RAF Training Command
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Training Command was the RAF's
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...

 command
Command (military formation)
A command in military terminology is an organisational unit that the individual in Military command has responsibility for. A Commander will normally be specifically appointed into the role in order to provide a legal framework for the authority bestowed...

 responsible for flying and ground training from 1936 to 1940 and again from 1968 to 1977.

History

Training Command was formed from Inland Area on 1 May 1936 and absorbed into RAF Support Command
RAF Support Command
-History:It was formed on 31 August 1973 by the renaming of Maintenance Command, with No. 90 Group being added to it. Its responsibilities included all logistical and maintenance support requirements of the RAF...

 on 13 June 1977. From 27 May 1940 to 1 June 1968, Training Command did not exist as its functions were split into Flying Training Command
RAF Flying Training Command
Flying Training Command was an organization within the Royal Air Force which controlled units responsible for delivering flying training. The command's headquarters were at Shinfield Park, Reading in Berkshire.-History:...

 and Technical Training Command
RAF Technical Training Command
Technical Training Command was an organization within the Royal Air Force which controlled units responsible for delivering aircraft maintenance training and other non-flying training, initially in Berkshire then in Cambridgeshire.-History:...

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1936 to 1940

  • 1 May 1936 Air Marshal
    Air Marshal
    Air marshal is a three-star air-officer rank which originated in and continues to be used by the Royal Air Force...

     Sir Charles Burnett
    Charles Burnett (RAF officer)
    Air Chief Marshal Sir Charles Stuart Burnett KCB, CBE, DSO was a senior commander in the Royal Air Force during the first half of the 20th century. During the Second World War, he served as Chief of the Air Staff of the Royal Australian Air Force.-Early life:Charles Burnett was born in Browns...

  • 1 July 1939 Air Chief Marshal
    Air Chief Marshal
    Air chief marshal is a senior 4-star air-officer rank which originated in and continues to be used by the Royal Air Force...

     Sir Arthur Longmore
    Arthur Longmore
    Air Chief Marshal Sir Arthur Murray Longmore GCB, DSO was an early naval aviator, before reaching high rank in the Royal Air Force.-Biography:...


1968 to 1977

  • 1 June 1968 Air Marshal Sir John Davis
    John Davis (RAF officer)
    Air Chief Marshal Sir John Gilbert Davis GCB OBE was a Royal Air Force officer who became Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief at RAF Training Command.-RAF career:Davis joined the Royal Air Force in 1933...

  • 1 April 1969 Air Marshal Sir Leslie Mavor
  • 21 December 1972 Air Marshal Sir Neville Stack
    Neville Stack
    Air Chief Marshal Sir Neville Stack KCB CVO AFC was a senior Royal Air Force commander.-Early years:Stack was born on 19 October 1919 the son of aviation pioneer T.N. Stack. He joined the Royal Air Force in 1935 as a flight cadet at RAF College Cranwell. He gained a permanent commission on 29...

  • 31 January 1976 Air Marshal Sir Rex Roe
    Rex Roe
    Air Chief Marshal Sir Rex David Roe GCB AFC was a senior Royal Air Force commander.-RAF career:Educated at the City of London School and the University of London, Roe joined the Royal Air Force in 1943 during World War II. He was appointed Officer Commanding No. 204 Squadron in 1960 and became...

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