The

Royal Air Force The Royal Air Force (RAF) is the United Kingdom's air and space force. It was formed towards the end of the First World War on 1 April 1918, becoming the first independent air force in the world, by regrouping the Royal Flying Corps (RFC) and ...

's Logistics Command was a command formed to provide logistics support for the RAF.

History

The Command was formed on 1 April 1994Air of Authority - A History of RAF Organisation - RAF Home Commands formed between 1958–2002
and its role was to provide logistics support to the RAF.British Military Aviation in 1994
RAF Museum The formation of Logistics Command resulted from the Government's PROSPECT study which was aimed to achieve a 20% reduction in the UK armed forces' headquarters staff to match the previous 'Options for Change' front-line cuts. This provided the mandate to create a centre of excellence in logistics management within the RAF with the task of delivering the best standards of support for the front-line whilst at the same time achieving significant reductions in cost. The Command brought together most of the logistics functions of the Air Member for Supply and Organisation with those of RAF Support Command. These included the Maintenance Group Defence Agency, Support Command Communication and Information Systems, the Radio Introduction Unit, and the Central Servicing Development Establishment. Logistics Command was headquartered across two sites,

RAF Brampton RAF Brampton was a non-flying Royal Air Force installation near Huntingdon in Cambridgeshire, England. Formerly the home of RAF Support Command, it also became the home of several elements of Defence Equipment & Support (DE&S), which itself was ...

and

RAF Wyton Royal Air Force Wyton or more simply RAF Wyton is a Royal Air Force station near St Ives, Cambridgeshire, England. The airfield is decommissioned and is now home to the Joint Forces Intelligence Group. History Flying station Wyton has be ...

; on the later base 4 purpose-built open-planned pavilions were built. Its motto was ''Sustentamus ut Bellent'' which means 'We sustain that they may fight'. The Strategic Defence Review (SDR) in 1997 marked the beginning of a process of radical and far-reaching modernization of the way the Armed Forces conducted defence activities including the creation of unified logistics support. Many of the RAF's innovations in Logistics Command were incorporated into the SDR's 'Smart Procurement Initiative'.Smart Procurement
House of Commons, 31 March 1999 Logistics Command was disbanded on 31 October 1999 and thereafter the majority of its functions were subsumed by the tri-Services

Defence Logistics Organisation The Defence Logistics Organisation (DLO) was a key element of the UK Ministry of Defence, responsible for supporting the armed forces throughout the various stages of an operation or exercise; from training, deployment, in-theatre training and ...

which stood up formally on 1 April 2000.

Air Officers Commanding-in-Chief

Air Officers Commanding-in-Chief were: * 1 April 1994 – 8 March 1996

Air Chief Marshal Air chief marshal (Air Chf Mshl or ACM) is a high-ranking air officer originating from the Royal Air Force. The rank is used by air forces of many countries that have historical British influence. An air chief marshal is equivalent to an Admir ...

Sir Michael Alcock GCB KBE DSc FEng FIMechE FRAeS * 8 March 1996 – 11 July 1997

Sir John Allison KCB CBE FRAeS * 11 July 1997 – 30 April 1999 Air Marshal Sir Colin Terry KBE CB BSc(Eng) FRAeS FRSA FILog FCGI * 30 April 1999 – 3 September 1999 Air Marshal

Malcolm Pledger Air Chief Marshal Sir Malcolm David Pledger, (born 24 July 1948) is a retired Royal Air Force officer. RAF career Pledger was educated at Heywood Grammar School (became part of a comprehensive in 1968 and is now Siddal Moor Sports College) and ...

OBE AFC BSc FRAeS RAF * 3 September 1999 – 31 October 1999

Air Vice-Marshal Air vice-marshal (AVM) is a two-star air officer rank which originated in and continues to be used by the Royal Air Force. The rank is also used by the air forces of many countries which have historical British influence and it is sometimes u ...

Graham Skinner Air Vice Marshal Graham Skinner, (born 1945) is a retired Royal Air Force officer. RAF career Educated at Hampton School, the University of Bristol and Loughborough University, Skinner joined the Royal Air Force in 1963. He served at Strike ...

CBE MSc BSc CEng FILT FIMechE FIMgt MRAeS

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Raf Logistics Command Logistics Command Military units and formations established in 1994

History

Air Officers Commanding-in-Chief

See also

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