Wings

Wing (air force unit)

Wing is a term used by different military aviation forces for a unit of command. The terms wing, group or Staffel are used for different-sized units from one country or service to another....

within the 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...

 have both administrative and tactical applications. Over the years, the structure and role of wings has changed to meet the demands placed on the RAF.

Wings can be found at every station in the RAF and also abroad, deployed on operations.

Wings by number

• No. 1 Wing RAF
  No. 1 Wing RAF
  Number 1 Wing of the Royal Air Force was a wing of aircraft squadrons which was originally established as the First Wing of the Royal Flying Corps.-World War I:...
  
  
• No. 2 Wing RAF
• No. 3 Wing RAF
• No. 4 Wing RAF
• No. 5 Wing RAF
  No. 5 Wing RAF
  Number 5 Wing of the Royal Air Force was a wing of aircraft squadrons which was originally established as the Fifth Wing of the Royal Flying Corps. Currently inactive, the wing has been formed and disbanded five times over the course of its history....
  
  

No.s 6-33 Wing

• No 34 Wing RAF (EAW (ISTAR
  ISTAR
  ISTAR stands for Intelligence, Surveillance, Target Acquisition, and Reconnaissance. In its macroscopic sense, ISTAR is a practice that links several battlefield functions together to assist a combat force in employing its sensors and managing the information they gather.Information is collected on...
  
  ) RAF Waddington
  RAF Waddington
  RAF Waddington is a Royal Air Force station in Lincolnshire, England.-Formation:Waddington opened as a Royal Flying Corps flying training station in 1916 until 1920, when the station went into care and maintenance....
  
  )

No.s 35-37 Wings

• No 38 Wing RAF (EAW (Air Transport) RAF Lyneham
  RAF Lyneham
  RAF Lyneham is a Royal Air Force station in Wiltshire, England. It was the home of all the Lockheed C-130 Hercules transport aircraft of the Royal Air Force before they were relocated to RAF Brize Norton.The station was also home to No...
  
  )
• No. 39 Wing RAF
• No. 40 Wing RAF
  No. 40 Wing RAF
  No. 40 Wing was a wing that formed part of the Royal Air Force Palestine Brigade during World War I and immediately after. It was established in October 1917 as 40th Wing, Royal Flying Corps , and become part of the RAF in April 1918, when the RFC merged with the Royal Naval Air Service...
  
  
• No. 41 Wing RAF
  No. 41 Wing RAF
  Number 41 Wing of the Royal Flying Corps , later the Royal Air Force , conducted strategic bombing operations against Germany during World War I....
  
  
• No. 42 Wing RAF
• No. 43 Wing RAF
• No. 44 Wing RAF
• No. 45 Wing RAF
• No. 46 Wing RAF
• No. 47 Wing RAF
• No. 48 Wing RAF
• No. 49 Wing RAF
• No. 50 Wing RAF- Army Co-operation in France 1939-40 - No.s 4, 13, and 16 Squadrons flying Westland Lysander
  Westland Lysander
  The Westland Lysander was a British army co-operation and liaison aircraft produced by Westland Aircraft used immediately before and during the Second World War...
  
  s.
• No. 51 Wing RAF
• No. 52 Wing RAF
• No. 53 Wing RAF
• No. 54 Wing RAF
• No. 55 Wing RAF
• No. 56 Wing RAF
• No. 57 Wing RAF
• No. 58 Wing RAF
• No. 59 Wing RAF
• No. 60 Wing RAF
• No. 61 Wing RAF
• No. 62 Wing RAF
• No. 63 Wing RAF
• No. 64 Wing RAF
• No. 65 Wing RAF
• No. 66 Wing RAF
• No. 67 Wing RAF
• No. 68 Wing RAF
• No. 69 Wing RAF
• No. 70 Wing RAF - in September 1939, comprised Nos. 18 and 57 Squadrons at RAF Upper Heyford
  RAF Upper Heyford
  RAF Upper Heyford was a Royal Air Force station located north-west of Bicester near the village of Upper Heyford, Oxfordshire, England. The base was brought into use for flying in July 1918 by the Royal Flying Corps. During World War II it was used by many units of the RAF, mainly as a training...
  
   as part of No. 2 Group RAF
  No. 2 Group RAF
  Number 2 Group is a Group of the Royal Air Force which was first activated in 1918, served from 1918–20, from 1936 through the Second World War to 1947, from 1948 to 1958, from 1993 to 1996, was reactivated in 2000, and is today part of Air Command....
  
