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3 unusual facts about RAF Strike Command


Gordon Moulds

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.

Operational instruments of the Royal Observer Corps

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.

Tŷ Croes

It was, for a short time, the home of 144 Signals Unit, an RAF Strike Command mobile radar reserve.



see also

Wratten

Bill Wratten GBE, CB, AFC (born 1939), Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief of RAF Strike Command from 1994