On promotion, he was posted to Headquarters 1 Group, Strike Command, as Group Captain Tornado where he was responsible for all operational, training and second customer issues for the Tornado F3, Tornado GR4 and Hawk aircraft.
Composed mainly of civilian spare-time volunteers, ROC personnel wore a Royal Air Force (RAF) style uniform and latterly came under the administrative control of RAF Strike Command and the operational control of the Home Office.
It was, for a short time, the home of 144 Signals Unit, an RAF Strike Command mobile radar reserve.
RAF Bomber Command | Strategic Air Command | Air Training Command | Air Education and Training Command | strike | United States Central Command | Strike action | IV Fighter Command | RAF Sculthorpe | Air Defense, Tactical Air Command | Tactical Air Command | RAF Northolt | United States Pacific Command | Command & Conquer | Command and Staff College | RAF Coastal Command | Counter-Strike | Bomber Command | Air Force Reserve Command | Aerospace Defense Command | United States Army Training and Doctrine Command | United Nations Command | No. 33 Squadron RAF | No. 263 Squadron RAF | Lucky Strike | United States Strategic Command | United States European Command | United States Army Command and General Staff College | strike action | RAF Ringway |
Bill Wratten GBE, CB, AFC (born 1939), Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief of RAF Strike Command from 1994