  
• No. 71 Wing RAF
• No. 72 Wing RAF
• No. 73 Wing RAF
• No. 74 Wing RAF
• No. 75 Wing RAF - when with the RAF Advanced Air Striking Force
  RAF Advanced Air Striking Force
  Before the Second World War it had been agreed between the United Kingdom and France that in case of war, the light bomber force of the Royal Air Force would move to bases within France from which it could operate against targets in Nazi Germany. To achieve this, the RAF Advanced Air Striking Force...
  
   in May 1940, consisted of No. 88 Squadron at Mourmelon, No. 103 Squadron RAF
  No. 103 Squadron RAF
  No. 103 Squadron was a Royal Air Force bomber squadron during World War I, World War II and the Cold War, switching to helicopters in the late 1950s until it was disbanded for the last time in 1975.-Formation in World War I:...
  
   at Betheniville, and No. 208 Squadron RAF
  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:...
  
   at Auberive, all three equipped with Fairey Battle
  Fairey Battle
  The Fairey Battle was a British single-engine light bomber built by the Fairey Aviation Company in the late 1930s for the Royal Air Force. The Battle was powered by the same Rolls-Royce Merlin piston engine that gave contemporary British fighters high performance; however, the Battle was weighed...
  
  s.
• No. 76 Wing RAF
• No. 77 Wing RAF
• No. 78 Wing RAF - Chain Home
  Chain Home
  Chain Home was the codename for the ring of coastal Early Warning radar stations built by the British before and during the Second World War. The system otherwise known as AMES Type 1 consisted of radar fixed on top of a radio tower mast, called a 'station' to provide long-range detection of...
  
   technical control wing at RAF Ashburton in Devon.
• No. 79 Wing RAF
• No. 80 (Signals) Wing RAF
• No. 81 Wing RAF
• No. 82 Wing RAF
• No. 83 Wing RAF - the Wing consisted of Nos 107 and 110 Squadrons flying 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...
  
  s from RAF Wattisham
  RAF Wattisham
  RAF Wattisham was a Royal Air Force station located in East Anglia just outside the village of Wattisham, south of Stowmarket in Suffolk, England. During the Cold War it was a major front-line air force base...
  
  , forming part of No. 2 Group RAF
  No. 2 Group RAF
  Number 2 Group is a Group of the Royal Air Force which was first activated in 1918, served from 1918–20, from 1936 through the Second World War to 1947, from 1948 to 1958, from 1993 to 1996, was reactivated in 2000, and is today part of Air Command....
  
   at the outbreak of World War II
  World War II
  World War II, or the Second World War , was a global conflict lasting from 1939 to 1945, involving most of the world's nations—including all of the great powers—eventually forming two opposing military alliances: the Allies and the Axis...
  
  
• No. 84 Wing RAF
• No. 85 Wing RAF - HQ, 85 Wing was at Uetersen, Germany from 1 Sep 1947 – 31 Oct 1948. ([rafweb.org Air of Authority])
• No. 86 Wing RAF
• No. 87 Wing RAF
• No. 88 Wing RAF
• No. 89 Wing RAF
• No. 90 Wing RAF
• No. 91 Wing RAF
• No. 96 Wing RAF
• No. 100 Wing RAF
• No. 101 Wing RAF
• No. 102 Wing RAF
• No. 103 Wing RAF
• No. 104 Wing RAF
• No. 105 Wing RAF
• No. 106 Wing RAF
• No. 107 Wing RAF
• No. 108 Wing RAF
• No. 109 Wing RAF
• No. 110 Wing RAF
• No. 111 Wing RAF
• No. 112 Wing RAF
• No. 113 Wing RAF
• No. 114 Wing RAF
• No. 115 Wing RAF
• No. 116 Wing RAF
• No. 117 Wing RAF
• No. 118 Wing RAF
• No. 119 Wing RAF
• No. 120 Wing RAF
• No. 121 Wing RAF - RAF Coningsby
  RAF Coningsby
  RAF Coningsby , is a Royal Air Force station in Lincolnshire, England. It has been commanded by Group Captain Martin Sampson since 10 December 2010.-Operational units:...
  
