RAF Strike Command
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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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| 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
NERFINISHED
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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"
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| 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 (11)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form: "RAF Strike Command headquarters"
subject surface form: "RAF High Wycombe"
this entity surface form: "former RAF Strike Command"
subject surface form: "No. 111 Squadron RAF"
subject surface form: "Denis Smallwood"
this entity surface form: "Commander-in-Chief RAF Strike Command"