Defence written question – answered at on 13 September 2011.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what the Order of Battle is of the Royal Air Force.
Order of Battle is not a term commonly applied by the Royal Air Force. The information in the following table is a current indication of the size and shape of the RAF:
Number of squadrons | Aircraft/Activity | Main RAF group responsible |
6 | Tornado GR4 | 1 |
5 | Typhoon | 1 |
1 | Sentinel/Shadow | 2 |
1 | Sentry | 2 |
3 | Search and Rescue Sea King | 2 |
3 | C 130 Hercules | 2 |
I | Command Support Air Transport Fleet | 2 |
1 | Reaper | 2 |
1 | C-17 Globemaster | 2 |
3 | Hawk | 22 and 1 |
1 | VC-10 | 2 |
1 | Tristar | 2 |
3 | Tutor | 22 |
1 | King Air | 22 |
2 | Sentry/Sentinel | 2 |
2 | Griffin | 22 and 2 |
1 | Tucano | 22 |
1 | Fast Jet and Weapons Operational Evaluation Unit (OEU) | 2 |
1 | No Aircraft—AWC HQ trials and tactics, office based air exercise planning unit | 2 |
1 | Integrated Test and Evaluation Squadron | 2 |
3 | Chinook | (1)— |
2 | Merlin | (1)— |
2 | Puma | (1)— |
(1) Joint Helicopter Command |
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