   - No 121 EAW (Multi Role)
• No. 122 Wing RAF - RAF Cottesmore
  RAF Cottesmore
  RAF Cottesmore was a Royal Air Force station in Rutland, England, situated between Cottesmore and Market Overton. The station housed all the operational Harrier GR9 squadrons in the Royal Air Force, and No 122 Expeditionary Air Wing...
  
   - No 122 EAW (Fighter / Ground Attack)
• No. 123 Wing RAF
• No. 124 Wing RAF
  No. 124 Wing RAF
  No. 124 Wing RAF was a Hawker Typhoon formation of the Royal Air Force during the Second World War. It comprised No. 137 Squadron RAF, No. 181 Squadron RAF, No. 182 Squadron RAF and No. 247 Squadron RAF....
  
  
• No. 125 Wing RAF - RAF Leuchars
  RAF Leuchars
  RAF Leuchars is the most northerly air defence station in the United Kingdom. It is located in Leuchars, Fife, on the east coast of Scotland, near to the university town of St Andrews.-Operations:...
  
   - No 125 EAW (Fighter)
• No. 126 Wing RAF
• No. 127 Wing RAF
  No. 127 Wing RAF
  No. 127 Wing RCAF was a formation of the Royal Canadian Air Force during the Second World War. It comprised No. 403 Squadron RCAF, No. 416 Squadron RCAF and No. 443 Squadron RCAF....
  
  
• No. 128 Wing RAF
• No. 129 Wing RAF
• No. 130 Wing RAF
• No. 131 Wing RAF - as 131 Polish Fighter Wing, consisting of 302, 308, and 317 Squadrons, attacked by Jagdgeschwader 1 during Operation Bodenplatte
  Operation Bodenplatte
  Operation Bodenplatte launched on 1 January 1945, was an attempt by the Luftwaffe to cripple Allied air forces in the Low Countries during the Second World War. The goal of Bodenplatte was to gain air superiority during the stagnant stage of the Battle of the Bulge, to allow the German Army and...
  
  
• No. 132 Wing RAF
  No. 132 Wing RAF
  No. 132 Wing RAF was a formation of the Royal Air Force during the Second World War. It comprised No. 66 Squadron RAF, No. 127 Squadron RAF, No. 322 Squadron RAF, No. 331 Squadron RAF and No. 332 Squadron RAF....
  
  
• No. 133 Wing RAF
• No. 134 Wing RAF
• No. 135 Wing RAF
• No. 136 Wing RAF
• No. 137 Wing RAF
• No. 138 Wing RAF
  No. 138 Wing RAF
  Currently based at RAF Marham, No 138 Expeditionary Air Wing RAF specialises in the Fighter & Ground Attack role.No. 138 Wing fought with the Second Tactical Air Force in North-West Europe after D-Day....
  
   (RAF Marham
  RAF Marham
  Royal Air Force Station Marham, more commonly known as RAF Marham, is a Royal Air Force station; a military airbase, near the village of Marham in the English county of Norfolk, East Anglia....
  
  ) (Fighter / Ground Attack)
• No. 139 Wing RAF
  No. 139 Wing RAF
  No. 139 Wing RAF was a formation of the Royal Air Force during the Second World War. It comprised No. 320 Squadron RAF, No. 98 Squadron RAF, No. 271 Squadron RAF and No. 416 Squadron RAF....
  
  
• No. 140 Wing RAF
• No. 141 Wing RAF
• No. 142 Wing RAF
• No. 143 Wing RAF
  143 Wing, RCAF
  No. 143 Wing RCAF was a unit of the Royal Canadian Air Force which served with the Royal Air Force in Europe during the Second World War. RAF Second Tactical Air Force was established on June 1, 1943. No. 143 Wing was established on 10 January 1944. It comprised No. 438 Squadron RCAF, No. 439...
  
  
• No. 144 Wing RAF
• No. 145 Wing RAF
  No. 145 Wing RAF
  No. 145 Wing RAF was a formation of the Royal Air Force during the Second World War. It comprised No. 341 Squadron RAF, No. 74 Squadron RAF, No. 329 Squadron RAF, No. 345 Squadron RAF and No. 575 Squadron RAF....
  
