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style="padding-right:1em">Type</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/List_of_former_Royal_Air_Force_stations" title="List of former Royal Air Force stations">Royal Air Force station</a><br />Parent station</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:1em">Code</th><td class="infobox-data">CW<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEFalconer201264_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEFalconer201264-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color:#C3D6EF;color:inherit;text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;font-size:110%;">Site information</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:1em">Owner</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Air_Ministry" title="Air Ministry">Air Ministry</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:1em">Operator</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Royal_Air_Force" title="Royal Air Force">Royal Air Force</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:1em">Controlled by</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/RAF_Bomber_Command" title="RAF Bomber Command">RAF Bomber Command</a><br />* <a href="/wiki/No._6_Group_RAF" class="mw-redirect" title="No. 6 Group RAF">No. 6 (T) Group RAF</a><br />* <a href="/wiki/No._92_Group_RAF" title="No. 92 Group RAF">No. 92 (OTU) Group RAF</a><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEFalconer201264_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEFalconer201264-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color:#C3D6EF;color:inherit;text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;font-size:110%;">Site history</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:1em">Built</th><td class="infobox-data">1940<span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated itvstart">1940</span>)</span>/41</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:1em">In use</th><td class="infobox-data">August 1941 -1953<span style="display:none"> (<span class="dtend itvend">1953</span>)</span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:1em">Battles/wars</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/European_theatre_of_World_War_II" title="European theatre of World War II">European theatre of World War II</a></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color:#C3D6EF;color:inherit;text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;font-size:110%;">Airfield information</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:1em">Elevation</th><td class="infobox-data">139 metres (456 ft)<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEFalconer201264_1-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEFalconer201264-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Above_mean_sea_level" class="mw-redirect" title="Above mean sea level">AMSL</a></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><table style="width:100%; margin:-2px -1px -1px -1px; border-spacing:0;"> <tbody><tr style="background-color: #ddd"> <th colspan="2" style="font-weight:normal; border:solid 1px #fafafa; border-width:0 0 1px 0;">Runways</th> </tr><tr style="background-color: #ddd; text-align: left;"> <th scope="col" style="font-weight:normal; width: 25%; border:solid 1px #fafafa; border-width:1px 1px 0 0;padding:1px 2px;"><a href="/wiki/Runway#Orientation_and_dimensions" title="Runway">Direction</a></th> <th scope="col" style="font-weight:normal; width: 75%; border:solid 1px #fafafa; border-width:1px 0 0 1px;padding:1px 2px;">Length and surface</th> </tr><tr> <td style="text-align: center;">00/00</td> <td style="text-align: left;"> Concrete</td> </tr><tr> <td style="text-align: center;">00/00</td> <td style="text-align: left;"> Concrete</td> </tr><tr> <td style="text-align: center;">00/00</td> <td style="text-align: left;"> Concrete</td> </tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Royal Air Force Chipping Warden</b> or more simply <b>RAF Chipping Warden</b> was a <a href="/wiki/Royal_Air_Force" title="Royal Air Force">Royal Air Force</a> <a href="/wiki/List_of_former_Royal_Air_Force_stations" title="List of former Royal Air Force stations">station</a> located 6 miles (10 km) north-east of <a href="/wiki/Banbury" title="Banbury">Banbury</a> near the village of <a href="/wiki/Chipping_Warden" title="Chipping Warden">Chipping Warden</a>, <a href="/wiki/Northamptonshire" title="Northamptonshire">Northamptonshire</a>, <a href="/wiki/England" title="England">England</a>. </p><p>The station was built in early 1941 and opened in July of that year. It had three concrete runways, several permanent hangars and a watch office with <a href="/wiki/Meteorology" title="Meteorology">meteorology</a> section. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=RAF_Chipping_Warden&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1251242444">.mw-parser-output .ambox{border:1px solid #a2a9b1;border-left:10px solid #36c;background-color:#fbfbfb;box-sizing:border-box}.mw-parser-output .ambox+link+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+link+style+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+link+link+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+.mw-empty-elt+link+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+.mw-empty-elt+link+style+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+.mw-empty-elt+link+link+.ambox{margin-top:-1px}html body.mediawiki .mw-parser-output .ambox.mbox-small-left{margin:4px 1em 4px 0;overflow:hidden;width:238px;border-collapse:collapse;font-size:88%;line-height:1.25em}.mw-parser-output .ambox-speedy{border-left:10px solid #b32424;background-color:#fee7e6}.mw-parser-output .ambox-delete{border-left:10px solid #b32424}.mw-parser-output .ambox-content{border-left:10px