RAF Waddington - Structure

Structure

The RAF Waddington structure as of October 2011 is as follows:

  • 34 Expeditionary Air Wing
  • Combat Support 2 Group
    • No. 5 (Army Co-operation) Sqn - ASTOR/Sentinel R1
    • No. 8 Sqn - E-3 Sentry
    • No. 39 Sqn - UAV/MQ-9 Reaper Due to relocate at Waddington in 2011-12. It is presently at Creech AFB in Nevada.
    • No. 51 Sqn - operated the Nimrod R1 until June 2011. Crews are currently training on the RC135 Rivet Joint in the USA, whilst awaiting delivery of Air Seeker
    • No. 14 Sqn - Shadow R1
    • No. 54 (Reserve) Sqn - Intelligence Surveillance, Target Acquisition and Reconnaissance (ISTAR) Operational Conversion Unit
    • No. 56 (Reserve) Sqn - Intelligence, Surveillance, Target Acquisition and Reconnaissance Operational Evaluation Unit (ISTAR OEU).
    • No. 92 Squadron RAF - Tactics and Training Wing in the Air Warfare Centre.
  • Other auxiliary units
    • No. 2503 Sqn - RAuxAF Regiment Force Sustainment
    • Sentry Maintenance Squadron (SMS) - including the Visiting Aircraft Handling Section (VAHS).
    • The E-3D Software Support Team
    • Air Battlespace Training Centre
  • Air Warfare Centre
    • No 7006 (VR) Squadron RAuxAF
    • No 7010 (VR) Squadron RAuxAF
    • No 7630 (VR) Squadron RAuxAF

Future Squadrons

  • No. 13 Sqn - MQ-9 Reaper

Former Squadrons

  • No. 26 Squadron RAF Regiment - Ground Based Air Defence. This unit disbanded in March 2008 following a tour in Afghanistan but was reformed in 2010 at RAF Honington.
  • No. 23 Squadron RAF - E3D Sentry (Disbanded in 2009)

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