  
• No. 146 Wing RAF
  No. 146 Wing RAF
  No. 146 Wing RAF was a formation of the Royal Air Force during the Second World War. It comprised No. 193 Squadron RAF, No. 197 Squadron RAF, No. 257 Squadron RAF, No. 263 Squadron RAF and No. 266 Squadron RAF....
  
  
• No. 147 Wing RAF
• No. 148 Wing RAF
• No. 149 Wing RAF
• No. 150 Wing RAF
• No. 151 Wing RAF - fought alongside the Soviet
  Soviet Union
  The Soviet Union , officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics , was a constitutionally socialist state that existed in Eurasia between 1922 and 1991....
  
  s on the Kola Peninsula
  Kola Peninsula
  The Kola Peninsula is a peninsula in the far northwest of Russia. Constituting the bulk of the territory of Murmansk Oblast, it lies almost completely to the north of the Arctic Circle and is washed by the Barents Sea in the north and the White Sea in the east and southeast...
  
   during the first months of Operation Barbarossa
  Operation Barbarossa
  Operation Barbarossa was the code name for Germany's invasion of the Soviet Union during World War II that began on 22 June 1941. Over 4.5 million troops of the Axis powers invaded the USSR along a front., the largest invasion in the history of warfare...
  
   during World War II
  World War II
  World War II, or the Second World War , was a global conflict lasting from 1939 to 1945, involving most of the world's nations—including all of the great powers—eventually forming two opposing military alliances: the Allies and the Axis...
  
  . After the war, an air defence missile formation.
• No. 152 Wing RAF
• No. 153 Wing RAF
• No. 154 Wing RAF
• No. 155 Wing RAF
• No. 156 Wing RAF
• No. 157 Wing RAF
• No. 159 Wing RAF
• No. 160 Wing RAF
• No. 164 Wing RAF
• No. 165 Wing RAF
• No. 166 Wing RAF
• No. 167 Wing RAF
• No. 168 Wing RAF
• No. 169 Wing RAF
• No. 170 Wing RAF
• No. 171 Wing RAF
• No. 172 Wing RAF
• No. 173 Wing RAF
• No. 174 Wing RAF
• No. 175 Wing RAF
• No. 177 Wing RAF
• No. 179 Wing RAF
• No. 180 Wing RAF
• No. 181 Wing RAF
• No. 182 Wing RAF
• No. 183 Wing RAF
• No. 183 Wing RAF
• No. 184 Wing RAF
• No. 185 Wing RAF
• No. 186 Wing RAF
• No. 187 Wing RAF
• No. 188 Wing RAF
• No. 189 Wing RAF
• No. 190 Wing RAF
• No. 191 Wing RAF
• No. 192 Wing RAF
• No. 215 Wing RAF
• No. 231 Wing RAF
• No. 232 Wing RAF
• No. 233 Wing RAF
• No. 234 Wing RAF
• No. 235 Wing RAF
• No. 236 Wing RAF
• No. 237 Wing RAF
• No. 238 Wing RAF
• No. 239 Wing RAF
• No. 240 Wing RAF
• No. 241 Wing RAF
• No. 242 Wing RAF
• No. 243 Wing RAF
• No. 244 Wing RAF
• No. 245 Wing RAF
• No. 246 Wing RAF
• No. 247 Wing RAF
• No. 248 Wing RAF
• No. 249 Wing RAF
• No. 250 Wing RAF
• No. 251 Wing RAF
• No. 252 Wing RAF
• No. 253 Wing RAF
• No. 254 Wing RAF
• No. 255 Wing RAF
• No. 256 Wing RAF
• No. 257 Wing RAF
• No. 258 Wing RAF
• No. 259 Wing RAF
• No. 260 Wing RAF
• No. 261 Wing RAF
• No. 262 Wing RAF
• No. 263 Wing RAF
• No. 264 Wing RAF
• No. 265 Wing RAF
• No. 266 Wing RAF
• No. 267 Wing RAF
• No. 268 Wing RAF
• No. 269 Wing RAF
• No. 270 Wing RAF
• No. 272 Wing RAF
• No. 273 Wing RAF
• No. 274 Wing RAF
• No. 275 Wing RAF
• No. 276 Wing RAF
• No. 280 Wing RAF
• No. 281 Wing RAF
• No. 282 Wing RAF
• No. 283 Wing RAF
• No. 284 Wing RAF
• No. 285 Wing RAF
• No. 286 Wing RAF
• No. 287 Wing RAF
• No. 292 Wing RAF
• No. 293 Wing RAF
• No. 294 Wing RAF
• No. 295 Wing RAF
• No. 296 Wing RAF
• No. 297 Wing RAF
• No. 298 Wing RAF
  No. 298 Wing RAF
  - 26 Squadron SAAF :26 Squadron SAAF was seconded to 298 Wing RAF and was based at Takoradi, Gold Coast , West Africa during World War II. They flew Vickers Wellingtons on anti-submarine and convoy escort duties over the Atlantic.-External links:**...
  