solid #f28500}.mw-parser-output .ambox-style{border-left:10px solid #fc3}.mw-parser-output .ambox-move{border-left:10px solid #9932cc}.mw-parser-output .ambox-protection{border-left:10px solid #a2a9b1}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-text{border:none;padding:0.25em 0.5em;width:100%}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-image{border:none;padding:2px 0 2px 0.5em;text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-imageright{border:none;padding:2px 0.5em 2px 0;text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-empty-cell{border:none;padding:0;width:1px}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-image-div{width:52px}@media(min-width:720px){.mw-parser-output .ambox{margin:0 10%}}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .ambox{display:none!important}}</style><table class="box-More_citations_needed plainlinks metadata ambox ambox-content ambox-Refimprove" role="presentation"><tbody><tr><td class="mbox-image"><div class="mbox-image-div"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Question_book-new.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/99/Question_book-new.svg/50px-Question_book-new.svg.png" decoding="async" width="50" height="39" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/99/Question_book-new.svg/75px-Question_book-new.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/99/Question_book-new.svg/100px-Question_book-new.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="399" /></a></span></div></td><td class="mbox-text"><div class="mbox-text-span">This article <b>needs additional citations for <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Verifiability" title="Wikipedia:Verifiability">verification</a></b>.<span class="hide-when-compact"> Please help <a href="/wiki/Special:EditPage/RAF_Chipping_Warden" title="Special:EditPage/RAF Chipping Warden">improve this article</a> by <a href="/wiki/Help:Referencing_for_beginners" title="Help:Referencing for beginners">adding citations to reliable sources</a>. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed.<br /><small><span class="plainlinks"><i>Find sources:</i> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.google.com/search?as_eq=wikipedia&q=%22RAF+Chipping+Warden%22">"RAF Chipping Warden"</a> – <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.google.com/search?tbm=nws&q=%22RAF+Chipping+Warden%22+-wikipedia&tbs=ar:1">news</a> <b>·</b> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.google.com/search?&q=%22RAF+Chipping+Warden%22&tbs=bkt:s&tbm=bks">newspapers</a> <b>·</b> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.google.com/search?tbs=bks:1&q=%22RAF+Chipping+Warden%22+-wikipedia">books</a> <b>·</b> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://scholar.google.com/scholar?q=%22RAF+Chipping+Warden%22">scholar</a> <b>·</b> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.jstor.org/action/doBasicSearch?Query=%22RAF+Chipping+Warden%22&acc=on&wc=on">JSTOR</a></span></small></span> <span class="date-container"><i>(<span class="date">January 2024</span>)</i></span><span class="hide-when-compact"><i> (<small><a href="/wiki/Help:Maintenance_template_removal" title="Help:Maintenance template removal">Learn how and when to remove this message</a></small>)</i></span></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>Throughout its operational history, the base was used by <a href="/wiki/RAF_Bomber_Command" title="RAF Bomber Command">RAF Bomber Command</a>. Between July 1941 and June 1945 it was used by <a href="/wiki/No._12_OTU" class="mw-redirect" title="No. 12 OTU">No. 12 Operational Training Unit RAF</a>, based at <a href="/wiki/RAF_Benson" title="RAF Benson">RAF Benson</a> and part of <a href="/wiki/No._1_Group_RAF" title="No. 1 Group RAF">No. 1 Group RAF</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> During this period <a href="/wiki/Avro_Anson" title="Avro Anson">Avro Anson</a> and <a href="/wiki/Vickers_Wellington" title="Vickers Wellington">Vickers Wellington</a> bombers operated from the airfield.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On 1 December 1942 a Vickers Wellington bomber crashed on take off, hitting the control tower and hangars, killing two people and causing many other casualties. </p><p>Between August 1945 and January 1946, the airfield was home to <a href="/w/index.php?title=No._10_Air_Navigation_School_RAF&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="No. 10 Air Navigation School RAF (page does not exist)">No. 10 Air Navigation School RAF</a>. Until December 1946 the base was then used as a storage unit by <a href="/wiki/No._6_Maintenance_Unit_RAF" class="mw-redirect" title="No. 6 Maintenance Unit RAF">No. 6 Maintenance Unit RAF</a> at Brize Norton, and storing <a href="/wiki/Airspeed_Horsa" title="Airspeed Horsa">Airspeed Horsa</a> gliders awaiting disposal. RAF Chipping Warden then closed until September 1952, when it became home to a Relief Landing Ground for <a href="/wiki/No._9_Advanced_Flying_Training_School_RAF" class="mw-redirect" title="No. 9 Advanced Flying Training School RAF">No. 9 Advanced Flying Training School RAF</a> (September 1952 - August 1953) which became <a href="/wiki/No._9_Flying_Training_School_RAF" title="No. 9 Flying Training School RAF">No. 9 Flying Training School RAF</a> (August - October 1953)<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTESturtivantHamlinHalley1997154_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTESturtivantHamlinHalley1997154-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> until the airfield closed for a second time.