No. 1 Group RAF

No. 1 Group
Active1918–1926
1927–1939
1940–present
Country United Kingdom
Branch Royal Air Force
Part ofRAF Air Command
Garrison/HQRAF High Wycombe
Motto(s)"Swift to attack"[1]
Commanders
Air Officer CommandingAir Vice-Marshal Mark Flewin
Insignia
Group badgeA panther's head, erased, sable.
The badge was authorised in 1941 and the black panther's head reflected the fact that Panther was the group's callsign in the early part of the Second World War[2]

No. 1 Group of the Royal Air Force is one of the two operations groups in RAF Air Command. Today, the group is referred to as the Air Combat Group, as it controls the RAF's combat fast-jet aircraft and has airfields in the UK, as well as RAF Support Unit Goose Bay at CFB Goose Bay in Canada. The group headquarters is located alongside Headquarters Air Command at RAF High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire. The other operational group is No. 2 Group RAF.

The current Air Officer Commanding No 1 Group is Air Vice-Marshal Mark Flewin, who took up the post in January 2023.[3]

  1. ^ Pine, L.G. (1983). A dictionary of mottoes (1 ed.). London: Routledge & Kegan Paul. p. 227. ISBN 0-7100-9339-X.
  2. ^ Delve, Ken (2005). Bomber Command 1939–1945 : a reference to the men – aircraft & operational history. Barnsley: Pen & Sword Aviation. p. 147. ISBN 1-84415-183-2.
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