   Included 26 Squadron SAAF
  26 Squadron SAAF
  26 Squadron SAAF is a disbanded squadron of the South African Air Force. The squadron was based at Takoradi, Gold Coast on the West Coast of Africa during World war II. They flew Vickers Wellingtons on anti-submarine and convoy escort patrols over the Atlantic. The squadron was seconded to No. 298...
  
  
• No. 300 Wing RAF
• No. 301 Wing RAF
• No. 302 Wing RAF
• No. 303 Wing RAF
• No. 321 Wing RAF
• No. 322 Wing RAF
• No. 323 Wing RAF
• No. 324 Wing RAF
• No. 325 Wing RAF

(a) 14/9/42 - 30/6/43 - (Naval Co-operation)
(b) 25/8/43 - 12/8/44 - (General Reconnaissance)links
(c) 1 Apr 2006 - c.2009(?) - Expeditionary Air Wing - RAF Kinloss

RAF Kinloss

RAF Kinloss is a Royal Air Force station near Kinloss, on the Moray Firth in the north of Scotland. It opened on 1 April 1939 and served as an RAF training establishment during the Second World War. After the war it was handed over to Coastal Command to watch over Russian ships and submarines in...

 - Maritime Patrol and Surveillance

• No. 326 Wing RAF
• No. 328 Wing RAF
• No. 329 Wing RAF
• No. 330 Wing RAF
• No. 332 Wing RAF
• No. 333 Wing RAF
• No. 334 Wing RAF
• No. 335 Wing RAF
• No. 336 Wing RAF
• No. 337 Wing RAF
• No. 338 Wing RAF
• No. 339 Wing RAF
• No. 340 Wing RAF
• No. 341 Wing RAF
• No. 342 Wing RAF
• No. 343 Wing RAF
• No. 344 Wing RAF
• No. 345 Wing RAF
• No. 346 Wing RAF
• No. 347 Wing RAF
• No. 348 Wing RAF
• No. 349 Wing RAF
• No. 350 Wing RAF
• No. 351 Wing RAF
• No. 500 Wing RAF
• No. 551 Wing RAF
• No. 552 Wing RAF
• No. 553 Wing RAF
• No. 554 Wing RAF
• No. 700 Wing RAF
• No. 701 Wing RAF
• No. 900 Wing RAF
• No. 901 Wing RAF
• No. 902 Wing RAF
• No. 900 Wing RAF
• No. 904 Wing RAF
  No. 904 Wing RAF
  904 Expeditionary Air Wing is a wing of the Royal Air Force. It is currently stationed at Kandahar International Airport in Afghanistan controlling RAF operations at the air base there. It was activated on 1 April 2006 as part of a modernisation package to make the RAF more deployable on an...
  
  
• No. 905 Wing RAF
• No. 906 Wing RAF
• No. 907 Wing RAF
• No. 908 Wing RAF
• No. 909 Wing RAF
• No. 910 Wing RAF

Expeditionary Air Wings

Formed 1 April 2006, Expeditionary Air Wings (EAW) are found at the following RAF Flying Stations:

• RAF Leeming
  RAF Leeming
  RAF Leeming is a Royal Air Force station in North Yorkshire, UK.HRH The Duchess of Cornwall is the Honorary Air Commodore of RAF Leeming. The Station Commander is Group Captain Anthony Innes....
  