<sup id="cite_ref-ABCT_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ABCT-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The following units were also here at some point:<sup id="cite_ref-ABCT_5-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ABCT-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <ul><li>Satellite of <a href="/wiki/No._13_OTU" class="mw-redirect" title="No. 13 OTU">No. 13 OTU</a> ? - July 1945)<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTESturtivantHamlinHalley1997236_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTESturtivantHamlinHalley1997236-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._1517_(Beam_Approach_Training)_Flight_RAF" class="mw-redirect" title="No. 1517 (Beam Approach Training) Flight RAF">No. 1517 (Beam Approach Training) Flight RAF</a> (November 1942 - May 1945)<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTESturtivantHamlinHalley1997138_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTESturtivantHamlinHalley1997138-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Current_use">Current use</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=RAF_Chipping_Warden&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Current use"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The site is now the Appletree Trading Estate.<sup id="cite_ref-ABCT_5-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ABCT-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:RAF_Chipping_Warden.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/16/RAF_Chipping_Warden.jpg/220px-RAF_Chipping_Warden.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="293" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/16/RAF_Chipping_Warden.jpg/330px-RAF_Chipping_Warden.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/16/RAF_Chipping_Warden.jpg/440px-RAF_Chipping_Warden.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2448" data-file-height="3264" /></a><figcaption>RAF Chipping Warden being bisected by the works for <a href="/wiki/HS2" class="mw-redirect" title="HS2">HS2</a> - September, 2022.</figcaption></figure> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=RAF_Chipping_Warden&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_former_Royal_Air_Force_stations" title="List of former Royal Air Force stations">List of former Royal Air Force stations</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=RAF_Chipping_Warden&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Citations">Citations</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=RAF_Chipping_Warden&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Citations"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns 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href="#cite_ref-2">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=jPU_AwAAQBAJ&dq=raf+chipping+warden&pg=PA175">[1]</a> Phil Tomaselli, <i>Tracing Your Air Force Ancestors</i> (Pen and Sword, 19 Jul 2007), p.175</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-3"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-3">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=sNe5CgAAQBAJ&dq=raf+chipping+warden&pg=PA332">[2]</a> Tom Killebrew, <i>The Royal Air Force in American Skies</i> (University of North Texas Press, 15 Oct 2015), p.332</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTESturtivantHamlinHalley1997154-4"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTESturtivantHamlinHalley1997154_4-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFSturtivantHamlinHalley1997">Sturtivant, Hamlin & Halley 1997</a>, p. 154.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-ABCT-5"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-ABCT_5-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-ABCT_5-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-ABCT_5-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription 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.cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.abct.org.uk/airfields/airfield-finder/chipping-warden/">"Chipping Warden"</a>. <a href="/wiki/Airfields_of_Britain_Conservation_Trust" title="Airfields of Britain Conservation Trust">Airfields of Britain Conservation Trust</a><span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">26 September</span> 2022</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Chipping+Warden&rft.pub=Airfields+of+Britain+Conservation+Trust&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.abct.org.uk%2Fairfields%2Fairfield-finder%2Fchipping-warden%2F&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ARAF+Chipping+Warden" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTESturtivantHamlinHalley1997236-6"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTESturtivantHamlinHalley1997236_6-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFSturtivantHamlinHalley1997">Sturtivant, Hamlin & Halley 1997</a>, p. 236.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTESturtivantHamlinHalley1997138-7"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTESturtivantHamlinHalley1997138_7-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFSturtivantHamlinHalley1997">Sturtivant, Hamlin & Halley 1997</a>, p. 138.</span> </li> </ol></div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Bibliography">Bibliography</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=RAF_Chipping_Warden&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Bibliography"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFFalconer2012" class="citation book cs1">Falconer, J. (2012). <i>RAF Airfields of World War 2</i>. UK: Ian Allan Publishing. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-1-85780-349-5" title="Special:BookSources/978-1-85780-349-5"><bdi>978-1-85780-349-5</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=RAF+Airfields+of+World+War+2&rft.place=UK&rft.pub=Ian+Allan+Publishing&rft.date=2012&rft.isbn=978-1-85780-349-5&rft.aulast=Falconer&rft.aufirst=J.