Commander-in-Chief Strike Command

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The Commander-in-Chief Strike Command was the senior Royal Air Force officer responsible for directing the UK’s Strike Command, which oversaw the nation’s strategic and tactical air operations during much of the Cold War and beyond.

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Commander-in-Chief Strike Command canonical 2

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Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Royal Air Force appointment ⓘ
military office ⓘ
appliesTo Strike Command aircraft ⓘ
Strike Command personnel ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction Royal Air Force ⓘ
country United Kingdom ⓘ
dissolvedOrAbolished 2007 ⓘ
employer Royal Air Force ⓘ
UK Ministry of Defence ⓘ
fieldOfWork air warfare ⓘ
strategic bombing ⓘ
tactical air operations ⓘ
hasDomain air operations command and control ⓘ
air operations planning ⓘ
conventional air operations ⓘ
strategic deterrent operations ⓘ
hasResponsibilityWithin NATO integrated military command structure ⓘ
headquartersLocation RAF High Wycombe ⓘ
hierarchicalSuperior Air Force Board of the Defence Council ⓘ
Chief of the Air Staff ⓘ
inception 1968 ⓘ
jurisdiction United Kingdom air operations ⓘ
locationOfWork United Kingdom ⓘ
militaryBranch air force ⓘ
notableFor central role in UK Cold War air strategy ⓘ
oversight of both strategic and tactical RAF air power ⓘ
operationalPeriod Cold War ⓘ
post–Cold War era ⓘ
oversaw Strike Command operational units ⓘ
United Kingdom strategic air operations ⓘ
United Kingdom tactical air operations ⓘ
partOf Strike Command ⓘ
UK defence command structure ⓘ
replacedBy Air Command (Royal Air Force) ⓘ
responsibleFor deployment of Strike Command assets ⓘ
execution of national air power policy ⓘ
operational readiness of Strike Command forces ⓘ
role head of Strike Command ⓘ
responsible for directing UK strategic air operations ⓘ
responsible for directing UK tactical air operations ⓘ
senior Royal Air Force officer ⓘ
seat RAF High Wycombe ⓘ
serviceBranch Royal Air Force ⓘ
subordinateTo Air Force Board ⓘ
UK Ministry of Defence ⓘ
usedBy Royal Air Force ⓘ
United Kingdom Armed Forces ⓘ

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RAF Strike Command → commanderTitle → Commander-in-Chief Strike Command ⓘ
Andrew Humphrey → positionHeld → Commander-in-Chief Strike Command ⓘ