Plymouth & Cornwall Wing - Air Training Corps

SUMMER CAMP 2013 - RAF HIGH WYCOMBE

INFORMATION

The Wing has a camp allocation at RAF High Wycombe for 06-13-Jul-13 & 13-20-Jul-13 each for 36 cadets per week. .

RAF High Wycombe is an administrative support unit located in the village of Naphill, approximately 3 miles from the town of High Wycombe. It houses and provides support for Headquarters Air Command, No 1, No 2 and No 22 Groups. Air Command, with its Headquarters based at RAF High Wycombe in Buckinghamshire, is the main Command in the Royal Air Force which controls the RAF’s frontline aircraft. It controls aircraft covering a wide variety of roles including Strike/Attack, Offensive Support, Reconnaissance, Airborne-Early-Warning, Maritime, Air-to-Air Refuelling and Strategic and Tactical Transport.
With an established strength of 28,000 service personnel and 5,800 civilian staff, Air Command employs more than half the total strength of the Royal Air Force. Comprising of more than 500 aircraft, 42 stations or units, supporting Operations in the Gulf region, Kosovo and Afghanistan as well as maintaining a RAF presence in Cyprus, Gibraltar, Ascension Island, and the Falkland Islands.

Air Command was formed on 1 April 2007, when the RAF’s Personnel and Training Command and Strike Command merged. The creation of a single Command, with a single fully integrated Headquarters, will better equip the RAF to provide a coherent and coordinated single Air focus to the other Services and today the Royal Air Force is now more able to respond to overseas crises at short notice.

Within Air Command at High Wycombe the command of RAF operations is delegated into two operational groups. No 1 Group also known as the Air Combat Group, controls the RAF’s combat fast jet aircraft, including Joint Force Harrier, and has eight airfields in the UK. No 2 Group also known as the Combat Support Group, controls the Strategic and Tactical air transport aircraft, the RAF Regiment, the RAF’s Air to Air Refuelling aircraft as well as reconnaissance and Search and Rescue assets.

To discover more about Royal Air Force High Wycombe click here

INFORMATION
	The Wing has a camp allocation at RAF High Wycombe for 06-13-Jul-13 & 13-20-Jul-13 each for 36 cadets per week. . RAF High Wycombe is an administrative support unit located in the village of Naphill, approximately 3 miles from the town of High Wycombe. It houses and provides support for Headquarters Air Command, No 1, No 2 and No 22 Groups. Air Command, with its Headquarters based at RAF High Wycombe in Buckinghamshire, is the main Command in the Royal Air Force which controls the RAF’s frontline aircraft. It controls aircraft covering a wide variety of roles including Strike/Attack, Offensive Support, Reconnaissance, Airborne-Early-Warning, Maritime, Air-to-Air Refuelling and Strategic and Tactical Transport. With an established strength of 28,000 service personnel and 5,800 civilian staff, Air Command employs more than half the total strength of the Royal Air Force. Comprising of more than 500 aircraft, 42 stations or units, supporting Operations in the Gulf region, Kosovo and Afghanistan as well as maintaining a RAF presence in Cyprus, Gibraltar, Ascension Island, and the Falkland Islands.
Air Command was formed on 1 April 2007, when the RAF’s Personnel and Training Command and Strike Command merged. The creation of a single Command, with a single fully integrated Headquarters, will better equip the RAF to provide a coherent and coordinated single Air focus to the other Services and today the Royal Air Force is now more able to respond to overseas crises at short notice. Within Air Command at High Wycombe the command of RAF operations is delegated into two operational groups. No 1 Group also known as the Air Combat Group, controls the RAF’s combat fast jet aircraft, including Joint Force Harrier, and has eight airfields in the UK. No 2 Group also known as the Combat Support Group, controls the Strategic and Tactical air transport aircraft, the RAF Regiment, the RAF’s Air to Air Refuelling aircraft as well as reconnaissance and Search and Rescue assets. To discover more about Royal Air Force High Wycombe click here