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RAF Support Command
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Active1973-1994
CountryRAF Support Command United Kingdom
BranchRAF Support Command Royal Air Force
RoleLogistical and maintenance support
Size18,144 uniformed personnel (1993)
HeadquartersRAF Brampton[1]
Motto(s)Ut Aquilae Volent (Latin: That Eagles May Fly)[2]

Support Command was a command of the Royal Air Force between 1973 and 1994. The headquarters was located at RAF Brampton in Cambridgeshire.

  1. ^ Royal Air Force, History of RAF Brampton, accessed December 2013.
  2. ^ Pine, L G (1983). A Dictionary of mottoes. London: Routledge & K. Paul. p. 243. ISBN 0-7100-9339-X.

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