No. 22 Group is one of five
groups
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currently active in the
Royal Air Force, falling under the responsibility of Deputy Commander-in-Chief (Personnel) in
Air Command. Its previous title up until 2018 was No. 22 (Training) Group. It is responsible for RAF training policy and controlling the
Royal Air Force College
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and the RAF's training
stations
Station may refer to:
Agriculture
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** Cattle statio ...
. As such, it is the direct successor to
Training Group
Training Group (TG) of the Royal Air Force was the group that controlled the stations of Personnel and Training Command.
History
It was formed on 1 April 1994 from the AOC Training Units with Personnel and Training Command its controlling ...
.
History
Although No. 22 Group was due to be formed on 1 April 1918, the same day as the RAF was established, it was not activated until 1 July 1918 in the RAF's North-Western Area. It was activated at
East Fortune but moved its headquarters to the Station Hotel,
Stirling
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.
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/ref> The next month, on 8 August 1918, it received the designation 'Operations', or possibly 'Marine Operational', making its full title No. 22 (Operations) Group or possibly No. 22 (Marine Operational) Group. It controlled No. 78 Wing RAF, and stations at Auldbar, Chathill (airship station), Dundee, East Fortune, Kirkwall/Orkney, Longside
Longside is a village located in Aberdeenshire, Scotland, consisting of a single main street. It lies seven miles inland from Peterhead and two miles from Mintlaw on the A950. Its population in 2001 was 721. The River Ugie flows through it.
...
(airship station), Luce Bay, RAF Machrihanish
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Two airfields ...
, Peterhead & Strathberg. With the post First World War RAF force reductions, No. 22 Group was disbanded on 30 May 1919.
The next creation of No 22 Group came on 12 April 1926 when the group was re-formed from No 7 Group within Inland Area. The group's designation was No. 22 (Army Co-operation) Group and its headquarters was at South Farnborough. On 17 February 1936, No 22 Group was transferred from the control of Inland Area to that of the Air Defence of Great Britain
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. Later that same year, on 1 May, the group was raised to command
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* ...
status. However, only just over two months later, on 14 July, the newly created command was reduced back to group status, becoming part of Fighter Command
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on the day of Fighter Command's creation. In 1938 the group comprised 26 Squadron at Catterick; RAF Hawkinge with 2 Squadron; RAF Odiham & No. 50 (Army Cooperation) Wing, with 4, 13, and 53 Squadrons; RAF Old Sarum with the School of Army Co-operation and 16 and No. 59 Squadron RAF
No. 59 Squadron was a squadron of the Royal Air Force, based in Norfolk, England.
History
No.59 Squadron was formed at Narborough Airfield in Norfolk on 1 August 1916 as a squadron of the Royal Flying Corps. On 13 February 1917, the Squadr ...
s; and group headquarters and No. 1 Anti-Aircraft Cooperation Unit at South Farnborough.
On 24 June 1940 No 22 Group was once again raised to command status and later that year, on 1 December, the new command was expanded to become RAF Army Cooperation Command
The RAF Army Co-operation Command was a short-lived command of the Royal Air Force during the Second World War, comprising the army cooperation units of the RAF.
The command was formed on 1 December 1940 when No. 22 (Army Co-Operation) Group ...
.
On 1 August 1943, the group was re-established as No. 22 (Training) Group in Technical Training Command
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, responsible for all training in ground trades, from electronics to cooking. The group continued in its training function for nearly 30 years until it was disbanded 31 January 1972.
The current creation of No. 22 Group was established on 30 October 2006, once again as No. 22 (Training) Group. This creation was a renaming of Training Group
Training Group (TG) of the Royal Air Force was the group that controlled the stations of Personnel and Training Command.
History
It was formed on 1 April 1994 from the AOC Training Units with Personnel and Training Command its controlling ...
which ceased to exist as No 22 Group was re-established.
Organisation and responsibilities
The group is responsible for:
*Youth engagement across the UK;
*Recruiting, selection and basic training;
*Defence technical training – communications & engineering;
* UK Military Flying Training System;
*RAF Force Development, Adventurous Training, survival and specialist training;
* RAF-wide training assurance;
* Accreditation and resettlement;
* All RAF sport.
The areas of responsibility are:
* Royal Air Force Air Cadets (RAFAC)
* RAF College Cranwell and Directorate of Recruiting & Individual Training
* The Directorate of Flying Training (DFT)
* The Directorate of Ground Training (DGT)
* The Defence College of Technical Training (DCTT) consisting of:
** The Defence College of Aeronautical Engineering
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(DSAE)
** The Defence College of Communications and Information Systems
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(DSCIS)
** The Defence College of Electro-Mechanical Engineering
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(DSEME) at MoD Lyneham
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** The Defence School of Marine Engineering (DSMarE) at , Gosport
* The Directorate of RAF Sport (DRS).
Commanders
Currently, No 22 Group is led by Air Vice-Marshal Richard Maddison OBE, who is Chief of Staff Training and Air Officer Commanding No. 22 Group. AVM Maddison is responsible to his superior commander, the Air Member for Personnel
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, who is also deputy commander-in-chief personnel in Air Command.
1918 to 1919
*1 July 1918 Colonel
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, later Brigadier General
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, E A D Masterman
1926 to 1940
*12 April 1926 Air Commodore D le G Pitcher
*9 April 1929 Air Commodore N D K MacEwen
*14 September 1931 Air Commodore H LeM Brock
*30 June 1936 Air Commodore, later Air Vice-Marshal
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B E Sutton
*3 July 1939 Air Vice-Marshal C H B Blount
*15 September 1939 Air Vice-Marshal N D K MacEwen
*30 May 1940 Air Vice-Marshal C H B Blount
*23 October 1940 ''Not Known''
*20 November 1940 Air Marshal Sir Arthur Barratt
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1943 to 1972
*1 August 1943 Air Vice-Marshal C E V Porter
*1946 to 1948 Air Vice-Marshal A C Stevens
*19 January 1948 Air Vice-Marshal P E Maitland
*15 June 1950 Air Vice-Marshal B V Reynolds
*25 August 1952 Air Vice-Marshal W H Merton
*1 December 1953 Air Vice-Marshal J L F Fuller-Good
*15 January 1957 Air Vice-Marshal R Faville
*12 September 1960 Air Vice-Marshal B A Chacksfield
*12 November 1962 Air Vice-Marshal A A Case
*15 January 1966 Air Vice-Marshal W V Crawford-Crompton
*1 July 1968 Air Vice-Marshal G R Magill
*1 January 1970 Air Vice-Marshal E Plumtree
2006 onwards
*30 October 2006 Air Vice-Marshal J M M Ponsonby
* July 2007 Air Vice-Marshal R F Garwood CBE
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DFC
* 17 April 2009 Air Vice-Marshal B M North OBE
* 23 February 2010 Air Vice-Marshal M C Green CBE
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* 2011 Air Vice-Marshal M G Lloyd CB
* 18 July 2014 Air Vice-Marshal Andrew Turner CBE
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and public service outside the civil service. It was established o ...
* July 2017 Air Vice-Marshall Warren "Bunny" James
* August 2020 Air Vice-Marshal Richard Maddison
References
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