   - No 135 EAW (Fighter)
• RAF Lossiemouth
  RAF Lossiemouth
  RAF Lossiemouth is a Royal Air Force station to the west of the town of Lossiemouth in Moray, Scotland. It is one of the RAF's biggest bases and is currently Britain's main base for Tornado GR4s. From 2013 the Northern QRA force of Typhoon F2 will relocate to Lossiemouth following the closure of...
  
   - No 140 EAW (Fighter / Ground Attack)

Force Protection Wings

Formed from RAF Regiment

RAF Regiment

The Royal Air Force Regiment is a specialist airfield defence corps founded by Royal Warrant in 1942. After a 32 week trainee gunner course, its members are trained and equipped to prevent a successful enemy attack in the first instance; minimise the damage caused by a successful attack; and...

 field squadrons, Force Protection (FP) Wings are responsible for defending aircraft and personnel whilst deployed on operations.
Each FP Wg

Wing

A wing is an appendage with a surface that produces lift for flight or propulsion through the atmosphere, or through another gaseous or liquid fluid...

 is parented by an RAF Station with whom it is usually deployed:

• RAF Force Protection Force Headquarters - RAF Honington
  RAF Honington
  RAF Honington is a Royal Air Force station located south of Thetford near Ixworth in Suffolk, England. Although used as a bomber station during the Second World War, RAF Honington is now the RAF Regiment depot and home to the Joint CBRN Regiment.-RAF use:...
  
  
• No 1 Force Protection Wing - RAF Wittering
  RAF Wittering
  RAF Wittering is a Royal Air Force station within the unitary authority area of Peterborough, Cambridgeshire. Although Stamford in Lincolnshire is the nearest town, the runways of RAF Wittering cross the boundary between Cambridgeshire and Northamptonshire....
  
  
• No 2 Force Protection Wing - RAF Leeming
  RAF Leeming
  RAF Leeming is a Royal Air Force station in North Yorkshire, UK.HRH The Duchess of Cornwall is the Honorary Air Commodore of RAF Leeming. The Station Commander is Group Captain Anthony Innes....
  
  
• No 3 Force Protection Wing
  No 3 Force Protection Wing RAF
  Number 3 Royal Air Force Force Protection Wing Headquarters is based at RAF Marham....
  
   - RAF Marham
  RAF Marham
  Royal Air Force Station Marham, more commonly known as RAF Marham, is a Royal Air Force station; a military airbase, near the village of Marham in the English county of Norfolk, East Anglia....
  
  
• No 4 Force Protection Wing - RAF Lyneham
  RAF Lyneham
  RAF Lyneham is a Royal Air Force station in Wiltshire, England. It was the home of all the Lockheed C-130 Hercules transport aircraft of the Royal Air Force before they were relocated to RAF Brize Norton.The station was also home to No...
  
  
• No 5 Force Protection Wing - RAF Lossiemouth
  RAF Lossiemouth
  RAF Lossiemouth is a Royal Air Force station to the west of the town of Lossiemouth in Moray, Scotland. It is one of the RAF's biggest bases and is currently Britain's main base for Tornado GR4s. From 2013 the Northern QRA force of Typhoon F2 will relocate to Lossiemouth following the closure of...
  
  
• No 6 Force Protection Wing
  No 6 Force Protection Wing RAF
  Number 6 Royal Air Force Force Protection Wing Headquarters is a British Royal Air Force protection wing based at RAF Leuchars.-References:...
  
   - RAF Leuchars
  RAF Leuchars
  RAF Leuchars is the most northerly air defence station in the United Kingdom. It is located in Leuchars, Fife, on the east coast of Scotland, near to the university town of St Andrews.-Operations:...
  
  
• No 7 Force Protection Wing - RAF Coningsby
  RAF Coningsby
  RAF Coningsby , is a Royal Air Force station in Lincolnshire, England. It has been commanded by Group Captain Martin Sampson since 10 December 2010.-Operational units:...
  
  

RAF Force Protection Wings were, until April 2004, were known as Tactical Survive To Operate Headquarters (Tac STO HQs).

Miscellaneous Wings

• No 1 Air Mobility Wing - RAF Lyneham
  RAF Lyneham
  RAF Lyneham is a Royal Air Force station in Wiltshire, England. It was the home of all the Lockheed C-130 Hercules transport aircraft of the Royal Air Force before they were relocated to RAF Brize Norton.The station was also home to No...
  
