The Air Defence of Great Britain (ADGB) was a RAF command comprising substantial Army and RAF elements responsible for the air defence of the British Isles. It lasted from 1925, following recommendations that the RAF take control of homeland air defence, and lasted until 1936 when it became RAF Fighter Command.
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