RAF Regiment
(asked on 30th January 2017) - View Source
Question to the Ministry of Defence:
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the Order of Battle of the Royal Air Force Regiment is by manpower, task and basing.
The RAF Regiment provides force protection for airfields and counter Chemical Biological Radiological and Nuclear (CBRN) capability. It also acts as the RAF's ceremonial unit. As at 1 December 2016 its trained strength was 1,920 Regular and 570 Reserve personnel.
The table below provides the RAF Regiment’s Order of Battle including component units, locations and tasks.
Ser | Unit | Task | Location |
Regular units | |||
1 | No 2 RAF Force Protection Wing HQ | Force Protection | RAF Leeming |
2 | No 3 RAF Force Protection Wing HQ | Force Protection | RAF Marham |
3 | No 4 RAF Force Protection Wing HQ | Force Protection | RAF Brize Norton |
4 | No 5 RAF Force Protection Wing HQ | Force Protection | RAF Lossiemouth |
5 | No 7 RAF Force Protection Wing HQ | Force Protection | RAF Coningsby |
6 | No 8 RAF Force Protection Wing HQ | Force Protection | RAF Waddington |
7 | No 20 (Defence CBRN) Wing | Counter-Chemical Biological Radiological and Nuclear | RAF Honington |
8 | 1 Squadron RAF Regiment | Force Protection | RAF Honington |
9 | II Squadron RAF Regiment | Force Protection | RAF Honington |
10 | 15 Squadron RAF Regiment | Force Protection | RAF Honington |
11 | 26 Squadron RAF Regiment | Counter-Chemical Biological Radiological and Nuclear | RAF Honington |
12 | 27 Squadron RAF Regiment | Counter-Chemical Biological Radiological and Nuclear | RAF Honington |
13 | 34 Squadron RAF Regiment | Force Protection | RAF Leeming |
14 | 51 Squadron RAF Regiment | Force Protection | RAF Lossiemouth |
15 | The Queen’s Colour Squadron (63 Squadron RAF Regiment) | State Ceremonial / Force Protection | RAF Northolt |
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16 | 603 (City of Edinburgh) Squadron RAuxAF | Force Protection (manned by RAF Police and RAF Regiment personnel) | Learmonth Terrace, Edinburgh |
17 | 606 (Chiltern) Squadron RAuxAF | Joint Helicopter Command Support (Force Protection Flight manned by RAF Regiment personnel) | RAF Benson |
18 | 609 Squadron (West Riding) RAuxAF Regiment | Force Protection | RAF Leeming |
19 | 2503 (County of Lincoln) Squadron RAuxAF Regiment | Force Protection | RAF Waddington |
20 | 2620 (County of Norfolk) Squadron RAuxAF Regiment | Force Protection | RAF Marham |
21 | 2622 (Highland) Squadron RAuxAF Regiment | Force Protection | RAF Lossiemouth |
22 | 2623 (East Anglian) Squadron RAuxAF Regiment | Force Protection / Counter-Chemical Biological Radiological and Nuclear | RAF Honington |
23 | 2624 (County of Oxford) Squadron RAuxAF Regiment | Force Protection | RAF Brize Norton |