903 Expeditionary Air Wing RAF | |
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Active | 1 December 1944 2003 – 2014 2015 – present | – 31 October 1945
Country | United Kingdom |
Allegiance | Monarch of the United Kingdom |
Branch | Royal Air Force |
Type | Expeditionary Air Wing |
Role | RAF deployable elements |
Size | ≈ 500 personnel |
Part of | 83 Expeditionary Air Group RAF |
Based at | RAF Akrotiri, Cyprus |
Nickname(s) | 903 EAW |
Website | 903 EAW |
Aircraft flown | |
Attack | Typhoon FGR4 |
Transport | A400M Atlas C1 |
Tanker | Voyager KC3 |
No. 903 Expeditionary Air Wing Royal Air Force (903 EAW) is an Expeditionary Air Wing (EAW) of the Royal Air Force (RAF). It is currently based at RAF Akrotiri within the Sovereign Base Area on the Mediterranean island of Cyprus, and is tasked with conducting operations against Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) in Iraq and Syria.
903 EAW was activated during 2003 in its current form as part of a modernisation directive to make the Royal Air Force more deployable on an 'expeditionary' basis. It was previously stationed at Camp Bastion in Afghanistan, controlling RAF operations at the airbase there between Summer 2009 and November 2014. It used to report to No. 83 Expeditionary Air Group RAF (83 EAG).