No. 1 Gp

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No. 1 Gp is a major Royal Air Force command formation responsible for front-line air combat and air defence operations.

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Label Occurrences
No. 1 Gp canonical 2

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Statements (45)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Royal Air Force group ⓘ
military formation ⓘ
abbreviation No. 1 Gp ⓘ
allies NATO ⓘ
alternativeName 1 Group ⓘ
No. 1 Group RAF ⓘ
commandStructure Air Command ⓘ
conflictInvolvement Cold War ⓘ
Gulf War ⓘ
Iraq War ⓘ
Second World War ⓘ
linked to: World War II

War in Afghanistan ⓘ
operations against the Islamic State ⓘ
controls front-line fighter squadrons ⓘ
front-line strike squadrons ⓘ
quick reaction alert squadrons ⓘ
country United Kingdom ⓘ
garrisonLabel Headquarters ⓘ
hasCapability air-to-air combat ⓘ
air-to-ground strike ⓘ
electronic warfare ⓘ
intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance ⓘ
nuclear strike (historical) ⓘ
suppression of enemy air defences ⓘ
hasOperationalFocus air defence of the United Kingdom ⓘ
expeditionary air operations ⓘ
fast jet operations ⓘ
hasPriority high-readiness air defence ⓘ
rapid response to air threats ⓘ
hasType operational command ⓘ
headquartersLocation RAF High Wycombe ⓘ
historicalPrecursor Royal Flying Corps formations ⓘ
linked to: Royal Flying Corps
militaryBranch air force ⓘ
operatesIn European theatre ⓘ
Middle East theatre ⓘ
global expeditionary operations ⓘ
partOf Royal Air Force ⓘ
responsibleFor air defence of UK airspace ⓘ
front-line air combat units of the Royal Air Force ⓘ
role air defence operations ⓘ
air policing ⓘ
front-line air combat operations ⓘ
offensive air operations ⓘ
quick reaction alert ⓘ
serviceBranch Royal Air Force ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

No. 1 Group → abbreviation → No. 1 Gp ⓘ
subject linked to: No. 1 Gp