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Air Command
Air Command badge
Founded1 April 2007
CountryRAF Air Command United Kingdom
BranchRAF Air Command Royal Air Force
RoleMilitary air operations
LocationRAF High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire
Motto(s)Fortis Ubique Volantis (Flying Bravely Everywhere)

Air Command is the only Command currently active in the Royal Air Force. It was formed by the merger of Royal Air Force Strike and Personnel and Training commands on 1 April 2007, and has its headquarters at RAF High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire.[1]

The equivalent in the Royal Navy is Navy Command Headquarters at Portsmouth and the equivalent in the British Army is Army Headquarters at Andover.

  1. ^ "RAF Command". Archived from the original on 16 July 2008. Retrieved 8 December 2023.

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