Structure
Headquarters Strike Command (often abbreviated to HQSTC) was located at RAF High Wycombe in Buckinghamshire. The Command was divided into a number of Groups, which at first reflected the function of the old Fighter, Bomber and Coastal Command. Subsequent reorganisations changed things greatly and before the final reorganization, the two Groups which made up Strike Command were:
- No. 1 Group RAF - the "Air Combat Group"
- No. 2 Group RAF - the "Air Combat Support Group"
Component groups of Strike Command included:
- No. 1 Group RAF 1 April 1968 - 1 April 2007
- No. 2 Group RAF 1 April 1993 - 1 April 1996, 7 January 2000 - 1 April 2007
- No. 3 Group RAF 1 April 2000 - 1 April 2006
- No. 11 Group RAF 1 April 1968 - 1 April 1996
- No. 18 Group RAF 28 November 1969 - 1 April 1996
- No. 11/18 Group RAF 1 April 1996 - 7 January 2000
- No. 38 Group RAF 1 July 1972 - 17 November 1983
- No. 46 Group RAF 1 September 1972 - 1 January 1976
- Royal Observer Corps 1 April 1968 - 31 December 1995
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