Air Headquarters Levant (AHQ Levant) was a command of the British Royal Air Force

Royal Air Force

The Royal Air Force is the aerial warfare service branch of the British Armed Forces. Formed on 1 April 1918, it is the oldest independent air force in the world...

 (RAF) established on December 1, 1941 by renaming the command known as H.Q. RAF Palestine and Transjordan. Prior to being disbanded on July 27, 1948, Air H.Q. Levant was a sub-command of RAF Middle East Command

Middle East Command

The Middle East Command was a British Army Command established prior to the Second World War in Egypt. Its primary role was to command British land forces and co-ordinate with the relevant naval and air commands to defend British interests in the Middle East and eastern Mediterranean region.The...

 and its successors. RAF Middle East Command became a sub-command of the Mediterranean Air Command

Mediterranean Air Command

The Mediterranean Air Command was the official Allied air force command organization in the North African and Mediterranean Theater of Operations between February 18 and December 10, 1943. MAC was commanded by Air Chief Marshal Sir Arthur Tedder whose headquarters were established next to those...

 in February 1943.

AHQ Iraq was disbanded by being renamed Air H.Q. Levant on 1 May 1955. AHQ Levant moved to Cyprus (probably RAF Nicosia

RAF Nicosia

The former Royal Air Force Station Nicosia, commonly known as RAF Nicosia, was a Royal Air Force airbase in Cyprus. RAF Nicosia was Headquarters Royal Air Force Cyprus from 8 June to 29 July 1941...

) on 15 Jan 1956. Disbanded, 1 Apr 1958.

Orders of battle (1941-1945)

H.Q RAF Palestine and Transjordan November 11, 1941
Air Commodore Leslie Brown

• No. 259 Wing
• No. 263 Wing

Air H.Q. Levant October 27, 1942
Group Capt Herbert Mermagen

• No. 1438 Flight, Bristol Blenheim
  Bristol Blenheim
  The Bristol Blenheim was a British light bomber aircraft designed and built by the Bristol Aeroplane Company that was used extensively in the early days of the Second World War. It was adapted as an interim long-range and night fighter, pending the availability of the Beaufighter...
  
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• No. 1413 Flight (Met.), Gloster Gladiator
  Gloster Gladiator
  The Gloster Gladiator was a British-built biplane fighter. It was used by the Royal Air Force and the Royal Navy and was exported to a number of other air forces during the late 1930s. It was the RAF's last biplane fighter aircraft and was rendered obsolete by newer monoplane designs even as it...
  
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• No. 2 Photo Recon Unit (Det.), Hawker Hurricane
  Hawker Hurricane
  The Hawker Hurricane is a British single-seat fighter aircraft that was designed and predominantly built by Hawker Aircraft Ltd for the Royal Air Force...
  
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• No. 213 Group
• No. 241 Wing
  • No. 451 Squadron RAAF
    No. 451 Squadron RAAF
    No. 451 Squadron was a Royal Australian Air Force army cooperation and fighter squadron of World War II. The squadron was formed at Bankstown in New South Wales on 12 February 1941 and began flying operations on 1 July that year as part of the North African Campaign in Egypt and Libya. In early...
    
    , Hurricane

Air H.Q. Levant July 10, 1943
A/Cdre Bernard McEntegart

• No. 208 Squadron
  No. 208 Squadron RAF
  No 208 Squadron is at present a reserve unit of the Royal Air Force based at RAF Valley, Anglesey, Wales. It operates the BAe Hawk aircraft.-World War I:...
  
  , Hurricane
• No. 1413 Flight (Met.), Gladiator

Air H.Q. Levant June, 1944
Air Commodore John Coleman

Air H.Q. Levant January, 1945
Air Commodore Hector McGregor

Hector McGregor

Air Marshal Sir Hector Douglas McGregor, KCB, CBE, DSO, RAF, was a senior Royal Air Force commander.-RAF career:...

 (RNZAF

Royal New Zealand Air Force

The Royal New Zealand Air Force is the air arm of the New Zealand Defence Force...

)

Met.= Meteorological
Photo Recon=Photographic Reconnaissance;
Det.=Detachment;RAAF=Royal Australian Air Force.