No. 3 Group RAF

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Number 3 Group of the Royal Air Force is one of the three groups in RAF Strike Command.

The group is known as the Battle Management Group and controls the Airborne Early Warning aircraft, ground based radar installations, maritime reconnaissance aircraft and the search and rescue helicopters in the UK. The group is based alongside Strike Command at RAF High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire.

As of 2005, the following stations and squadrons are under the command of 2 Group.

3 Group stations and their Squadrons

• RAF Bentley Priory
• RAF Boulmer
• RAF Fylingdales
• RAF Kinloss 42(R), 120, and 201 Squadrons
• RAF Neatishead
• RAF St Mawgan SARF / 203(R) Squadron
• RAF Waddington 5, 8 , 23 and 51 Squadrons
• RMB Chivenor A Flt 22 & HQ
• RAF Wattisham B Flt 22
• RAF Valley C Flt 22
• RAF Boulmer A Flt 202 & HQ
• RAF Lossiemouth D Flt 202
• Leconfield E Flt 202

History

References

No. 3 Group at the Strike Command Website (http://www.raf.mod.uk/stc/3grp.html)

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