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<h2 id="orders-of-battle">Orders of Battle</h2> <h3>April 1972</h3> <p><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:4" href="#fn:4"><sup>4</sup></a> </p> <ul><li><a href="/facts/RAF_Wyton/1BDHxQjl">RAF Wyton</a> <ul><li><a href="/facts/No._26_Squadron_RAF/0vwoKW9o">No. 26 Squadron RAF</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/facts/RAF_Little_Rissington/H6eXolAm">RAF Little Rissington</a> <ul><li><a href="/facts/Central_Flying_School/oyhrfc0h">Central Flying School</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/facts/RAF_Cranwell/6g5rrkaC">RAF Cranwell</a> <ul><li><a href="/facts/Royal_Air_Force_College_Cranwell/PSU76e2f">Royal Air Force College Cranwell</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/facts/RAF_Abbotsinch/4lFjamDG">RAF Abbotsinch</a> <ul><li><a href="/facts/Universities_of_Glasgow_and_Strathclyde_Air_Squadron/KXoPsnKm">Universities of Glasgow and Strathclyde Air Squadron</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/facts/RAF_Bicester/gVERx6D7">RAF Bicester</a> <ul><li><a href="/facts/Oxford_University_Air_Squadron/LAFUdEeD">Oxford University Air Squadron</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/facts/Cambridge_Airport/sygQTrVn">Cambridge Airport</a> <ul><li><a href="/facts/Cambridge_University_Air_Squadron/BTffjr3A">Cambridge University Air Squadron</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/facts/RAF_Church_Fenton/mVknLLgD">RAF Church Fenton</a> <ul><li><a href="/facts/Yorkshire_Universities_Air_Squadron/cR7P1qdP">Yorkshire Universities Air Squadron</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/facts/RAF_Dyce/HGbRj1DW">RAF Dyce</a> <ul><li><a href="/facts/East_of_Scotland_Universities_Air_Squadron/vqc1x87z">Aberdeen University Air Squadron</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/facts/RAF_Filton/zWEDcxd0">RAF Filton</a> <ul><li><a href="/facts/Bristol_University_Air_Squadron/St0mNtH1">Bristol University Air Squadron</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/facts/RAF_Hamble/0CvL1p9G">RAF Hamble</a> <ul><li><a href="/facts/Southampton_University_Air_Squadron/zUVdRvRk">Southampton University Air Squadron</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/facts/RAF_Newton/PExMxc44">RAF Newton</a> <ul><li><a href="/facts/East_Midlands_Universities_Air_Squadron/jpp9tIz3">East Midlands Universities Air Squadron</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/facts/RAF_Ouston/6wduIVrD">RAF Ouston</a> <ul><li><a href="/facts/Northumbrian_Universities_Air_Squadron/rwN9cAlj">Northumbrian Universities Air Squadron</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/facts/RAF_St_Athan/FbCVVucz">RAF St Athan</a> <ul><li><a href="/facts/Universities_of_Wales_Air_Squadron/IIlUtp3V">Universities of Wales Air Squadron</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/facts/RAF_Shawbury/ILxLWbEn">RAF Shawbury</a> <ul><li><a href="/facts/University_of_Birmingham_Air_Squadron/vzjktC1f">University of Birmingham Air Squadron</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/facts/RAF_Sydenham/AnwlY1XC">RAF Sydenham</a> <ul><li>Queens University Air Squadron</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/facts/RAF_Turnhouse/KID97lmQ">RAF Turnhouse</a> <ul><li><a href="/facts/East_of_Scotland_Universities_Air_Squadron/vqc1x87z">East Lowlands University Air Squadron</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/facts/RAF_White_Waltham/9kNIyN9l">RAF White Waltham</a> <ul><li><a href="/facts/University_of_London_Air_Squadron/eVacUhJs">University of London Air Squadron</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/facts/RAF_Woodvale/KlqpRgqb">RAF Woodvale</a> <ul><li><a href="/facts/Liverpool_University_Air_Squadron/ewqwrK4d">Liverpool University Air Squadron</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Manchester_and_Salford_Universities_Air_Squadron/6na8vRdD">Manchester University Air Squadron</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/facts/RAF_Manby/dskx3Ggy">RAF Manby</a> <ul><li><a href="/facts/RAF_College_of_Air_Warfare/P10CbL5H">RAF College of Air Warfare</a></li></ul></li></ul> <h3>No. 38 (Special Tactical Transport) Group - April 1972</h3> HQ at Benson<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:5" href="#fn:5"><sup>5</sup></a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:6" href="#fn:6"><sup>6</sup></a> <ul><li><a href="/facts/RAF_Coningsby/6HcwKQIE">RAF Coningsby</a> <ul><li><a href="/facts/No._6_Squadron_RAF/0a52sw5m">No. 6 Squadron RAF</a> - Phantom</li> <li><a href="/facts/No._54_Squadron_RAF/R0w7W7j8">No. 54 Squadron RAF</a> - Phantom</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/facts/RAF_Lyneham/r83xh5gJ">RAF Lyneham</a> <ul><li><a href="/facts/No._24_Squadron_RAF/mfapBBQQ">No. 