Air Force in occupied Germany ⓘ
location	Federal Republic of Germany NERFINISHED ⓘ West Germany NERFINISHED ⓘ
militaryBranch	Royal Air Force ⓘ
mission	provide strike capability against Warsaw Pact targets ⓘ support British Army of the Rhine ⓘ support NATO air defence in Central Europe ⓘ
operatedAircraft	Canberra B(I).8 NERFINISHED ⓘ Canberra PR.7 NERFINISHED ⓘ English Electric Canberra NERFINISHED ⓘ Gloster Meteor NERFINISHED ⓘ Harrier GR3 NERFINISHED ⓘ Harrier GR5 NERFINISHED ⓘ Hawker Hunter NERFINISHED ⓘ McDonnell Douglas F-4 Phantom II NERFINISHED ⓘ Panavia Tornado NERFINISHED ⓘ SEPECAT Jaguar NERFINISHED ⓘ de Havilland Vampire NERFINISHED ⓘ de Havilland Venom NERFINISHED ⓘ
operatedIn	Central Europe NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOf	Royal Air Force ⓘ
precededBy	British Air Forces of Occupation NERFINISHED ⓘ
role	air defence ⓘ close air support ⓘ conventional strike support ⓘ forward-deployed air command ⓘ nuclear strike support ⓘ offensive air operations ⓘ reconnaissance ⓘ tactical air support ⓘ
subordinateTo	Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief RAF Germany NERFINISHED ⓘ RAF Strike Command NERFINISHED ⓘ
theatre	Cold War NERFINISHED ⓘ

Referenced by (7)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

McDonnell Douglas Phantom FGR.2 → usedByBranch → RAF Germany ⓘ

Celle Air Base → formerOperator → RAF Germany ⓘ

this entity surface form: Royal Air Force Germany

British Army of the Rhine (as main British field force in Europe) → cooperatedWith → RAF Germany ⓘ

subject surface form: British Army of the Rhine

this entity surface form: Royal Air Force Germany

British Army of the Rhine → includedUnit → RAF Germany ⓘ

this entity surface form: Royal Air Force Germany liaison units

British Army of the Rhine → supportedBy → RAF Germany ⓘ

this entity surface form: Royal Air Force Germany

RAF British Air Forces of Occupation → replacedBy → RAF Germany ⓘ

No. 79 Squadron RAF → partOf → RAF Germany ⓘ