RAF Strike Command

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major command of the Royal Air Force military formation

RAF Strike Command was a major operational command of the Royal Air Force responsible for coordinating and conducting the UK’s offensive air operations during much of the Cold War and beyond.

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Label Occurrences
RAF Strike Command canonical 24
Commander-in-Chief RAF Strike Command 2
RAF Strike Command (historically) 1

Statements (58)

Predicate Object
instanceOf major command of the Royal Air Force ⓘ
military formation ⓘ
abbreviation STC ⓘ
alliance NATO ⓘ
surface form: North Atlantic Treaty Organization
commanderTitle Commander-in-Chief Strike Command ⓘ
conflict Cold War ⓘ
country United Kingdom ⓘ
dateDissolved 1 April 2007 ⓘ
2007 ⓘ
dateFormed 1968 ⓘ
30 April 1968 ⓘ
equipment Vulcan bomber ⓘ
surface form: Avro Vulcan

Hawker Siddeley Harrier ⓘ
surface form: BAe Harrier

English Electric Canberra ⓘ
English Electric Lightning ⓘ
Handley Page Victor ⓘ
Hawker Siddeley Buccaneer ⓘ
McDonnell Douglas Phantom FGR.2 ⓘ
surface form: McDonnell Douglas Phantom FGR2

Panavia Tornado ⓘ
surface form: Panavia Tornado GR1

SEPECAT Jaguar ⓘ
formedByMergerOf Royal Air Force Bomber Command ⓘ
surface form: RAF Bomber Command

RAF Coastal Command ⓘ
Royal Air Force Fighter Command ⓘ
surface form: RAF Fighter Command

RAF Signals Command ⓘ
garrison RAF High Wycombe ⓘ
headquarters RAF High Wycombe ⓘ
historicalPeriod Cold War ⓘ
post–Cold War era ⓘ
includedUnit No. 1 Group RAF ⓘ
No. 11 Group RAF ⓘ
No. 18 Group RAF ⓘ
No. 2 Group RAF ⓘ
No. 38 Group RAF ⓘ
No. 46 Group RAF ⓘ
RAF Second Tactical Air Force ⓘ
surface form: RAF Germany (Second Tactical Air Force)
location Buckinghamshire ⓘ
England ⓘ
High Wycombe ⓘ
mergedInto Royal Air Force Air Command ⓘ
surface form: RAF Air Command
notableOperation Falklands War ⓘ
surface form: Falklands War air operations

NATO bombing of Yugoslavia ⓘ
surface form: Operation Allied Force

Operation Granby ⓘ
Operation Telic ⓘ
partOf Royal Air Force ⓘ
peacetimeResponsibility NATO Allied Air Forces Central Europe ⓘ
Allied Forces Northern Europe ⓘ
surface form: NATO Allied Forces Northern Europe
responsibleFor conducting UK offensive air operations ⓘ
coordinating UK offensive air operations ⓘ
role air defence coordination ⓘ
conventional strike operations ⓘ
maritime strike operations ⓘ
nuclear strike operations ⓘ
offensive air operations ⓘ
strategic air operations ⓘ
tactical air operations ⓘ
serviceBranch Royal Air Force ⓘ
subordinateTo Air Council ⓘ
surface form: Air Force Board

United Kingdom Ministry of Defence ⓘ
surface form: Ministry of Defence (United Kingdom)

Referenced by (30)

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

Royal Air Force Fighter Command → succeededBy → RAF Strike Command ⓘ
RAF No. 111 Squadron → partOf → RAF Strike Command ⓘ
subject surface form: No. 111 Squadron RAF
Air Marshal Sir Denis Smallwood → positionHeld → RAF Strike Command ⓘ
subject surface form: Denis Smallwood
this entity surface form: Commander-in-Chief RAF Strike Command
RAF Scampton → usedBy → RAF Strike Command ⓘ
RAF Coastal Command → successor → RAF Strike Command ⓘ
No. 617 Squadron RAF → laterPartOf → RAF Strike Command ⓘ
Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief → historicallyExistedIn → RAF Strike Command ⓘ
High Wycombe → hosted → RAF Strike Command ⓘ
this entity surface form: RAF Strike Command headquarters
RAFHIGHWYCOMBE → isHeadquartersFor → RAF Strike Command ⓘ
subject surface form: RAF High Wycombe
this entity surface form: former RAF Strike Command
Royal Air Force Air Command → formedByMergerOf → RAF Strike Command ⓘ
Nimrod MR2 → serviceBranch → RAF Strike Command ⓘ
Strike Command → nickname → RAF Strike Command ⓘ
McDonnell Douglas Phantom FGR.2 → usedByBranch → RAF Strike Command ⓘ
No. 111 Squadron → partOf → RAF Strike Command ⓘ
subject surface form: No. 111 Squadron RAF
Air Chief Marshal Sir Patrick Hine → positionHeld → RAF Strike Command ⓘ
subject surface form: Patrick Hine
this entity surface form: Commander-in-Chief RAF Strike Command
No. 56 Squadron RAF → partOf → RAF Strike Command ⓘ
Air Officer Commanding No. 3 Group RAF → partOf → RAF Strike Command ⓘ
Air Officer Commanding No. 3 Group RAF → usedBy → RAF Strike Command ⓘ
RAF Northwood → formerlyControlledBy → RAF Strike Command ⓘ
this entity surface form: Strike Command (Royal Air Force)
No. 100 Squadron RAF → partOf → RAF Strike Command ⓘ
RAF Coltishall → partOf → RAF Strike Command ⓘ
No. 50 Squadron RAF → partOf → RAF Strike Command ⓘ
RAF Rudloe Manor → partOf → RAF Strike Command ⓘ
RAF Kinloss → partOf → RAF Strike Command ⓘ
this entity surface form: RAF Strike Command (historically)
MR2 → serviceBranch → RAF Strike Command ⓘ
subject surface form: Nimrod MR2
RAF Signals Command → hasSuccessor → RAF Strike Command ⓘ
STC → standsFor → RAF Strike Command ⓘ
No. 18 Group RAF → partOf → RAF Strike Command ⓘ
No. 216 Squadron RAF → partOf → RAF Strike Command ⓘ
Royal Air Force operational commands → hasHistoricalPredecessor → RAF Strike Command ⓘ