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An indication of the manner in which an RAF Station might be organised is
as follows:
This example is an RAF Station with 4 x Tornado GR4 flying squadrons each
with 12 x aircraft. The 48 aircraft will have cost at least £1.4 billion
(at 1980s prices) in total purchase costs, and the combined running costs
for the operation of these squadrons will be in the region of some £120
million pounds per annum.
RAF STATION ORGANISATION
FLYING SQUADRON ORGANISATION
Note. Generally 1 x Tornado
GR4 will be held in reserve (IUR)
(1) These departmental leaders have responsibility for weapons, airframes,
propulsion, electronics, flight guidance and control systems,
communications, automatic navigation and attack controls and report to the
Squadron Commander.
Operations Wing is responsible for the management of the airfield
and its supporting services. Wing sub-units include:
- Air Traffic Control Squadron (including
Fire Services and the Bird Control Unit)
- Standards and Evaluation Squadron (STANEVAL
responsible for the standardisation of flying units, the Tornado
Simulator and Electronic Warfare)
- Meteorological Services (a civilian
agency)
- Operations Support Squadron (responsible
for the Combat Operations Centre
- C4i Support Squadron, encompassing IS
Flight, and Communications Flight, Station Intelligence Flight
(responsible for the Station Intelligence services)
- Security Squadron; responsible for RAF
Police, the Dog Section, Criminal
- Station RAF Regiment Flight
Forward Support Wing (FSW) might
consist of the following:
- Forward Engineering Squadron (FES)
- Forward Logistics Squadron (FLS)
- Engineering Operations Squadron (EOS)
- Tornado Maintenance School (TMS) (at RAF
Marham)
Depth Support Wing
could include:
- Tornado Components Squadron (TCS)
- Tornado Propulsion Squadron (TPS)
- Tornado Engineering Squadron (TES)
- Tornado Structures Squadron
- Tornado Lean Team.
Tactical Imagery
Intelligence Wing (TIW) covers:
- Intelligence
- Surveillance
- Target – Acquisition
- Reconnaissance
Base Support Wing usually consists
of:
- Personnel Administration
- Property Management
- Financial Services and Resources
- Force Development
- Community Support and Media
Communications Officer
- Catering Squadron
- Facilities Management Squadron
- Medical and Dental Centres
- Chaplaincy Services.
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