No. 1 Group RAF

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Royal Air Force group military formation

No. 1 Group RAF is a major formation of the Royal Air Force responsible primarily for the command and control of the UK’s fast jet and air combat forces.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form Occurrences
Air Officer Commanding No. 1 Group RAF 1

Statements (34)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Royal Air Force group ⓘ
military formation ⓘ
conflict Cold War ⓘ
Gulf War ⓘ
Iraq War ⓘ
World War II ⓘ
surface form: Second World War

War in Afghanistan (2001–2021) ⓘ
surface form: War in Afghanistan
country United Kingdom ⓘ
countryLabel United Kingdom NERFINISHED ⓘ
garrison RAF High Wycombe ⓘ
hasAbbreviation 1 Group ⓘ
No. 1 Gp ⓘ
hasComponent air combat support units ⓘ
expeditionary air wings ⓘ
fast jet squadrons ⓘ
headquartersLocation RAF High Wycombe ⓘ
language English ⓘ
militaryBranch Air Force ⓘ
militaryFormationOf Royal Air Force ⓘ
militaryRole front line air power ⓘ
notableAircraftType Eurofighter Typhoon ⓘ
F-35B Lightning II ⓘ
Panavia Tornado GR4 ⓘ
surface form: Tornado GR4
partOf Royal Air Force ⓘ
responsibleFor UK fast jet forces ⓘ
air combat forces of the Royal Air Force ⓘ
role air combat command and control ⓘ
air defence ⓘ
control of UK fast jet forces ⓘ
expeditionary air operations ⓘ
offensive air operations ⓘ
serviceBranch Royal Air Force ⓘ
serviceNumber 1 ⓘ
subordinateTo Royal Air Force Air Command ⓘ
surface form: Air Command RAF

Referenced by (7)

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

Battle of the Ruhr → combatant → No. 1 Group RAF ⓘ
No. 3 Squadron RAF → commandStructure → No. 1 Group RAF ⓘ
Air Command → hasComponent → No. 1 Group RAF ⓘ
Royal Air Force Air Command → hasComponent → No. 1 Group RAF ⓘ
RAF High Wycombe → hasHeadquarters → No. 1 Group RAF ⓘ
RAF Strike Command → includedUnit → No. 1 Group RAF ⓘ
subject surface form: Denis Smallwood
this entity surface form: Air Officer Commanding No. 1 Group RAF