24 Squadron RAF</a> - Hercules</li> <li><a href="/facts/No._30_Squadron_RAF/BXp6XkG7">No. 30 Squadron RAF</a> - Hercules</li> <li><a href="/facts/No._36_Squadron_RAF/EBcxAYkg">No. 36 Squadron RAF</a> - Hercules</li> <li><a href="/facts/No._47_Squadron_RAF/xbVgt5eL">No. 47 Squadron RAF</a> - Hercules</li> <li><a href="/facts/No._48_Squadron_RAF/sWVmjzLB">No. 48 Squadron RAF</a> - Hercules</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/facts/RAF_Odiham/uUePoBJd">RAF Odiham</a> <ul><li><a href="/facts/No._33_Squadron_RAF/pAHtW7Iy">No. 33 Squadron RAF</a> - Puma</li> <li><a href="/facts/No._230_Squadron_RAF/5kQ0BnKx">No. 230 Squadron RAF</a> - Puma</li> <li><a href="/facts/No._72_Squadron_RAF/7YDdEQD2">No. 72 Squadron RAF</a> - Wessex</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/facts/RAF_Thorney_Island/Rmpvb6V8">RAF Thorney Island</a> <ul><li><a href="/facts/No._46_Squadron_RAF/sTbhnC91">No. 46 Squadron RAF</a> - Andover</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/facts/RAF_Wittering/ycEbdXBW">RAF Wittering</a> <ul><li><a href="/facts/No._1_Squadron_RAF/x7P3NSGX">No. 1 Squadron RAF</a> - Harrier</li></ul></li></ul> <h2 id="air-officers-commanding-in-chief">Air Officers Commanding-in-Chief</h2> <p>Air Officers Commanding-in-Chief included:<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:7" href="#fn:7"><sup>7</sup></a> </p> <h3>1936 to 1940</h3> <ul><li>1 May 1936 <a href="/facts/Air_Marshal/tLmHkJSq">Air Marshal</a> Sir <a href="/facts/Charles_Burnett_(RAF_officer)/zDTBJeuC">Charles Burnett</a></li> <li>1 July 1939 <a href="/facts/Air_Chief_Marshal/zzyo7tn7">Air Chief Marshal</a> Sir <a href="/facts/Arthur_Longmore/UGvoczjl">Arthur Longmore</a></li></ul> <h3>1968 to 1977</h3> <ul><li>1 June 1968 Air Marshal Sir <a href="/facts/John_Davis_(RAF_officer)/DXIvATMM">John Davis</a></li> <li>1 April 1969 Air Marshal Sir <a href="/facts/Leslie_Mavor/IBvrJbHE">Leslie Mavor</a></li> <li>21 December 1972 Air Marshal Sir <a href="/facts/Neville_Stack/LAcE2hSn">Neville Stack</a></li> <li>31 January 1976 Air Marshal Sir <a href="/facts/Rex_Roe/PMScAp6L">Rex Roe</a></li></ul> <h2 id="see-also">See also</h2> <ul><li><a href="/facts/List_of_Royal_Air_Force_commands/TCTCBeDw">List of Royal Air Force commands</a></li></ul> <ul><li>Delve, K. (1994). <i>The Source Book of the RAF</i>. Shrewsbury, UK: Airlife Publishing. <a href="/facts/ISBN_(identifier)/15AdSPa9">ISBN</a> 1-85310-451-5.</li></ul> <h2 id="further-reading">Further reading</h2> <ul><li>Keith Wilson (15 January 2020). <i>RAF Training Command: A Pictorial History</i>. <a href="/facts/Chalford/6Vv4abhJ">Chalford</a>: Amberley Publishing. <a href="/facts/ISBN_(identifier)/15AdSPa9">ISBN</a> 1445666006. 96 pages. <a href="https://www.bookdepository.com/RAF-Training-Command-Keith-Wilson/9781445666006">[1]</a></li> <li>il <a href="/facts/Flight_Magazine/puw0u5sf">Flight Magazine</a> 63: 688-689 My 29 '53</li></ul> <h2 id="references">References</h2> <ol> <li id="fn:1"><p>Air of Authority - A History of RAF Organisation - RAF Home Commands formed between 1936 - 1938 Archived 9 January 2002 at the Wayback Machine <a href="http://www.rafweb.org/Cmd_H3.htm" target="_blank">http://www.rafweb.org/Cmd_H3.htm</a> <a href="#fnref:1" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:2"><p>Air of Authority - A History of RAF Organisation - RAF Home Commands formed between 1936 - 1938 Archived 9 January 2002 at the Wayback Machine <a href="http://www.rafweb.org/Cmd_H3.htm" target="_blank">http://www.rafweb.org/Cmd_H3.htm</a> <a href="#fnref:2" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:3"><p>Rafweb.org, Groups nos 20 - 29, accessed June 2020. <a href="http://www.rafweb.org/Organsation/Grp03.htm" target="_blank">http://www.rafweb.org/Organsation/Grp03.htm</a> <a href="#fnref:3" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:4"><p>Delve 1994, p. 90. - Delve, K. (1994). The Source Book of the RAF. Shrewsbury, UK: Airlife Publishing. ISBN 1-85310-451-5. <a href="#fnref:4" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:5"><p>Delve 1994, p. 90. - Delve, K. (1994). The Source Book of the RAF. Shrewsbury, UK: Airlife Publishing. ISBN 1-85310-451-5. <a href="#fnref:5" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:6"><p>Delve 1994, p. 127. - Delve, K. (1994). The Source Book of the RAF. Shrewsbury, UK: Airlife Publishing. ISBN 1-85310-451-5. <a href="#fnref:6" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:7"><p>Air of Authority - A History of RAF Organisation - RAF Home Commands formed between 1936 - 1938 Archived 9 January 2002 at the Wayback Machine <a href="http://www.rafweb.org/Cmd_H3.htm" target="_blank">http://www.rafweb.org/Cmd_H3.htm</a> <a href="#fnref:7" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> </ol>