   -HQ Squadron,44 Air Movements Squadron and 45 Air Movements Squadron.This is UK Air Movements Squadron (UKMAMS) expanded to wing strength.
• No. 85 Expeditionary Logistics Wing
  No. 85 Expeditionary Logistics Wing RAF
  No. 85 Expeditionary Logistics Wing, RAF is based at RAF Wittering, England. It is made up of several ground transport and logistics handling squadrons, whose role is to establish air and sea ports of disemarkation and the associated supply chain all the way to the front line squadrons.No 85 Wg,...
  
   - RAF Wittering
  RAF Wittering
  RAF Wittering is a Royal Air Force station within the unitary authority area of Peterborough, Cambridgeshire. Although Stamford in Lincolnshire is the nearest town, the runways of RAF Wittering cross the boundary between Cambridgeshire and Northamptonshire....
  
  

Station-based Wings

A typical Royal Air Force flying station

RAF station

A Royal Air Force station is a permanent Royal Air Force operations location. Many RAF stations are aerodromes, or airbases, being the home to one or more flying squadrons. Other RAF stations are training units, administrative units, headquarters , or carry out ground-based operational tasks...

 (not training) will have the following integrated wing-based structure:

• Administrative Wing / Base (Station) Support Wing
• Depth Support Wing
• Forward Support Wing
• Operations Wing

On a smaller RAF Station, these functions may be termed squadrons but their role is identical.

Specialised Station-based Wings

Some stations has Wings which are customised to their particular role with the RAF:

• Airport of Embarkation Wing - RAF Brize Norton
  RAF Brize Norton
  RAF Brize Norton in Oxfordshire, about west north-west of London, is the largest station of the Royal Air Force. It is close to the settlements of Brize Norton, Carterton and Witney....
  
  

Tactical Wings

Wings termed 'Tactical' within the Royal Air Force provide are cohesive, specialised units that are usually found in DPM uniform.

• Tactical Communications Wing - RAF Brize Norton
  RAF Brize Norton
  RAF Brize Norton in Oxfordshire, about west north-west of London, is the largest station of the Royal Air Force. It is close to the settlements of Brize Norton, Carterton and Witney....
  
  
• Tactical Imagery-Intelligence Wing
  Tactical Imagery-Intelligence Wing
  Tactical Imagery-Intelligence Wing is a 1 Group 'Force Element', based at RAF Marham.TIW is responsible for the processing and exploitation of fast-jet electro-optical imagery, on deployed operations, exercises and routine training...
  
   - RAF Marham
  RAF Marham
  Royal Air Force Station Marham, more commonly known as RAF Marham, is a Royal Air Force station; a military airbase, near the village of Marham in the English county of Norfolk, East Anglia....
  
  
• Tactical Medical Wing - RAF Lyneham
  RAF Lyneham
  RAF Lyneham is a Royal Air Force station in Wiltshire, England. It was the home of all the Lockheed C-130 Hercules transport aircraft of the Royal Air Force before they were relocated to RAF Brize Norton.The station was also home to No...
  
   This unit has the Latin motto "Summum Bonum" which means 'for the highest good'.It became operational on 1 April 1996 and its CO is currently Wing Commander Alan Cranfield.Some of its sub-units are Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron,Deployable Aeromedical Response Teams (DARTS),Operational Training Squadron and Operations and Logistics Squadron.
• Tactical Provost Wing
  Tactical Provost Wing
  The Tactical Provost Wing is a group of around 150 regular and 50 reservist Royal Air Force Police with its headquarters at RAF Henlow in Bedfordshire, England...
  
   - RAF Brampton Wyton Henlow
  RAF Henlow
  RAF Henlow is a Royal Air Force station in Bedfordshire, England, equidistant from Bedford, Luton and Stevenage. It houses the RAF Centre of Aviation Medicine, the RAF Signals Museum and 616 Volunteer Gliding Squadron.- History :...
  
  
• Tactical Supply Wing - MOD Stafford
  RAF Stafford
  RAF Stafford was a non-flying Royal Air Force station in Stafford Staffordshire, England.Originally home to No 16 Maintenance Unit as an Equipment Supply Depot, this part of the station is now run by the Defence Logistics Organisation. No 2 Mechanical Transport Squadron, part of Stafford based 85...