RAF Strike Command

Strike Command
Active30 April 1968–1 April 2007
Country United Kingdom
Branch Royal Air Force
HeadquartersRAF High Wycombe
Motto(s)Defend and Strike[1]
A Vulcan leads four Lightnings in formation to commemorate the formation of Strike Command in 1968.

The Royal Air Force's Strike Command was the military formation which controlled the majority of the United Kingdom's bomber and fighter aircraft from 1968 until 2007 when it merged with Personnel and Training Command to form the single Air Command. It latterly consisted of two formations – No. 1 Group RAF and No. 2 Group RAF. The last Commander-in-Chief was Air Chief Marshal Sir Joe French.

  1. ^ Pine, L.G. (1983). A dictionary of mottoes (1 ed.). London: Routledge & Kegan Paul. p. 46. ISBN 0-7100-9339-X.