&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ARAF+Chipping+Warden" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFSturtivantHamlinHalley1997" class="citation book cs1">Sturtivant, R.; Hamlin, J.; Halley, J. (1997). <i>Royal Air Force flying training and support units</i>. 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style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;">formations<br />and units</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0;;wide"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;">units</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Royal_Air_Force_commands" title="List of Royal Air Force commands">Commands</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Royal_Air_Force_groups" title="List of Royal Air Force groups">Groups</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_wings_of_the_Royal_Air_Force" title="List of wings of the Royal Air Force">Wings</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Royal_Air_Force_aircraft_squadrons" title="List of Royal Air Force aircraft squadrons">Squadrons</a></li> <li><a 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</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;">stations</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Royal_Air_Force_stations" title="List of Royal Air Force stations">Active</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_former_Royal_Air_Force_stations" title="List of former Royal Air Force stations">Former</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Royal_Air_Force_Satellite_Landing_Grounds" title="List of Royal Air Force Satellite Landing Grounds">Satellite Landing Grounds</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;">Regiment</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_RAF_Regiment_units" title="List of RAF Regiment units">Wings</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_RAF_Regiment_units" title="List of RAF Regiment units">Squadrons</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_RAF_Regiment_units" title="List of RAF Regiment units">Flights</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;">branches and<br />components</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Air_Force_Board" title="Air Force Board">Air Force Board</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/RAF_Regiment" title="RAF Regiment">RAF Regiment</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Royal_Air_Force_Chaplains_Branch" title="Royal Air Force Chaplains Branch">RAF Chaplains Branch</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/RAF_Intelligence" title="RAF Intelligence">RAF Intelligence</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/RAF_Legal_Branch" title="RAF Legal Branch">RAF Legal Branch</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/RAF_Medical_Services" title="RAF Medical Services">RAF Medical Services</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Princess_Mary%27s_Royal_Air_Force_Nursing_Service" title="Princess Mary's Royal Air Force Nursing Service">Princess Mary's RAF Nursing Service</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Royal_Air_Force_Police" title="Royal Air Force Police">RAF Police</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Royal_Air_Force_ground_trades" title="List of Royal Air Force ground trades">RAF ground trades</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Royal_Air_Force_Music_Services" title="Royal Air Force Music Services">RAF Music Services</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/RAF_Search_and_Rescue_Force" title="RAF Search and Rescue Force">RAF Search and Rescue Force</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Royal_Air_Force_Mountain_Rescue_Service" title="Royal Air Force Mountain Rescue Service">RAF Mountain Rescue Service</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Royal_Air_Force_Marine_Branch" title="Royal Air Force Marine Branch">RAF Marine Branch</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Royal_Air_Force_Air_Cadets" title="Royal Air Force Air Cadets">RAF Air Cadets</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Royal_Air_Force_operations" title="List of Royal Air Force operations">Operations</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;">reserve forces</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Royal_Auxiliary_Air_Force" title="Royal Auxiliary Air Force">Royal Auxiliary Air Force</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Royal_Air_Force_Volunteer_Reserve" title="Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve">RAF Volunteer Reserve</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;">equipment</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a 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Air Staff">Assistant Chief of the Air Staff</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Air_Member_for_Personnel" title="Air Member for Personnel">Air Member for Personnel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Air_Secretary" title="Air Secretary">Air Secretary</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Air_Member_for_Materiel" title="Air Member for Materiel">Air Member for Materiel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Commandant-General_of_the_RAF_Regiment" title="Commandant-General of the RAF Regiment">Commandant-General of the RAF Regiment</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Warrant_Officer_of_the_Royal_Air_Force" title="Warrant Officer of the Royal Air Force">Warrant Officer of the RAF</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;">symbols and uniform</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Royal_Air_Force_Ensign" title="Royal Air Force 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