RAF STATION ORGANISATION

An indication of the manner in which an RAF Station might be organised is as follows:

This example is an RAF Station with 3 x Tornado GR4 flying squadrons each with 12 x aircraft. The 36 aircraft will have cost at least £780 million (at 1980s prices) in total purchase costs, and the combined running costs for the operation of these three squadrons will be in the region of some £120 million pounds per annum.

Expect the commanders of the Tornado Squadrons to be Wing Commanders aged between 34-40.

Ops, Admin and Eng Wings will almost certainly be commanded by Wing Commanders from their respective branch specialities. These Wing Commanders will probably be a little older than the commanders of the flying squadrons.