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No. 2 Group is a group of the Royal Air Force which was first activated in 1918, served from 1918–20, from 1936 through the Second World War to 1947, from 1948 to 1958, from 1993 to 1996, was reactivated in 2000, and is today part of Air Command . The group is sometimes referred to as the Air Combat Support Group, as it controls the aircraft ...
- List of Royal Air Force groups
Reformed as No. 6 (Fighter) Group on 1 May 1924, and...
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Number 2 Squadron, also known as No. II (Army Co-operation)...
- List of Royal Air Force groups
- 1936-1947
- 1948-1958
- 1993-1996
- 2000-Present
The Group was reformed as 2 (Bombing) Group on 20 March 1936, with its headquarters base at Abingdon. By the outbreak of war Group Headquarters were at RAF Wyton and a Blenheim from 2 Group made the first British operational sortie to cross the German frontier in the Second World War. The following day saw the Group's Blenheims make the first Briti...
Reformed as part of the British Occupation forces in Germany, and transferred to the Second Tactical Air Force in 1951.
Was formed to encompass RAF Germany after the Cold War and disbanded after the draw down of RAF units on the continent.
2 Group was reformed on 7 January 2000 to take control of air transport, air-to-air refuelling and airborne early warning within the RAF. Later the group took control of the RAF's Force Protection units and most recently absorbed the Space & Battle Management Force and stood up the Support Force.
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No. 2 Group is the other operations group within Air Command, providing aircraft that support the Royal Navy and RAF front line aircraft, the Royal Air Force Police, and the Royal Air Force Regiment. Its current air officer commanding is Air Vice-Marshal Suraya Marshall, and has been since October 2021. The group is headquartered at RAF High ...
The Group was reformed on 1 May 1936 as No. 11 (Fighter) Group by renaming Fighting Area. On 14 July 1936, 11 Group became the first RAF Fighter Command Group responsible for the air-defence of southern England, including London. Second World War, 1939 to 1945. No.11 Group was organised with the Dowding System of fighter
The Royal Air Force (RAF) is the air and space force of the United Kingdom, British Overseas Territories and Crown Dependencies. It was formed towards the end of the First World War on 1 April 1918, becoming the first independent air force in the world, by merging the Royal Flying Corps (RFC) and the Royal Naval Air Service (RNAS).
