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RAF SQUADRONS (as at early 2006)
	2006	1980
Strike/Attack Squadrons	5	14
Offensive Support Squadrons	4	5
Air Defence Squadrons	3	16
Maritime Patrol Squadrons	2	4
Reconnaissance Squadrons	5	5
Airborne Early Warning Squadrons	2	1
Transport/Tanker Squadrons	8	9
Search and Rescue Squadrons	2	2
Helicopter Squadrons (2 also SAR)	8	4
Surface-to-Air Missile Squadrons	4	8
Ground Defence Squadrons	6	5

Note: 1980 figures are for comparison purposes. Squadron figures above include those assigned to the Joint Force Harrier and the Joint Helicopter Command - see table below


Under Joint Force Arrangements

Joint Force Harrier 2 x Royal Navy Harrier Squadrons; 2 x Royal Air Force (GR9/9A and GR7/7A)Squadrons.

Joint Helicopter Command 4 x Royal Naval helicopter squadrons; 6 x Army Aviation Regiments (including 1 x Volunteer Reserve) 7 x Royal Air Force Helicopter Squadrons (including 1 x RAuxAF Helicopter Support Squadron).

RAF Personnel (at 1 January 2006)
	Trained Requirement	Trained Strength	Total Trained & Untrained Strength
Officers	10,150	9,510	10,510
Other Ranks	38,600	38,120	39,210
Totals	48,760	47,630	49,720

Plans were announced in July 2005 for the RAF personnel total to be reduced from 'around' 49,000 to 41,000 by 2008. The RAF will achieve the required reduction, through normal outflow, reduced recruitment and a targeted redundancy programme. Recruitment targets are therefore being reduced by some 4,000 posts (to around 6,000 in total) over the financial years 2006, 2007 and 2008. In addition a requirement for about 2,750 redundancies has been identified over the same period.
Royal Air Force Squadron Listings (as at 1 May 2006)

1 Sqn	9 x Harrier GR9/9A	RAF Cottesmore (JFH)
	1 x Harrier T12
II (AC) Sqn	12 x Tornado GR4A	RAF Marham (Recce)
3 Sqn	12 x Typhoon	RAF Coningsby (from 1 April 2006)
4 Sqn	9 x Harrier GR7/7A	RAF Cottesmore (JFH)
	1 x Harrier T10	(eventually GR9/9A and T 12)
5 Sqn	5 x Sentinel R1 (ASTOR)	RAF Waddington
6 Sqn	11 x Jaguar GR3/3A	RAF Coltishall (disbands in 2007)
	1 x Jaguar T4
7 Sqn	5 x Chinook HC2 1 Gazelle	RAF Odiham (JHC)
8 Sqn	3 x Sentry AEW1	RAF Waddington
9 Sqn	12 x Tornado GR4	RAF Marham
12 Sqn	12 x Tornado GR4	RAF Lossiemouth
13 Sqn	12 x Tornado GR4A	RAF Marham (Recce)
14 Sqn	14 x Tornado GR4	RAF Lossiemouth
18 Sqn	18 x Chinook HC2	RAF Odiham (JHC)
22 Sqn	8 x Sea King HAR3/3A	RMB Chivenor (Sqn HQ)*
23 Sqn	3 x Sentry AEW	RAF Waddington
24 Sqn	11 x Hercules C3/C4/C5	RAF Lyneham
25 Sqn	16 x Tornado F3	RAF Leeming
27 Sqn	10 x Chinook HC2	RAF Odiham (JHC)
28 Sqn	22 x Merlin HC3	RAF Benson (JHC)
30 Sqn	11 x Hercules C3/C4/C5	RAF Lyneham
31 Sqn	12 x Tornado GR4	RAF Marham
32 (The Royal) Sqn	5 x BAe 125 CC3	RAF Northolt
	2 x BAe 146 CC2
	3 x Augusta A109
33 Sqn	15 x Puma HC1	RAF Benson (JHC)
39 Sqn (1 PRU)	4 x Canberra PR9	RAF Marham
	1 x Canberra T4
43 Sqn	16 x Tornado F3	RAF Leuchars
47 Sqn	11 x Hercules C1/C3/C4/C5	RAF Lyneham
51 Sqn	3 x Nimrod R1	RAF Waddington
70 Sqn	11 x Hercules C1/C3/C4/C5	RAF Lyneham
78 Sqn	1 Chinook HC2	RAF Mount Pleasant (JHC)
	2 x Sea King HAR3/3A	Falklands
84 Sqn	4 x Griffin HAR2	RAF Akrotiri (JHC)
99 Sqn	4 x C-17	RAF Brize Norton
100 Sqn	16 x Hawk T1/T1A	RAF Leeming
101 Sqn	7 x VC10 K3/K4	RAF Brize Norton
	10 x VC10 C1K
111 Sqn	16 x Tornado F3	RAF Leuchars
120 Sqn	8 x Nimrod MR2	RAF Kinloss
201 Sqn	7 x Nimrod MR2	RAF Kinloss
202 Sqn	8 x Sea King HAR3/3A	RAF Boulmer (Sqn HQ)*
216 Sqn	8 x Tristar K1/KC1/C2/C2A	RAF Brize Norton
230 Sqn	18 x Puma HC1	RAF Aldergrove (JHC)
617 Sqn	12 x Tornado GR4	RAF Lossiemouth
1312 Flight	1 x Hercules C1	RAF Mount Pleasant
	1 x VC10 K3/4
1435 Flight	4 x Tornado F3	RAF Mount Pleasant

Notes:
(1) * Headquartered at RMB Chivenor, 22 Sqn maintains three detachments at Chivenor ('A' Flight), Wattisham ('B' Flight) and Valley ('C' Flight). 202 Sqn has detachments at Boulmer ('A' Flight and Headquarters), Lossiemouth ('D' Flight) and Leconfield ('E' Flight). (2) JFH means that a squadron is assigned to the Joint Force Harrier and JHC means that a squadron is assigned to the Joint Helicopter Command.<O:P> </O:P> (3) There are RAF flying units deployed in Cyprus, Falklands and periodically Gibraltar on national missions. <O:P></O:P> (4) RAF flying units are supporting UN/NATO operations in the area of the former Yugoslavia, Afghanistan, and Iraq.

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